Magdalena Tekieli

Magdalena Tekieli is an industrial and graphic designer. She graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and in 2013 founded the stationery brand Paper Love. She designs notebooks, planners, sketchbooks and calendars, textile patterns and functional objects for companies and institutions.

Her work brings two disciplines together: the form of an object and the graphics that adorn it. She designs the construction of a notebook, chooses the paper, binding and finish, and then draws the cover, the pattern and the typography.

She believes an everyday object can be beautiful and considered down to the last detail. Paper, fabric, cardboard and plywood are as noble to her as wood and brass are in furniture: each has its own texture, weight and way of ageing. A well-designed notebook stays with its owner for years, and then remains on the shelf as a keepsake.

Education: from the Academy in Kraków to the workshops of Ljubljana

Her eye for form was shaped at the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. There she learned product design, ergonomics and technology: how to turn an idea into an object that sits well in the hand and serves every day.

A turning point came with her studies at the Faculty of Design and the Faculty of Textiles of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. In its workshops she discovered screen printing, glass, ceramics and printmaking. From there she brought a love of pattern and texture, and the belief that good craft takes time, patience and respect for the material.

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Magdalena Tekieli

Beginnings: Paper Love, where detail meets form

Her path to original design began with a fascination with structure, texture and precision. In 2013 she founded the stationery brand Paper Love, which she still runs. There, in geometry, a love of paper and demanding materials, the philosophy that defines all her work was born: a pursuit of perfection in every detail. Every notebook, planner and calendar passes through her hands: from the first sketch of a cover, through the choice of paper, to the bookbindery.

She draws on the tradition of old papermaking and bookbinding: old books, endpapers and stationery. Instead of chasing seasonal novelties, the collections grow out of one another.

Magdalena Tekieli in a black suit sitting by a white wall with a Paper Love planner

Hands holding a Paper Love Sienna planner, with notebooks and planners spread on a light floor behind

Her philosophy today

Today, under the Paper Love brand and her own name, Magdalena Tekieli designs paper goods and functional objects in which industrial form meets graphic design. The same attention to geometry, material and craft gave rise to her furniture, from single pieces to furniture for hotel interiors. It has its own website, where you will find the collections and projects.

See the furniture