Pawel Mendera

Product Designer at GRID Design Studio

GRIID • Tiempo completo

Sep 2024 - Present • 1 yr 10 mos

I'm an industrial designer from Kraków, and honestly, 3D printing has become a bit of an obsession for me — not just as a hobby, but as something that shapes how I think about design every day. My path really started at Grid Design Studio, where I've been working since 2024. That's where I learned to take a project from a rough idea — sketches, research, first concepts — all the way through to a polished design proposal. I got comfortable moving between ideation and execution: prototyping, building mock-ups, putting together the visual materials and documentation clients actually need to say yes to a project. Then in 2026, I stepped into a role that let me go deeper into the technical side — 3D Modeller and 3D Printing Specialist at MediFemTech. This is where things really clicked for me. I spend my days building and preparing 3D models for prototyping, visualization, and production, and I run the entire 3D printing process myself — file prep, printing, post-processing, all of it. What I care about most in this role is making sure a model isn't just something that looks good on screen. I'm constantly refining designs to make sure they actually function, that the dimensions are accurate, and that the thing can genuinely be manufactured. There's a real difference between a model that renders nicely and one that survives contact with a 3D printer or a production line — and I've learned that difference the hard way, through a lot of trial and error.