Bogna Świątkowska

(born 1967) – journalist and writer. Originator, founder and President of the Management Board of the Bęc Zmiana Foundation, with which she implemented several dozen projects devoted to public space, architecture and design, as well as competitions addressed to architects and designers of the young generation. Initiator and editor-in-chief of Notes na 6 tygodni magazine. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of the first pop culture monthly Machina (1998-2001), author of numerous texts, interviews, radio and television programmes devoted to contemporary popular culture. Laureate of the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2014. Member of the Social Council of Culture to the Mayor of the City of Warsaw (2012-2015), the Council of Architecture and Public Space of Warsaw (2015-2018), as well as the Expert Group for Local Culture at the National Cultural Centre.