Croatian Designers Association
Nova Iskra has the pleasure to welcome Maša Milovac, Director of Croatian Designers Association, who will speak about the role of this organization in the development of the Croatian design scene.
27 Oct
Date
Friday, 27. oct
Lecturer
Time
18h
Program Language
Serbian
Location
Entrance
Free!
About the lecture
In her lecture Croatian Designers Association and its Role in the Development of the Croatian Design Environment, the president of the CDA will speak about history and the activities of this association, focusing on its structure and the most important projects and strategies about to be realized before 2020. The emphasis will be put on professional aspects of the CDA, most importantly the position of this association within Croatian system of support to design, in addition to focusing on broader domain of culture and creative industries in Croatia.
Nova Iskra invites all the professionals form the domain of design (designers, curators, design managers, professional association representatives, lecturers…) to visit the lecture and be a part of an informal conversation about Serbian design environment and professional aspects of design in Serbia.
Croatian Designers Association (CDA) is a non-governmental, non-profit and voluntary trade organization, founded in 1983 under the name Association of Croatian Designers (ACD). It promotes its members’ common social and trade interests, and systematically creates better social conditions for people working in design. The goals of the CDA are improvement and affirmation of the designers’ work in Croatia, representing interests and status of both the trade and the members of the association.
CDA nurtures affirmation of the concept, importance and value of design in Croatia, and acts with the goal of establishing general rules of design as a trade that are relevant both on the market and as a social phenomenon, while encouraging its members’ professional responsibility, continuous skill development and creative and innovative thinking. That is why CDA hosts exhibitions and lectures and encourages professional valorization of design. The members of CDA work in the fields of graphic design, product design, electronic media design, typography, photography, illustration, modern design, design theory and education in design. CDA organizes conferences and thematic gatherings, workshops, exhibitions, designer gatherings, while also encouraging international collaborations and giving professional assistance to its members, protecting moral and material rights of the members and advocating for continuous education, research work and nurturing an ethical approach to the trade.
Lecturer
Maša Milovac
Designer
Maša Milovac - freelance professional designer working in the fields of product design, interior design, visual communications and research. She cooperates with various designers on independent projects, as well as with clients in culture (Musem of Contemporary Art in Zagreb) and science (Technical Museum in Zagreb). She graduated from Faculty of Design in Zagreb, as an industrial designer. Her work was presented at exhibitions, such as BIO 23 in Ljubljana or Exhibition of Croatian Design (2009/10, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2015/16), International Qubique Fair (Berlin, 2011), Milano Salone Sattelite (2011), design fair in Milano (2012), as well as on some of the finest international events in design (Vienna, Paris, Skopje, Belgrade Design Weeks, D Day in Zagreb). She is one of the founders and designers at the Manufacturist studio. Maša also worked as an interior designer in 3LHD, studio for architecture and urbanism, from 2014 to 2016.
In 2016, she was named the curator of the Croatian presentation at the first Design Biennale in London, while in 2017 she was named the Director of the Croatian Designers Association.
