For the second year running, the Polish Cultural Institute and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute will host Poland Street Underground – a dynamic show of the best in Polish design and art. This year the event will be part of the London Design Festival, and will feature an installation created by leading Polish designer Tomek Rygalik - at the Vinyl Factory in the heart of Soho, London W1.

Last year’s event drew over 3000 visitors in one single day; this year the event will be spread over two days. The 450m2 underground space will feature a lighting installation designed by Rygalik; a web of his newly-designed, black adjustable Lampudra lights will create a visual contrast to the white surrounding space. Black net Comfee lounge chairs by Ania Hrecka and slightly tilted 6 Degrees storage units by a recent RCA graduate Maja Ganszyniec will define a low-seated lounge area surrounded by art installations. A Rygalik-designed Wyborowa Bar commissioned especially for the event, will act as a stunning design centrepiece.

The lounge space is inspired by and designed to house the display of a panoramic collection of Konrad Pustola’s photographs entitled Dark Rooms (above) which depict empty dark rooms in Polish nightclubs, allowing a glimpse into a world that usually remains unseen.

The space will also host a number of other installations by a series of contemporary Polish artists including Natalie Bewernitz & Marek Goldowski, Katarzyna Kozyra and Robert Kusmirowski.

The two-day event will serve as a springboard for a major year-long Polish cultural season organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute starting in May 2009 - a nationwide festival of classical music, theatre, art, design, film, architecture, fashion and popular music.