CROATIAN

HRVATSKI DESIGN
DIZAJN NOW
SAD

Victor Margolin / Fedja Vukić

ISBN
978-953-95098-8-8
first international presentation of croatian design |
60 authors & 180 works |
Impressive insight of recent croatian design production |
croatian design on a world map |
captivating book that you must have |
We proudly present the first internatonal book on the Croatian design. This impressive insight on Croatian design is
printed in hardcover with more than 300 richtly illustrated pages and is billingual ( English – Croatian ).It is written as
a critical overview of Fedja Vukic and Victor Margolin who are selectors and authors. More than 180 selected works of
60 different authors testifies that design and designers became the center of the market communication in Croatia,
and that this kind of book is essential for understanding the design in this region. Books aim is to position the Croatian
design in the context of the world design. This edition covers all aspects of design production ( destination identity, cor-
poration identity, packaging, advertising, industrial design, web design...) and is divided into 12 categories. Each work
is represented with project details, photographs, and authors comment on the project. All projects are created between
2005 and 2008. Books content proves that this is an impressive insigh of the recent design production in Croatia.
VICTOR MARGOLIN is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a founding editor
and now co-editor of the academic design journal Design Issues. Professor Margolin has published widely on diverse
design topics and lectured at conferences, universities, and art schools in many parts of the world.
FEDJA VUKIC had got his ph.d. in design theory at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Trained as art historian at the Uni-
versity of Zadar, Croatia. He is holding a permanent lecturing position at the School of Design, Faculty of Architecture,
University of Zagreb since 1994. Fellow of The Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach, 1995. Has lectured at the universi-
ties and schools worldwide and contributed to a number of conferences. Has published a number of papers on design
issues in national and international magazines.
As I reviewed the examples selected for the book I was struck by their freshness and the enthusiasm of the designers
that was evident in the work. I might have anticipated a dutiful homage to older designers from places where design tra-
ditions are longer and stronger but was instead surprised to discover how delightfully original Croatia’s designers can
be and how well tuned they are to the many aspects of economic, social, and cultural development in Croatia today…….
(Victor Margolin, CROATIAN DESIGN: A VIEW FROM ABROAD, extract from introduction essay )
Therefore, the graphic design dominates in Croatia today, which is obvious in all the past trade exhibitions of yearly
production, because in the social context there is the strong need for mediating the new identities, new individual and
corporate subjects, which take part in the transition, from the political to private ones. This is the reason why term of
design has today become a standard signifier of the practice of creating the visual meanings and (less often) of the ob-
ject for the mass production and consumption. Therefore it is possible to trace its questionable aspects right in the gap
between the two opposite contexts - the first one, where the profession is conceptually and theoretically founded, and
the second one, where it is accomplished.……. (Fedja Vukić, THE IDEA OF DESIGN IN CROATIA, extract from introduction
essay)
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title/naziv | Pula is More/Pula je više

agency/agencija | Parabureau
authors/autori | Igor Stanišljević i Marko Baus
client/klijent | Tourist Board Pula/Turistička zajednica
grada Pule
year of production/godina realizacije | 2008

The solution derived from the traditional Pula’s emblem.

It consists of yellow latin cross laying on the green coat of
arms. Parabureau linked the latin cross with the positive
symbolism of the plus by keeping the yellow and the green
as colors that have already been accepted.

Rješenje je derivirano iz tradicionalnog pulskog grba koji se

sastoji od žutog latinskog križa na zelenom štitu. Parabureau
je latinski križ pretvorio u općeprihvaćeni znak za pozitivno -
plus, zadržavši žutu i zelenu boju koje su već prihvaćene kao
boje Pule.
 New visual identity of Kratis printer uses well reco-
gnized textures as a tool of communication. Usage of
word play in slogan (“Do not pamper! Printed materi-
al.”) and different kinds of textures combined, suggest
top quality printing process. Same approach is used in
all other corporative materials and has therefore cre-
ated a tool of direct marketing for the company. This
unique concept has assured brand distinctiveness in
the market.
title/naziv | Kratis
032 agency/agencija | Bestias
authors/autori | Božidarka Brnas, Tomislav Kraljević
client/klijent | Kratis printer/ tiskara Kratis
year of production/godina realizacije | 2006
Novi vizualni identitet tiskare Kratis podrazumijeva i
upotrebu prepoznatljive teksture pomoću koje komu-
nicira. Poigravanje sa sloganom (Ne gladi! To je samo
otisak.) i različitim vrstama tekstura na vrlo jednosta-
van način sugerira vrhunsku kvalitetu otiska. Takav
pristup prisutan je u svim korporativnim materijalima
pa ima i funkciju direktnog reklamiranja tvrtke. Ovaj
pristup osigurao je tiskari jednostavnu prepoznatlji-
vost na tržištu.
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 title/naziv | Visual Identity of Istria as the Tourist Desti-
nacion/Vizualni identitet Istre kao turističke destinacije
authors/autorice | Cavarpayer (Ira Payer, Lana Cavar,
Narcisa Vukojević
collaborators/suradnici | Goran Zmaić(ilustrator), Andri-
jana Čuljak (brand konzultant)
client/klijent | Istrian Tourist Board/Turistička zajednica
Istre
year of production/godina realizacije | 2005-2006
techinical description/tehnički opis | manual, stationery,
promotional gifts/priručnik, aplikacije identiteta, promo-
tivni darovi, različite naklade

The new Istria’s tourist identity came to place as a first-prize

winner on international design competition. Client’s task was to
picture Istria’s tourist strategy as well as their new brand posi-
tioning: ‘Green Mediterranean hideaway’. Our own task on top
of that was to awoyd generic and unifying visual identity typical
of so many tourist destinations. Instead, we were challenged
to create identity that relies on visuals authentic to Istrian re-
gion. Visual mark, goat, is a contemporary interpretation of a
historical Istrian crest. However, the visual identity does not rely
strictly on mark application but on the usage of colors: green
and blue. Colors are clear communicators of Istra’s geography
and nature (mainland rich on green - woods and fields; coast
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rich on blue sea). ‘Istria=green mediteranean’ became the pre-
mise for building this visual identity.

Projekt je realiziran kao prvonagrađeni rad na međunarodnom

natječaju za novi vizualni identitet Istre. Osnovni zadatak je bio
stvoriti negenerički i nekonfekcijski vizualni identitet, koji afir-
mira strategiju novog pozicioniranja Istre, sažetog u sintagmi
“Zeleno utočište Mediterana” te koji nedvosmisleno diferencira
Istru od ostalih mediteranskih destinacija koje dijele isto more
i sunce. Sâm znak je interpretacija utvrđenog povijesno uteme-
ljenog vizualnog identiteta Istre i poštuje već izgrađenu komuni-
kaciju. Sustav vizualnog identiteta nije građen na motivu koze,
nego na odnosu zelene i plave boje, koje jasno komuniciraju
specifičnost Istre kao destinacije: Istra je izvorni Mediteran, a
njezina je prednost u tome što u neposrednoj blizini obale ima i
bogatu zelenu unutraπnjost. “Istra = zeleni Mediteran”, jednadž-
ba je na kojoj je temeljen čitav vizualni identitet.
 title/naziv | Brachia
agency/agencija | TRIDVAJEDAN
author/autor | Izvorka Jurić
co-author/koautor | Jelena Gvozdanović
client/klijent | Brachia p.z.
year of production/godina realizacije | 2006

Logotype Brachia appears on the company Brachia p.z.’s

identity and as brand on three types of packaging. Logotype
Brachia appears on the the company’s identity and its stan-
dard packaging with an additional graphical element – illu-
stration of olive oil branch while the premium package inclu-
des another graphical element – an olive leaf.
Premium and standard line of Brachia olive oil come in two
lines in the existing glass bottles. Due to the segmentati-
on of the target groups and the specific market placement,
two different labels were designed for these two lines. The
premium editions got the corner labels on which the brand
Brachia, partially pressed with Braille varnish, appears next
to the illustration of olive leaves and the same goes for the
exclusive ceramic packaging – Brachia olive.
090 For the standard line label, the brand name Brachia is placed 091
next to the olive branch illustration, just as in Brachia p.z.‘s
visual identity.

Logotip Brachia pojavljuje se kroz identitet tvrtke Brachia

p.z. te kao brend na tri vrste ambalaže. U identitetu tvrtke
i standardnoj ambalaži logotip Brachia pojavljuje se uz do-
datni grafički element - ilustraciju maslinove grane - dok se
u premium ambalaži pojavljuje uz dodatni grafički element
- list masline.
Premium i standardna linija Brachia maslinovog ulja dolaze
u postojećoj staklenoj ambalaži. Zbog segmentiranja ciljnih
skupina te različitom i specifičnom tržišnom pozicioniranju,
za te dvije linije dizajnirane su dvije različite vrste etiketa. Za
premium ekstenzije dizajnirane su kutne etikete na kojima
se brand Brachia, parcijalno otisnut reljefnim lakom, pojav-
ljuje uz ilustraciju listića masline, kao i na ekskluzivnom ke-
ramičkom pakiranju - Brachia Maslini.
Za standardnu liniju brend Brachia pojavljuje se uz ilustraciju
maslinove grane, kao i u vizalnom identitetu Brachia p.z.
 title/naziv | Helvetica Now/Helvetica sad
agency/agencija | STUDIO INTERNATIONAL
author/autor | Boris Ljubičić
client/klijent | STUDIO INTERNATIONAL/Linotype
year of production/godina realizacije | 2007
technical description/tehnički opis | 118x84 cm/118x84
cm

This poster is made for International poster contest organi-

zed for 50th anniversary (1957 – 2007) of probably the most
used typography in history.
Motto on the poster said all: Helvetica is not typography, it’s
lettering! Which meant that Helvetica outgrown herself and
become far more than just typography, just as the Swiss knife
did. As same as Swiss knife, in typography Helvetica can do
anything.
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Ovaj plakat je napravljen za međunarodni natječaj organizi-
ran u čast 50. godišnjice (1957. – 2007.) vjerojatno najkorište-
nije tipografije u povijesti.
Moto na plakatu govori sve: Helvetica nije samo tipografija,
to je pismo što znači da je Helvetica sebe prerasla i postala
daleko više od same tipografije, kao što je i švicarski nož. Kao
i švicarski nož, u tipografiji Helvetica može sve.

title/naziv | Jazz is Back! Grožnjan
studio | Studio Dogan
client/klijent | Jazzette Records
year of production/godina realizacije | 2005-2008
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Plakat za ljetni jazz festival u istarskom gradiću sugerira
povratak ove glazbene forme u sredinu koja je tradicionalno
usmjerena klasičnoj glazbi u svojim ljetnim školama i radi-
onicama. Pretopljene su artificijelna i prirodna forma kako
bi se komunicirala ideja o savršenim proporcijama koje su
ujedno i vječne.
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title/naziv | The Garden Festival
studio | Fiktiv
author/autor | Andrej Filetin
co-autors/koautori | Goran Raukar, Ana Kovačić, Želj-
ko Paulić
client/klijent | Bašta Zadar d.o.o.
year of production/godina realizacije | 2006-2008
Each summer, The Garden festival takes place on a beauti-
ful little peninsula in a village next to the city of Zadar. This
fine electronic music 3-day event has become very popular
within the younger British population and has been named
the place to be in summer by leading European media. Fiktiv
has been working on the festival’s visual representation sin-
ce its very first edition. Major part of the festival’s program
happens outdoor. The organizers wanted to emphasize the
fact that the festival takes place on a peninsula, surrounded
by the sea. So, Fiktiv turned it all into a social game with a
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slogan “Game on!” and extended the concept to all visual co-
mmunications material, from ads and posters to The Funny
Money – the Festival’s official currency.
Svako ljeto “The Garden Festival” se održava na prekrasnom
malom poluotoku pokraj Zadra. Ovo atraktivno trodnevno
događanje predstavlja svjetsku elektronsku glazbu i postalo
je iznimno popularno među mlađom britanskom publikom,
a vodeći europski mediji proglasili su ga jednim od najzani-
mljivijih ljetnih događanja. Fiktiv prati festival usmjeravajući
i dizajnirajući njegove vizualne komunikacije od samog osni-
vanja. Glavnina festivala odvija se na otvorenom. Organizatori
su željeli naglasiti da se festival odvija na poluotoku okru-
ženom morem. Fiktiv je sve pretvorio u društvenu igru sa
sloganom “Game on!” i primijenio koncept na sve elemente
vizualne komunikacije, od oglasa i plakata do festivalske va-
lute – The Funny Money.
 title/naziv | Sexus, Nexus, Plexus - Chosen Works of
Henry Miller, Series of Covers/Sexus, Nexus, Plexus
- odabrana djela Henryja Millera - serija naslovnica
studio | Bestias
author/autor | Božidarka Brnas, Tomislav Kraljević
client/klijent | Meandar
year of production/godina realizacije | 2007
Trilogy’s visual identity derived primarily from the associati-
ons arising when hearing Henry Miller’s name. Henry Miller:
«sexist» and pornographer.
The carrying visual is a Black corset tied with red velvet bow,
which skilfully ties all three books in one unified concept.
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The synthesis of headlines and the visual are skilfully knitted
through each book individually as well as all three books to-
gether. When trilogy is put together we see that both covers
and headline create a visual whole emphasized with large
XXX that in a way is a hidden homage to Miller himself.
Trilogija je vizualno definirana prvenstveno iz ljudske aso-
cijacije na spomen imena Henry Miller. Henry Miller: “sek-
sist” i pornograf. Crni korzet povezan crvenom bašunastom
vrpcom. Sinteza fotografije i naslova trilogije u vizualu skriva
konačnu sintezu korzeta s naslovima – kako na naslovnici,
tako i na hrbatu. Tako “skupljena” trilogija u crni korzet opet
i dalje odaje skrivenu počast samome Milleru: crveni baršu-
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 title/naziv | St Peter’s Maternity Centre/ Petrova tru-
dionica
agency/agencija | Bruketa&Zinic OM
authors/autori | Moe Minkara, Tonka Lujanac (creative
directors), Tonka Lujanac, Gordana Golik, Ana Belić,
Petar Popović (art directors), Tanja Škorić, Daniel Vu-
ković, Ivan Čepelak, Ivan Čadež (copywriters), Ivana
Pamiković (designer)
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client/klijent | “Healthy Newborn” Association/Udru-
ga “Zdravo novorođenče”
year of production/godina realizacije | 2007
This ads were a part of the money rising campaign for re-
construction of the Risk Pregnancy Department of St Peters
Hospital in Zagreb. This department has not been recon-
structed since its founding in 1920. The state it was in before
the campaign certainly doesn’t correspond to the needs of
the patients who spend up to seven months in it, safeguar-
ding their pregnancies. Horrible shape of the hospital influ-
ences the mothers and through them it effects the unborn
children as well. The slogan was: What the mother feels, the
baby feels as well.
Ovi su oglasi bili dio kampanje za prikupljanje sredstava za
uređenje odjela za rizične trudnoće Petrove bolnice u Zagre-
bu. Taj odjel nije obnovljen još od svog osnutka 1920. godine.
Stanje u kojem se danas nalazi sasvim sigurno ne odgova-
ra potrebama pacijentica koje na njemu provode i do sedam
mjeseci čuvajući trudnoće. Loše stanje bolnice uvelike utječe
na majke koje u njoj borave, a preko njih i na još nerođene
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 title/naziv | Next, Office Chairs Design System/Next,
dizajn sistema uredskih stolica
studio | Redesign
author/autor | Neven Kovačić
collaborator/suradnik | Sanja Kovačić
client/klijent | Tapo
year of production/godina realizacije | 2008
Based on the rich tradition of bent plywood chair design whi-
ch offers warm seating experience Next project tend to step
aside from contemporary high-tech approach which treats
office chair like a seating machine.
Design of “Next” chairs is based on innovative bent plywood
shell design which is shaped in a way to fit all ergonomic
features for maximum comfort.
“Next” chair can be configured with three backrest heights,
with or without backrest and three types of bases according
to the typology: task, meeting or lounge. By combining dif-
ferent surface finishes and materials the design can fit well
into a wide range office interior projects.
Oslanjajući se na bogatu tradiciju dizajna stolica od savije-
nog drva koji zove na sjedenje svojom toplinom nastojao se
postići odmak od aktualnog high-tech pristupa koji uredsku
stolicu robotiziranog izgleda tretira kao stroj za sjedenje.
Dizajn serije stolica “Next” temelji se na inovativnom dizajnu
školjke od savijenog drva koja je oblikovana tako da pruža
sve potrebne ergonomske funkcije za maksimalnu udobnost.
Seriju čini mogućnost odabira tri visine naslona, opcija sa
i bez rukonaslona i tri vrste postolja s obzirom na funkciju:
radna stolica, stolica za sastanke i fotelja. Različite povr-
šinske obrade, teksture drva, boje tekstila i postolja pružaju
paletu odabira s obzirom na potrebe projekta uređenja inte-
rijera.

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Authors: Victor Margolin / Fedja Vukic
Editor: Fedja Vukic
Design: Ivona Malcic
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Translation: Sanja Petrovic

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