Peter Paliatka (born 1952 in Handlová, Slovakia) is Slovak designer, sculptor and university

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

. His works include designs in serial production (transportation, industrial and product design),

interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. With a keen eye for detail and a Creativity, creative flair, an ...

and sculptural realizations in

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Biography

After high school, where he studied Spišská Nová Ves (furniture construction and interior), he studied "Tvarovanie výrobkov spotrebného priemyslu" at Vaclav Kautman's studio at the

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (AFAD; , VŠVU) is an academy in Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to t ...

(AFAD) from 1972 to 1978. After graduation and until 1993, he worked as a pedagogue at the AFAD, first as an assistant of Kautman, later Tibor Schotter (1980–84). In 1983, he spent one year on a study exchange in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. Since 1990, he was leading the AFAD's Institute of Design. 1993 was the year of his successful habituation as a university lecturer. In 1995, Paliatka co-founded SSUŠ – Private Secondary Art School in Bratislava, where he was active as a director and pedagogue until 1998. Since 2000, he has been leading his studio at the Institute of Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture of the

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) () is the biggest and oldest university of technology in Slovakia. In the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities it was ranked in the first 150 in Computer Science, the only university in ...

, as the head of the department.

Works and awards

* Hydraulic rotary loader Detvan Hon 200, produced b
PPS Group, a. s., Detva
co-authors Peter Chlpek, Peter Varga
Honor Prize, Slovak National Design Prize 2009
* FUTURA, set of armatures for Slovak manufacturer of armatures in

Myjava Myjava (; historically also Miava, , ) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It ...

Honor Prize, Slovak National Design Prize 1997
* Children's playgrounds for

Vrbové Vrbové ( (modernized: ''Werbau''); ) is a village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It has a population of about 6,000. The village lies around northwest from Piešťany. Characteristics The village features an originally Gothic church from 1 ...

and Bratislava * Mid-tonnage

lorry A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructio ...

, BAZ Bratislava, 1985

Projects

* Project Eating with Hi-mac
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* Project OMS Lightnin
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Exhibitions

* Umenie v meste, Galéria J. Klollára, Banská Štiavnica, June 2010 * Metal Inspirations 2007, STM, Kosice, August 200

References

External links

* Interview with P.Paliatka in INTERIER EXTERIER, 07/201
interiermagazin.sk
* Article by Peter Paliatka: "Symbióza ako východisko
stavebni-technika.cz
* website of th
Institute of Design
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Academy of Fine Arts and Design
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Private Secondary Art School
in Bratislava {{DEFAULTSORT:Paliatka, Peter Date of birth missing (living people) 1952 births Living people 20th-century educators 20th-century male artists 20th-century Slovak sculptors 20th-century Slovak people 21st-century educators 21st-century male artists 21st-century Slovak sculptors 21st-century Slovak people Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava Academic staff of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Artists from Bratislava Founders of educational institutions Male sculptors People from Handlová Slovak expatriates in Italy Slovak art educators