RENATA KALARUS, born in 1971, has graduated from the Academy of Arts in Krakow at the Faculty of Industrial Forms, and obtained scholarship from the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana (Slovenia). For eight years she cooperated with IKER in the field of building the company’s image, creating the company’s showrooms, and implementing new products, including the designed by her lounge suites. For NOTI, she designed a functionally diverse collection of sofas: BIBIK, LCD and MELTEMI, as well as SU and COMMA chairs (the latter awarded Red Dot 2009 Honourable Mention).