Margaret Blachnicka, IDSA

Industrial Designer, Meta Margaret Blachnicka is an industrial designer working on consumer electronics and bringing innovation to products. She studied at FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria and Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. Throughout her career, Margaret has worked in design in different countries and for international consumer groups. Currently, Margaret is part of the VR Industrial Design at Meta. She is one of the board members of IDSA’s recently established Women in Design Seattle Chapter and co-founder of the Beyond Ray podcast, in which she discusses the ups and downs of developing a design career and encourages other women to overcome hardships and be successful in the industry.

Industrial Designer, Meta

Margaret Blachnicka is an industrial designer working on consumer electronics and bringing innovation to products. She studied at FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria and Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. Throughout her career, Margaret has worked in design in different countries and for international consumer groups. Currently, Margaret is part of the VR Industrial Design at Meta. She is one of the board members of IDSA’s recently established Women in Design Seattle Chapter and co-founder of the Beyond Ray podcast, in which she discusses the ups and downs of developing a design career and encourages other women to overcome hardships and be successful in the industry.

Activities for Margaret

Speaker | Women in Design Deep Dive | 2023

Beyond Ray Podcast

Beyond Ray Podcast welcomes Jillian Tackaberry of MNML to a special live episode for this year’s Women in Design Deep Dive. Beyond Ray will interview Jillian about her design career that began with student work and awards, and discuss how it has grown into a leadership role. Early on, she was driven to dig deeper than asked on projects, accelerating her capabilities and career. Jillian credits her capacity to stay engaged with every stage of the design process for her success and her approach to leading a team. Don’t miss this live candid conversation that gets to the core of the design career path and explores how women can thrive in the industrial design field.

The audiance will learn. . .

How to cultivate their own type of leadership
How to find drive and direction through a well-rounded creative lifestyle
Methods of sharing work that build confidence and create opportunities

Chapter Officer | 2022, 2023

Secretary-Treasurer, IDSA WID Seattle Chapter

20/2X Recognition | 2022

Margaret is an industrial designer currently working at Meta on AR/VR consumer products. She graduated from FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria, where she studied product and transportation design.

As Secretary-Treasurer of IDSA’s Women in Design Seattle Chapter she contributes to building a space for female-identifying industrial designers in the greater pacific northwest region. In 2022, Margaret co-founded a podcast called “Beyond Ray” which hosts conversations with women industrial designers. It is a platform for revealing the anecdotes, catastrophes, achievements, 180 pivots and true passion that drives people to their most creative selves.