Predan Barbara

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Dr Barbara Predan is an assistant professor, theoretician, researcher, designer and author. She received a bachelor’s degree in industrial design, and then a master’s degree in the theory and development of design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. In 2012, she received her doctoral degree from the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts and the University of Nova Gorica.

Predan is the co-author of the books Back to Design: An Anthological Survey of the Theory of Design in Slovenia (2007) and Sustainable Alternatives in Design: It’s High Time We Start Losing Time (2009). She is the (co-)author (or editor) of the books and exhibitions Iskra: Non-Aligned Design 1946–1990 (2009), Niko Kralj: The Unknown Famous Designer (2011), Design education: what do you see? What do you think about it? What do you make of it? – 30 years of design at ALUO (2015), Design as the Capacity for Change: Slovenia Design Showroom Milano (2017), Death in Design (2017), Thinking the Conditions of Our Time (2019); Papiro-logía: circular design and the use of paper in interior design (2019), The Questions Raised by Design (2020); and is the author of the exhibitions Gorenje with Vision (2012), Wood25 (2016–19); and is the co-author of the exhibitions Past Future Perfect (2014–15), Marx After Marx: Kunst-Marx (2019). Since 2010, with Petra Černe Oven, she has been co-editing Zbirka 42, a series of books on design, under the auspices of the Pekinpah Association. She has also participated as author or editor in the following seven volumes: Service and Information Design: Examples of Good Practice (2010), The Utopian Seminar (2011), Designing an Agenda, or, How to Avoid Solving Problems That Aren’t (2013), The Public Sector: Agent of Progress? (2015), R. Buckminster Fuller: The Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (2016), Death in Design (2017, 2020), and Edvard Ravnikar: Design (2017).

Predan has published professional and scholarly articles in Design Issues, Design Principles and Practices, The international journal of design in society, Filozofski vestnik, Dialogi, ČKZ, 2+3D, Oris, and Piranesi, among others. In 2014, she and Petra Černe Oven contributed the chapter “Information design as a (r)evolutionary educational tool” to the Routledge’s Information Design: Research and Practice edited by Alison Black, Paul Luna, Ole Lund, Sue Walker. She prepared the texts for the scientific monograph Information design: research and practice (Routledge, New York 2017) together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven. In 2019–2020, together with Tevfik Balcıoğlu and at the invitation of the organisers, she co-edited and co-chaired the section entitled “Politics and Design: Past, Present, Future” at the international conference International Committee for Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS 12) in Zagreb, October 2020. Received an invitation together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven to prepare a chapter on the history of Slovene design for the period 1945–2000 for Victor Margolin and Bloomsbury Press. The chapter will be prepared for the book World History of Design, Volume III (Bloomsbury Press).

As an assistant professor, she teaches Development and Theory of Design and the elective course Service Design at the Department of Industrial and Unique Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.

Predan is a co-founder and leader of the department of design theory at the Pekinpah Association, and, since 2014, the director of the Institute of Design, an academic research organisation. She teaches a course in the history and theory of design and an elective subject in service design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. Under the auspices of various institutions and events in Slovenia, Černe Oven and Predan have hosted over thirty world-renowned experts in the field of design. She regularly lectures at international academic and professional conferences, and, with Černe Oven, leads a number of Slovenian and international workshops in the field of service and information design.

 

Awards:

2020 – Design Principles & Practices International Award for Excellence: Award Winner for Volume 13

2019 – AIAP WOMEN IN DESIGN AWARD 2019, nomination in category: “PhD, Researchers and Teachers” (with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2018 – Recognition of the University of Ljubljana for special achievements and participation in the field of extracurricular activities

2017 – Award of the Slovenian Designers’ Association: Design excellence of the quarter in the field of “design theory and critique and professional journalism” (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2017 – Brumen Foundation Award in the category: information design, 6th Biennial of Visual Messages of Slovenia, National Gallery, Ljubljana (several co-authors)

2013 – Praise of the quarter of the Association of Designers of Slovenia – for a theoretical contribution to design (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2013 – Brumen Foundation Award in the category: web and mobile applications, 6th Biennial of Visual Messages of Slovenia, National Gallery, Ljubljana (several co-authors)

2012 – Award of the Slovenian Designers’ Association: Design excellence of the quarter in the field of “design theory and critique and professional journalism” (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

Professional experience:

 

University of Ljubljana, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the Arts

2019–present: President of the Program Committee

 

University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design

2020–2023: Head of research project “Models and Practices of Global Cultural Exchange and Non-aligned Movement. Research in the Spatio-Temporal Cultural Dynamics”

2019-2020: Head of Industrial Design and Applied Arts Department

2017–present: Employed as Assistant Professor

2009–2017: Guest/Visiting Lecturer

 

Hyphen’s Editorial Board

2019–present: Editorial Board Member

 

Brumen Foundation

2018–present: Board Member

2005-2010: Project Manager

 

CODEC: international design network

2016 – present: Co-founder and board member

 

Design for Europe

2015–2016: Slovenian Ambassador

 

Scientific journal The Design Journal, Bloomsbury Publishing, London (UK)

2015 – present: Editorial Manager

 

Institute of Design, Ljubljana (an academic research organisation)

2014–present: Co-founder and Director

 

Cankarjev dom, Culture and Congress Centre

2013-2019: Board Member

 

Zbirka 42 (Collection 42 – a series of books on design)

2010–present: Co-editor

 

Pekinpah Association (cultural, publishing and production association)

2013–present: Head of Design Theory Section

2007–2013: Head of Pekinpah Association

 

Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean

2007-2018: Expert Committee Member

 

Biennial of Industrial Design – BIO

2006-2010: Expert Committee Member

 

Freelancer

2000–2017: Theoretician, Critic, Curator, Designer, Educator

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Education:

  • 2006 – completed master studies at UL ALUO
  • 2003 – completed bachelor studies at UL ALUO

Professional experience and collaborations:

Works in the field of painting, intermedia art (interactive architecture), video and animation

  • 2018–: full-time employee as an assistant in the Department of Painting, Video and New Media major study courses at UL ALUO; lecturer in the fields of illustration and animation
  • 2010–2018: external lecturer at the Institute and Academy of Multimedia (IAM), in the field of video graphics and animation
  • 2015–2018: external lecturer at the Faculty of Design (associate member of the University of Primorska), subject Video in Design and subject Drawing and Painting Producer and television creative video graphics production in the company Pro plus
  • 2003–: author of a number of animated commercials, music videos, telops, television video graphic corporate images and film promotional videos

Exhibitions (selection):

  • Out of the loop, (exhibition of Zora Stančič), co-author of the video graphical animation, Monfort Gallery 2020.
  • Sekvence narave (Nature’s Sequences), (Exhibition Monochrome Architects), co-author of the video editing and posting video projection (City Museum Ljubljana 2018).
  • Kiparstvo danes, perfomativna telesa in okolja (Sculpture today, performative bodies and environments). (Center of Contemporary Arts, Celje 2013). Koda (pred) podobe (Code of the (pre)image), Miklova hiša (Ribnica 2010).
  • Tehnologije v likovni umetnosti (Technologies in fine arts) (Gallery Velenje 2009).
  • Artcircolo project – Overturest: Kulturraume im postfossilen zeitalter, exhibition and presentation of the project Wind Code Image (Gallery Glockenbachwerkstatt, Muenchen, Germany 2009).
  • Arzenal depo 2K9 – Sodobna raziskovalna umetnost 80 let po Delaku (Contemporary research art 80 years after Delak) (studio Viba film, Ljubljana 2009).
  • Načrt, Umestitev, Podoba (Plan, Placing, Image) (Bežigrajska galerija 2, Ljubljana 2008). Incorporation of image, (exhibition in presentation in the gallery Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium 2008).
  • Wind Code image, (Gallery Kapelica, Ljubljana 2008). Wind Code Image, Ars electronica – Ecology of techno mind (Kunstmuseum Lentos, Linz, Austria 2008).
  • Flow 5.0 – Wind model, (Gallery Kapelica, Ljubljana 2007). Image incorporation (Flow 5.0), U3 – 5. trienale sodobne slovenske umetnosti. (Modern Gallery, Ljubljana 2006/2007). Project of undergraduate students of ALUO “Observatory” VV2 – 50. Internatonal Biennale in Venice (IUAV, University in Venice, Italy 2003).
  • Animation Projects (selection): Out of the loop, (exhibition of Zora Stančič), co-author of the video graphical animation, Monfort Gallery 2020.
  • Baal, (Andrej Rozman Roza, Slovene Youth Theatre, director: Vito Taufer). Video graphic animations for the play, conceptualised by Zora Stančič, 2019.
  • V pomladi slovenskega knjižnega jezika, animated video graphic and mapping projection (Peterokotni stolp, Ljubljanski grad 2017).
  • The Magic Flute, animated video graphic and animation for video background of the operetta. Production: Hiša kulture Celje, diretor Damjan M. Trbovc, (Kino Metropol, Celje 2015).
  • Video poetry – VJ projection, coproduction: Zavoda za sodobne umetnosti in culture, Škuc Gallery and authors: Jana Putrle Srdič, Zoran Srdič Janežič, Alja Adam, Tone Škrjanec, (Ljubljana 2014).
  • Snow white (J. W. Grimm), SLG Celje, director: Andrej Jus. Video and animation for video scenography (Celje 2014). COIN project, (Videolectures.net, Inštitut Jožef Štefan). Animated info-graphical video (2011).
  • Studioroosegarde, Flow 0, 5 (animation for development of programme gear Flow 5,0 in video graphical presentation of the project Rotterdam, NL, 2008).
  • Transatlantik 05, (director: Igor Vrtačnik) Producing graphical animations for documentary film (2008).

Awards, recognitions and rankings:

  • 2018: Recognition of the University of Ljubljana for important art works in painting.
  • 2016: Recognition of the Faculty of Design for important art works in visual culture and communitacion.
  • 2010: Finalist of European Rewards of Promax agency / BDA for creative video graphics (Lisbon, Portugal).
  • 2007: 6. Trim Research Award. 2004: Finalist of European Rewards of Promax agency / BDA for creative video graphics (London, UK).
  • 2003: Reward of the Ul ALUO for special artistic achievements during the academic year 2002/2003.
  • 2001: First prize of the 12th colony of graduate students of UL ALUO (Velenje).
  • International colaborations:
  • Studioroosegarde (Daan Roosegarde, Rotterdam, Netherland)
  • Artcircolo project (Dr, Serafine Lindemann, Muenchen, Germany).
  • Fantastificio SRL (Production house, Trieste, Italy).

Grants, residences:

  • 2004–2005: Scholar of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
  • 2012: Resident of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of video art (Berlin).

Memberships and Committees:

  • Member of the Slovenian Animated Film Association.
  • Expert mentor of the jury of the student competition program ‘Young Talents of Europe’ of the Animateka international festival.

Prinčič Barbara

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Education

2007 – Master of Arts on Ecology as a Way of Life at UL ALUO

1993 – received a scholarship from the Dutch government for postgraduate studies at the European Design Centre (EDC), Eindhoven, in cooperation with The Design Academy Eindhoven

1991 – Graduated from the Department for Design, UL ALU, majoring in Industrial Design

 

Work experience and guest posts

2024 – Professor of Industrial Design at ALUO

2018 – Visiting Lecturer at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2016 – Associate Professor of Industrial Design at ALUO

2010 – Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at ALUO

2008 – two academic years as an invited lecturer at HTBL Ferlach Design College, Austria

1997 – UL ALUO; assistant professor of Industrial Design

1993 – freelance designer; fields of work: visual communication and packaging design, State of the Art research

1992 – DPC-CETRA=Design Promotion Center-China External Trade Development Council, Taipei, Taiwan; consultancy in the field of professional and promotional activities for the preparatory ICSID World Congress in Taipei, consultancy in the field of education and awareness raising of local manufacturers/companies on industrial design as a strategic tool for achieving higher added value in products and thus a greater competitive advantage in international markets.

1991 – Formitas Agency; visual communication design and project management

1990 – Secretariat of the 17th ICSID Congress at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Editor-in-Chief of the periodical At the Crossroads News

 

Projects (from 2015 onwards)

2023 – Hmm, just where to put it. Project from the PDPPIZŠDO call for proposals. Project leader senior lect. mag. Nevenka Ferfila, Faculty of Medicine, UL.

2023 – Engineering expo project as part of the Engineer of the Year project. Design of exhibition stands and participation in the exhibition set-up. Client Mediade d.o.o., in cooperation with MG Rohr.

2022/23 – Design and implementation project for the exhibition Intertwining, in collaboration with ALUO students.

2022 – Re-Lax project; development of two products (a bench and a chair) from discarded conveyor belts for outdoor or indoor use, in collaboration with the Port of Koper.

2022 – T-60 art installation project for the international festival Svetlobna gverila. Matic Čič, Boštjan Drinovec, Žan Girandon, Pia Groleger, Luka Pleskovič, Barbara Prinčič, Vid Lebič, Jo Zornik.

2021 – Project Extending the lifetime of scrap from the production of rubber products by Lonstroff d.o.o. (student R&D project).

2020/21 – Student Corner project (student R&D applied project). Work carried out for ALUO.

2020 – Design and implementation of the ŠIPK exhibition project Say NO! Disposable products. Collaborator Tina Nunar (graphic design).

2020 – This will be my home. Project leader: prof. Tadej Glažar, Faculty of Architecture

2019 – Innovative solutions to reduce packaging. Project management in the framework of the ŠIPK call.

2019 – Innovative treatment of household waste in the kitchen. PKP Project leader Prof. Dr. Joško Valentinčič, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UL.

2019 – Jute project – project for the development of a new material from discarded jute coffee sacks and the development of potential applications; in cooperation with Droga Kolinska and the Institute of Pulp and Paper, Ljubljana. Collaborator Andrej Šinkovec.

2018 – project for the design and realisation of the exhibition Second Round – a transparent exhibition of ALUO students in courses with sustainable content.

2017/18 – project on the potential use of waste/residues from a selected (production) process (student R&D project in cooperation with Filc d.o.o.).

2016/17 – Smart Shelter Research project in collaboration with Martin Schieldkamp, a Dutch architect based in Asia, who contributed to the call for papers (student R&D project).

2016 – conceptual development of games for the Gardi brand, with the Shroomko playhouse realised as the first product. In cooperation with Exor Eti d.o.o.

2015 – Practical use of discarded materials with focus on textile products. Project management in the framework of the PKP call. Work carried out for ALUO.

 

Exhibitions (from 2015 onwards)

  • home

2022/23 – Intertwining exhibition. Small Lodge, Koper, 29.11.-19.12.2022 and Ljubljana City Hall, Right Atrium, 12.1.-16.2.2023

2021 – When I Close My Eyes. Solo exhibition of paintings made from discarded textiles. City Hall, Glass Atrium, Ljubljana

2020 – Exhibition Say NO! Disposable Products. Presentation of ten mentored student results from the ŠIPK Call for Innovative Solutions for Packaging Reduction. Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana

2018 – O…design, between vision and reality. Biennial exhibition of the Slovenian Designers Association, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana

2016 – Design Identity; solo presentation ‘Let’s Give Wood to Children’, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana

2016 – Images of Time; Biennial Review Exhibition of the Slovenian Designers’ Association, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana

 

  • abroad

2022 – Guiltlessplastic. Exhibition of the finalists for the RO Plastic Prize 2022, Galleria Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week. Milan, Italy

2017 – Venice Design; curated side exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Organised by the GAA Foundation as part of the European Cultural Centre. Palazzo Michiel and Marinaressa Garden, Venice, Italy

2017 – Boomerang 7; Czech and Slovenian art project organised by AAMI Institute, Quadrium Center, Prague

2016 – Slovenian Design – exhibition of Slovenian design in Milan; Slovenia Design Showroom, Milan, Italy. Organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the SPIRIT Agency.

2015 – Exhibition of A’Design Award-winning projects and products (LED chandelier 5×5) in the former church of St. Francis, Como, Italy. Exhibition also presented at the World Design Hub 2015 and Irish Design 2015 in Dublin, Ireland and at the Shengzu Industrial Design Fair in China.

 

Awards and nominations

2022 – European Product Design Award-winner

2022 – Ro Guilt Plastic Prize 2022-finalist, Italy

2022 – A’Design Award and Competition 2022-runner up, Italy

2015 – A’Design Gold Award, Italy

2014 – A’Design Silver Award, Italy

2010 – Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA 2010) Finalist: the 5×5 Column is placed in the permanent collection of the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, USA.

1996 – BIO 15, ICSID Honorary Award (group),

1987 – ALU Prešeren Prize, 1987

1986 – BIO 11, special commendation

 

Conferences, lectures, workshops (from 2015 onwards)

2023 – Organisation of a three-day student workshop on biomimetics, led by Dutch invited expert Saskia van der Muijsenberg.

2022 – Invited lecture on “The path to a green product – what is a green product?” at the 2022 SRIP MATPRO Consultation “The path to a green product – sustainability outside the box” Portorož. Organised by SRIPMAT and the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The lecture is available here.

2022 – The Story of Jute. Invited lecture as a public event at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, organised as part of the BIO 27 side activities.

2022 – participation in the international scientific conference Mediteranean Islands Conference-Vis 2022, Croatia, with the paper Sustainable Design in Practice at ALUO – Reducing Waste, Saving Resources, Minimising Costs by Developing and Making Multifunctional Units as Equipment for Students. Vis, Croatia, 14-17.9.2022

2020 – Invited lecture on The challenge for a circular economy; instead of the dump, the market. Time for innovation – “circular design” or “sustainable design”. Organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the framework of the Interreg Central Europe project, Coco4CCI.

2020 – Participation in the international scientific conference Mediterranean Islands Conference with the paper From Initiation to New Design Solutions Based on a Circular Economy. Organised by Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences and Grupa Vern. Vis, Croatia.

2020 – Sustainable Design, Invited lecture for members of the Rotary Club Triglav Ljubljana.

2020 – Organisation of a two-day student workshop on Co-Creation, led by Dutch invited expert Liesbeth Scholten.

2019 – Conducting a full-day Creative Green Action Workshop for students of the Creative Design Department, College of Design, Yun-tech, Taiwan.

2018 – guest invited lectures and workshop on Upcycling, Sustainability and Aesthetics at Tainan University of Technology, Fashion Design Department and National Chiayi University, both in Taiwan.

2018 – Our Responsible Journey, Invited Keynote Lecture at the International Conference on Cross-Boundary and Integration & Symposium on Sustainable Products and Industrial Management. Organised by National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

2018 – Invited keynote lecture on Ecodesign and Product Value Added at the expert workshop From Material to Ecodesign – Packaging in the Circular Economy. Organised by Fit media d.o.o., Celje.

2017 – Awareness of the importance of environmentally responsible design among designers. Invited lecture at the Plastics Symposium. Organised by the Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Ljubljana.

2017 – Practicing Upcycling-Oriented Projects for a Circular Economy. Invited lecture at the Retrace partners meeting in Ljubljana. Organised by the Slovenian Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy.

 

Mentorships, co-mentorships (diplomas and award-winning projects since 2015)

2023 – GIRANDON, Žan, GROLEGER, Pia, PLESKOVIČ, Luka. Planning proposals and solutions to raise awareness and eliminate the problem of water pollution in local communities with their own water intake: master thesis A. Ljubljana. Also recipients of the Daljnogled award, given by the Slovenian Designers Association.

2023 – JARH, Bor. Product design with geometry optimization : bachelor thesis. Ljubljana: [B. Jarh], 2023. 45 p., illus. Mentor Lidija Pritržnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 149620483]

2022 – Matic Čič, Žan Girandon, Pia Groleger, Vid Lebič, Tena Palian, Satya Pene, Luka Pleskovič, Daša Šešerko, Jo Zornik. Co-mentor doc. Boštjan Drinovec. Recipients of the ALUO Prešeren Prize for the project T-60 and Reflection.

2022 – DIETNER, Jan. Refillable packaging for sustainable use : thesis. Ljubljana: [J. Dietner], 2022. 77 p., illus. [COBISS.SI-ID 130263811]

2021 – MERŠE, Lea. Sustainability aspects of the problem of discarded textiles : thesis. Ljubljana: [L. Merše], 2021. 56 p., illus. Mentor Lidija Pritržnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 77386755]

2021 – Dea Beatovikj, Tino Duralija, Martin Pevec, Valeska Rimele, Jon Schwarzmann, Žiga Žalec; mentoring on the project Student Corner, for which they received the Daljnogled award from the Slovenian Designers’ Association.

2020 – LESNIKA, Alja. Sustainable furniture : bachelor thesis. Ljubljana: [A. Lesnika], 2020. 63 p., illustrated. Mentor Rok Kuhar. [COBISS.SI-ID 28387843]

2019 – Julija Karas and Neža Medved. Recipients of the Daljnogled award for their project “Potential uses of waste/residues from a selected (production) process”. Development of a new biopolymer.

2019 – Ajda Auer, Ajda Bertok, Jernej Kapus, Ambrož Močnik. Saddles from discarded cerados. Semi-finalist in Young Balkan Designers 2019: Circular Design. Belgrade. Serbia.

2017 – Valentina Arčan and Maja Grobler. Mentoring on the project Bio Seedling Pots. 1st prize winners at the festival (and competition) Reci:Design, Images of Recycling, Celje. Organised by Outsider magazine.

2017 – Špela Čuk and Katarina Merslavič. Mentorship on the project Travel bag made from discarded car belts. Winners of the 2nd prize at the Reci:Design festival (and competition), Images of Recycling, Celje. Organised by Outsider magazine.

2017 – Lin Gerkman and Jakob Koncut. Mentorship on the project Multifunctional light (also as a pendant) KLO. Winners of the 3rd prize at the Reci:Design festival (and competition), Images of Recycling, Celje. Organised by Outsider magazine. 

2016 – JERMANČIČ, Damijan. Siesta-moments : lounging entertainers and comfortable touchscreens : bachelor thesis B. Ljubljana: [ D. Jermančič], 2016. 96 p., illus. [COBISS.SI-ID 3560046]

2016 – SEVER, Maja. Induction plate in incandescent appliances : bachelor thesis B. Ljubljana: [ M. Sever], 2016. 43 p., [1] p. f., ill. [COBISS.SI-ID 3560302].

2016 – TURK, Katja. Modular caravan with an emphasis on the development of functional pull-out modules. Ljubljana: [ K. Turk], 2016. 131 p., illus. [COBISS.SI-ID 3519598]

2016 – ČERVEK, Katjuša. Fast food packaging : diploma thesis. Ljubljana: [K. Červek], 2016. 98 p., [5] p. f., ill. Mentor Vladimir Pezdirc. [COBISS.SI-ID 3545710]

2016 – KAKER, Jelka. Re-use of waste objects and materials : diploma thesis. Ljubljana: [ J. Kaker], 2016. 90 p., illus. Mentor Vladimir Pezdirc. [COBISS.SI-ID 3546734]

2015 – BARBARIĆ, Rina. Series of covers for Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong music albums : thesis. Ljubljana: [R. Barbarić], 2015. 35 p., illus. Mentor Ranko Novak. [COBISS.SI-ID 3431278]

 

Job functions at the Academy and the University

2023-25 Head of the Department for Industrial Design and Applied Arts, ALUO

2023 on the basis of the decision of the Dean of ALUO on appointment – Member of the Working Group on Sustainability at ALUO

2022-2023 (October-February) at the request of the Head of the Parent Department Coordinator of the renewal of the Industrial Design and Applied Arts study programme in accordance with the ALUO A1 strategy

2022 onwards on the proposal of the Rector of the UL Chairperson of the University Disciplinary Committee for 2nd cycle students

2022 onwards on the proposal of the Dean Member of the University Commission for Extracurricular Activities

2020-2022 Head of the Chair for the Development of Design Education

2019 onwards Member of the ALUO Quality Commission

2017-2019 Member of the ALUO Recognition Commission

2015-2019 Administrator of the study programme Industrial Design and Applied Arts (also in the period autumn 2020 to spring 2021)

2015-2019 Head of the Industrial Design course