Piotr Voelkel

Founder of the VOX Capital Group – one of the largest furniture companies in Poland, co-creator of Concordia Design – a center for creativity and business in Poznań and Wrocław, founder of the Voelkel Foundation, and president of the Wielkopolska Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, whose collection co-creates the permanent contemporary art exhibition at the National Museum in Poznań. He also established the "Talenty" scholarship fund, which supports highly gifted youth. In collaboration with Lidewij Edelkoort, the long-standing head of the Design Academy Eindhoven, he developed the curriculum concept for the School of Form at SWPS University – an innovative design school acting as a hub for knowledge, research, and innovation, which was awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Piotr Voelkel is also the co-founder of Collegium Da Vinci in Poznań and the Da Vinci School Complex, which includes a primary school, an academic middle school, and an academic high school.