About
The metamodern world, with its planetary challenges, calls us to new ways of becoming and relating. Drawing on a variety of verbal and non-verbal languages, I explore the potential of bridging science with art, tacit knowledge, embodied perception, lived experience and other-than-human perspectives. Through my engagement with the social transformation of our century, I invite reflection on human beliefs and habits, holding spaces that nurture post-anthropocentric thinking, interspecies care, and life-centric cultural development.
I'm Sylwia Orczykowska, a Systemic Transformation Designer and Transformative Art Curator working at the intersection of communication, design, art, science and embodied movement with a focus on Deep Ecology and relational dynamics. Originally from Poland, I’m currently based in Zurich, Switzerland.

In the folds of misty fjords, body language. CAS ETH in Regenerative Systems. Norway, June 2024.
My take on the art of communication is the ability to work with images, text, movement, and space simultaneously, bringing a natural flow and integrity to the accompanying experience. I attach particular importance to the values embedded in the message, as they are living forces that shape how we see the world, act within it, and imagine its future.
Over 15 years of experience in advertising, marketing, communications, and graphic design across multiple European contexts have equipped me with a deep understanding of cultural dynamics and the tools to translate them into practice. Engaging with projects in Switzerland played a pivotal role in shifting my focus toward transformative communication and the exploration of new cultural models that respond to socio-environmental challenges. (2019-now). My experiments on regenerative, life-centric communication design gave foundations to the White on White philosophy.
Exploring the systems view of life and the interdisciplinary approach of systemic design resulted in joining the Systemic Design Labs at ETH Zurich as a Communication and Art Designer. My versatile work background and rich creative skillset support the development of the pioneering executive programme ETH MAS in Regenerative Systems, guiding thought leaders and decision-makers worldwide in dealing with complexities and uncertainties across system types and governance scales for resilience and real-world regeneration interventions (2023-now).
In collaboration with the living systems lab MonViso Institute in Ostana, Italy, I bring together research, education, with entrepreneurship in the field of sustainability transitions and regenerative design. I develop communication grounded in systems thinking coupled with field practices, addressing complex challenges on a global scale with place-based responses.
In my search for alternative angles of scaling out individually experienced transformation to a global level of shifting societal paradigms, I sparked Art Now, the community of artists, scientists, and practitioners engaged in social transformation.
Designing and curating diverse performance and workshop formats, she positions her practice toward raising environmental awareness, expanding boundaries, and igniting human action. Drawing on analogies from the natural sciences - particularly quantum physics - she develops "Quantum Metaphoric Design" as a lens for engaging human behavioural transformation (2021-now). My ongoing "Web of Life" practice weaves other-than-human perspectives into cultural narratives, inspiring creative engagement with plants, animals, and the invisible systems that sustain life. Through the “Nudging Senses” labs, I work with participatory, art-infused culinary experiences as multisensory media for embodying regenerative processes beyond spoken language. (2025-now)
I’ve been practising modern and Broadway jazz for several years, pursuing my lifelong passion for dance. A turning point came with the discovery and intensive practice of contact improvisation. Recognizing the driving life force within, not only outside the body, continues to shape my work toward individual and societal transformation.
Started years ago without expectations, yoga has become a vital part of my mornings, grounding strong body–mind foundations and a deepened sense of being and becoming.