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Wrocław woman records the ‘silent witnesses of untold stories’ with her haunting pics of abandoned sofas

Taken in a variety of locations, the images show sofas in varying states of disrepair, all united by their apparent lack of love. Kanapy Polskie/liorc87

Taken in a variety of locations, the images show sofas in varying states of disrepair, all united by their apparent lack of love.

Polish furniture exports up despite pandemic

The Polish furniture sector has managed to defy the coronavirus pandemic recession with export sales reaching EUR 13 billion last year.

Warsaw firm to give old wind turbines new lease of life as sleek outdoor eco furniture

The project by real-estate developer Yareal will be Poland’s largest project to assume a widespread application for discarded wind turbine blades in its design, transforming them into elements of public use in communal areas, such as outdoor seating.

Polish furniture sales set new record

The Polish furniture sector has managed to defy the pandemic recession with sales passing the PLN 50.6 billion (EUR 11.26 billion) mark last year.

At your service: virtual interior design assistant promises to transform home renovation market

Marketed as “the world’s first fully automatic interior design tool”, Lofty have launched at a time when home improvements have enjoyed a pandemic era surge in popularity.

All a board: Wrocław company chugs into the future by making cardboard furniture

Offering an alternative to wood furniture Świat Tektury produces a range of furniture including cardboard desks and chairs.

Bedder than all the rest! With Poland’s furniture business booming, firms are now eyeing up US expansion

Recent trade tensions between the US and China – and the resulting uncertainty – are an opportunity for the Polish furniture sector, as Americans look for alternatives to Chinese-made furniture.

Flat-pack success: IKEA turns to Poland for its furniture

Poland provides the Swedish company with about 50 percent of its wooden furniture, and stacks of other goods sold by the retail giant.

The ‘green team’ turning disused wind turbines into stylish street and garden furniture

As the hazards of wind turbines have become clearer, so too has the fightback. Whereas, traditionally-speaking, defunct propeller blades have simply ended up in landfill sites or subjected to high-energy processes such as milling or pyrolysis, recycling firm Anmet and its subsidiary AIRchitecture is adopting a more experimental approach to counter the issue. 

Polish furniture exporters to expand on global markets - daily

Next year may see the beginning of Polish furniture manufacturers' transatlantic expansion as the European markets are becoming too tight for them, the daily Puls Biznesu wrote on Thursday.

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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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