When embarking on their own journey, a bunch of ladies, freshly-made businesswomen, came across many questions. They decided to join the forces to create a supportive environment for (mainly) female entrepreneurs in our region (Primorska, Slovenia). Association Primorske Podjetnice was born, primarily to locally connect businesswomen, to provide support, to organize events and workshops, and to facilitate potential collaborations and joint projects.

As their motto says "Together we can do more!".

Alongside the second Crumbles exhibition, illustration joined forces with a local craft brewery Varuh. Varuh - meaning Guardian in Slovene - is not just beer. It is an integral concept based on values and connecting people.

The collaboration has led to a design for a beer coaster and four separate illustrations. These represent the four Varuh beers - Franc, Erna, Danilo and Elvira (named after the brewer's grandparents) - reflecting their aroma and taste, but also the stories behind them.

Apparently the graphics for MareziJazz almost don't make it on time. ;)
Last year's: splashes of paint, vibrant like summer green and fruits.

 

 

 

  

Some time ago I was working on a logo for a new Slovenian progressive rock band, Fish on Mars. While they're touring around successfully presenting their album I am finally sharing the logo design - accompanied by some symbols for each song on the album as well as the songs' titles.

Photo: Sebastijan Skoko

Almost time for the new MareziJazz graphics, but it will have to wait a bit. :)
My "debt" from last year's festival. It was geometrical, playful, with a summer colour palette and a flexible pattern.

 

I've been loyal to certain brand of pocket planers for a looong period of time (still stick to their sketchbooks!). As they have become quite pricey and, besides that, it has always annoyed me that they include also a lot of pages nobody uses (making them thicker than necessary) ... I was forced to find an alternative, precisely a Spanish one. I was quite satisfied with my last year's planer, but unfortunately - for some obscure reasons - could not order this year's edition online.

So I decided to make my own. From scratch. Designing the layout, creating a tiny prototype, folding, binding, gluing, wrapping. The final result is a thin 9×14 cm planer, with a rough fabric cover, a strong elastic strap and a back pocket. Inside covers in lovely prints match the orange-pink bookmark. :) The content consists of a two-page overview of this and next year, 2016 divided in months (on six pages) and the weekly planer (2 pages per week). The little black book ends with some dotted pages for notes and a couple of blank pages in recycled paper (for sketches, obviously).

The 16th of September would have been the 90th birthday of B.B. King. Various musicians from the slovenian coast and beyond joined their forces for a tribue concert for the King of Blues, held in the legendary Snack Bar in Koper. 

The stylized illustration of the famous guitarist is accompanied with the silhouette of his guitar's, Lucille's, head. Basic black-gray-white palette combined with some higlights (in the bar's logo colour).

Playing with dots, patterns, textures. Summer colour palette. MareziJazz 2015.

Variation on a theme: edition 2015. Lost and found. :)

Inspired by the old cinema (and gig announcement) boards - here it is, this year's concert flyer and poster.

A task combining some of the things I really love: food/cooking, books and design. My take on Ludo Lefebvre's 10th anniversary edition of Crave. Clean and serious or playful with a splash of red? :)