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1. Intro
2. Exibition
3. Jury report 02
4. Jury report 03
5. Acknowledgments

Work from Slovenia

Twenty years after visual communications became a course at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts, the Brumen Foundation launched the 1st Biennial of Slovene Visual Communication. Many things have happened in the meantime, including a new country and a new social system. This lively revival resulted in increasing demands for new visual messages. "Fast-food" design, which decreases inter-personal communication effectiveness, affects the quality of life, and becomes disturbing and violent, began to dominate. Therefore, Slovenian design desperately needed a periodical critical overview of and public awards for achievements.

November 29 2003 is one of the most significant dates in the contemporary history of Slovenian design: the opening of the 1st Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications marks the beginning of the continuous professional assessment of creative quality in visual communication. With the Biennial, the young discipline has gained an opportunity to check, compare, and get an overview of the designers and their work, and to gain recognition of design knowledge, know-how and skills.

The Biennial of Slovene Visual Communication is a specialised and expert-based overview of visual communications. All applications are assessed by a special committee of domestic experts, who select the best for subsequent exhibition, and refer them to an international jury. The judges award the best works in each category and the work which fulfils all the international criteria of excellence is awarded the highest prize - the Brumen Grand Prix for the best visual message of Slovenia.

The Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications has been held three times (2003, 2005, 2007). The work, which received awards, by such prominent international designers as Anna Berkenbusch, Pierre Bernard, Max Bruinsma, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand, Cyprian Koscielniak, Bo Linnemann, Bruno Monguzzi, Aleš Najbrt, Jean-Françoise Porchez, Rick Poynor, Erik Spiekermann, and Wieczyslaw Wasilewski, is finally being presented outside Slovenia - at an exhibition in Brno.

Collection

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Work from Slovenia

Awarded pieces from the past three Biennials of Slovene Visual communications
23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2008, 18 June - 19. October

organisation: The Brumen Foundation
Petra Černe Oven, Inge Pangos, Barbara Predan, Peter Skalar

typefaces

2003
title: Cerdonis
author: Matevž Medja
agency/studio: Gigodesign
client: Gigofonts

2005
title: Delo typeface family
author: Ermin Međedović
client: Delo

2007
title: SIMTYPE_DOS
author: Katarina Mrvar
agency/studio: Lukatarina
client: Lukatarina

signs, symbols and logotypes

2003
title: Inside, a lifestyle magazine
author: Slavimir Stojanović
agency/studio: Futro
client: Inside

2005
title: Faculty of Computer and Information Science (honorable mention)
author: Boris Divjak
agency/studio: Innovatif
client: Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana

2005
title: Eleven
author: Miha Grobler
client: Kid Dog

2007
title: B/K/P/Architects
author: Ranko Novak
agency/studio: Designovak
client: Bajc Kmetič Pollak architects

basic set of stationery

2005
title: Kastelic + Levičar
author: Matevž Medja
agency/studio: Gigodesign
client: Kastelic + Levičar

2007
title: Luks Studio
author: Boris Balant
agency/studio: Luks studio
client: Luks studio

corporate identity

2003
title: Agencija 41
author: Mina Žabnikar
client: Agencija 41

2005
title: Tuš(honorable mention)
authors: Matevž Medja, Blaž Medja, Miha Klinar, Mitja Miklavčič
agency/studio: Gigodesign
client: Engrotuš

2007
title: Fonda (honorable mention)
author: Boris Balant
coauthors: Lena P. Balant, Primož Pislak
photo: arhiv Fonda
agency/studio: Luks studio
client: Fonda.si

2007
title: HIT (honorable mention)
author: Gigodesign team
agency/studio: Gigodesign
client: Hit

information graphics

2003
title: Rab, Memorial Plaque
authors: Miha Kerin, Majda Kregar
agency/studio: Ambient
client: Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

2005
title: Europe 2020 (honorable mention)
author/copy: Eduard Čehovin
agency/studio: Oblikovalski center
client: IEDC - Bled School of Management

2005
title: Pictograms for Gorenje (honorable mention)
author: Silvija Černe
client: Gorenje

2007
title: Plečnik's Students at Le Corbusier Studio, Exhibition
author: Primož Pislak
coauthor: Matej Zorec
copy: Bogo Zupančič
client: Architectural Museum Ljubljana

posters

2003
title: Talk Me Your Body
author: Luks studio
client: PTL - Ljubljana Dance Theatre, Flota
agency/studio: Luks studio

2005
title: SK04(honorable mention)
author: Eduard Čehovin
copy: Srečko Kosovel, slovene avant-garde poet 1904-26
agency/studio: Oblikovalski center
client: Oblikovalski center

2005
title: Andrej Rozman Roza: Funny to death
author: Radovan Jenko
photo: Dragan Arrigler
agency/studio: Radovan Jenko
client: KUD France Prešeren

2007
title: BIO 20 (honorable mention)
author: Janja Grubar
menthor: Peter Skalar
client: 20. Biennial of Industrial Design

2007
title: 25th Skopje Jazz Festival
author: Slavimir Stojanović
agency/studio: Futro
client: Skopje Jazz Festival, FR Macedonia

books and book series

2003
title: Intolerance Monitor Report
author: Robert Žvokelj
agency/studio: ID studio
client: The Peace Institut

2005
title: Man in magic square (honorable mention)
author: Ranko Novak
photo: Peter Koštrun
agency/studio: Designovak
clients: Myra Locatelli, Mobitel

2005
title: Fenoman (honorable mention)
author: Slavimir Stojanović
coauthor: F. I. A. art group
agency/studio: Futro
client: Publikum

2007
title: Zbirka Smeh.Podtoni(humour collection)
author, copy, illustrator: Tomato Košir
agency/studio: Tomato Košir
client: Didakta

book series

2005
title: Knjiga o vinu Wine book (honorable mention)
author: Žare Kerin
photo: Janez Pukšič
client: Rokus

2007
title: Sister
author, illustrator: Matej Koren
agency/studio: Kiddog
client: Založba Sanje

catalogues and monographs

2003
title: Yesterday afternoon events
author: Mina Žabnikar
client: Prodok

2005
title: Graffitists (honorable mention)
author: Robert Žvokelj
photo: graffitists
agency/studio: ID studio
client: MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana

2005
title: The Partizans in Print (honorable mention)
author: Robert Žvokelj
photo: National Museum of Contemporary History
agency/studio: ID studio
client: MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana

2005
title: Artist at work
author: Ajdin Bašić
photo: Boris Cvjetanović, Mladen Stilinović
copy: Alenka Gregorič, Branka Stipančič, Igor Zabel
client: Galerija Škuc

2007
title: Alan Hranitelj (honorable mention)
author: Boris Balant
photo: Alan Hranitelj (arhives)
agency/studio: Luks studio
client: MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana

2007
title: Ivan Ilic Case/Study
author: Ivan Ilić
agency/studio: Futro
client: Futro Books

annual reports

2003
title: Mobitel
author: Luks studio
agency/studio: Agencija 41
client: Mobitel

calendars

2003
title: Tehno-optika
author: Žare Kerin
agency/studio: Futura D. D. B.
client: Tehno-optika

2005
title: Scrawls 05
author/illustrator/client: Radovan Jenko
agency/studio: Radovan Jenko

packaging

2005
title: Sadjevec, Viljamovka (brandy) (honorable mention)
author: Žare Kerin
coauthor: Marko Piškur
client: Dana

2007
title: Salt Label (honorable mention)
author: Primož Pislak
agency/studio: Luks studio
client: Soline

2007
title: Avtorsko vino (wine)
author: Tomaž Plahuta
client: Štekar Farm

brochures, invitations, greeting cards…

2003
title: Hoteli morje
author: Borut Kajbič
client: Hoteli morje

2005
title: Futro fanzine
author/illustrator: Slavimir Stojanovič
author/photo: Ivan Ilić
agency/studio: Futro
client: Futro

2007
title: Futrozine; Futro Good News
authors: Ivan Ilić, Slavimir Stojanović
agency/studio: Futro
client: Futro Books, U. G. F. I. A.

periodicals and newspapers

2003
title: m'ars
author: Slavimir Stojanović
agency/studio: Futro
client: Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana

2007
title: Sign-post
author: Robert Žvokelj
photo: Barbara Zajec, Jaka Vinšek, Aljoša Videtić
agency/studio: ID studio
client: Nova ljubljanska banka

printed advertisements and advertising campaigns

2003
title: Duracell Plus
author: Slavimir Stojanović
agency/studio: Arih advertising
client: Merchiol/Duracell

2005
title: Taxi (honorable mention)
author: Aljoša Bagola
coauthor: Robert Križmančič
photo: Franci Virant
agency/studio: Pristop
client: Intertours Taxi

2005
titles: (Towels, Food, Cloths
authors: Tina Brezovnik, Andrej Baša, Vera Stanković
photo: Riccardo Callin
agency/studio: Mayer McCann
client: Vale Novak book-shop

2007
title: Deer
author, copy: Aljoša Bagola
coauthor: Robert Križmančič
photo: Gettyimages, Saša Hes
agency/studio: Pristop
client: Porsche Slovenija

jacket design of audio and video carriers

2003
title: Katalena
author: Ivian Kan Mujezinović
client: ZKP RTV Slovenija

2007
title: Two Pianos
author: Vladan Srdić
agency/studio: Studio 360
client: RTV Slovenija

digital graphics

2003
title: Arcadia lightwear
authors: Jack Russel, Tina Hojs, Bor Hojs
agency/studio: Studio Tibor
client: Arcadia

2005
title: Roza - writter, actor, poet (honorable mention)
author: Radovan Jenko
photo: Dragan Arrigler
copy: Andrej Rozman Roza
sound: Mateja Starič
client: KUD France Prešeren
url

2007
title: Pivk drycleaner (honorable mention)
authors: Zoran Gabrijan, Žare Kerin
coauthor: Miha Grobler, Inovatiff
copy: Boštjan Napotnik
agency/studio: Futura
client: Čistilnica Pivk
url

2007
title: Gorenje design (honorable mention)
author: Uroš Strel Lenčič
coauthors: Matjaž Miler, Vladimir Nardin
copy: Andrej Šeme
agency/studio: AV studio
client: Gorenje
url

2007
title: Gorenje Ora-Ito (honorable mention)
author: Siniša Šafarič
coauthors: Matjaž Miler, Vladimir Nardin, Uroš Strel Lenčič
agency/studio: AV studio
client: Gorenje
url

2007
title: Itak Park Website
authors: Gsus Ajax, Žiga Testen
coauthors: Bor Hojs, Tina Hojs / Studio Tibor
illustrators: Žiga Testen, Žiga Aljaž
photo: Dragan Arrigler
copy: Robert Bohinec, Urška Klajder
agency/studio: Ajax Studio
client: Mobitel
url
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illustration as part of visual communication design

2007
title: Slovene Poets About the Cats
author/illustrator: Radovan Jenko
copy: various slovene poets
agency/studio: Radovan Jenko
client: Mladinska knjiga

photography as part of visual communication design

2003
title: En-knap 10
author: j. e. s. u. s. ajaks
agency/studio: Ajax studio
client: En-knap (slovene dance company)

student works

2005
title: Eksperiment v tipografiji Experiment in typography
author: Luka Mancini
menthor: Lucijan Bratuš

Ljubljana,
Sunday November 27th 2005

Judging Brumen Design Biennale

Hello, I am Max Bruinsma from Amsterdam, Holland, and I have the honor of presenting to you the results of this year's Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications' competition. An honor I share with my colleagues in the jury: Anna Berkenbusch from Berlin, Germany; Piotrek Mlodozeniec from Warsaw, Poland; Aloisj Najbrt from Prague, the Czech Republic; and Erik Spiekermann from Berlin, Germany.
None of us are very familiar with Slovenian graphic design, I must admit. We asked the Brumen Foundation, who were so kind to invite us, if that would be a problem, and we were told that - on the contrary - they considered it an advantage: we could look with fresh eyes to a design culture which does not want to limit itself to its national confines.
We didn't know what to expect and whether we should be judging the things we saw against the European and international standards with which we are familiar - which doesn't seem fair at first sight for a young design culture - or whether we should look at the national Slovenian standards, which we do not know very well...
The moment we saw the works on display in this exhibition, we decided we could just be our critical selves. On average, what we see here is of a level of professionalism and creativity that we see in many other countries in Europe and the rest of the world. Which means that we can cheerfully ignore any inclination towards politeness we might have ;-)
So we have looked quite critically, as we are used to, and we looked for the work that genuinely surprised us, fascinated us, inspired or amused us...
By stating that the general level of quality in design in this selection is quite high, we also gave ourselves the task of pointing out the works that were recognizably and arguably above that standard.
This means that we have been thrifty with giving awards. But we also wanted to point out designs of which we admired or wanted to applaud certain aspects, even if we could criticize other aspects of the work. Thus, we have made a distinction between awards and commendations. The awards go to designs that in our judgment are exemplary in solving the problem they are faced with in their realm of design; the commendations go to designs which may, in our view, not be perfect in every respect, but which are addressing aspects of the problem they are confronted with in an exemplary manner.
Of course, we're just five persons from abroad that happen to have an opinion about design in general. We're not saying that we know it all and have seen it all. But we can assure you that we did our best to compare and contrast the work we see here with what we have come to regard in our own practices as the kind of design we'd like to applaud - and that we had a great time doing that. We thank the board of the Brumen Foundation and the organizers of the Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications for inviting us and giving us the opportunity to be blatantly arrogant ;-) and we thank the Slovenian design community, which I guess means you, for presenting us with work that we really enjoyed to become acquainted with!

And now for the official verdicts ;-)

I will follow the order of categories that is given in the catalogue of this year's biennial, and thus start withy the first category:

01 typefaces
Generally we are very pleased by the high quality of designs in this section of the competition. We acknowledge the work of Lucijan Bratus, not only as a type designer but also as an educator of new generations of typographic designers... The award, however, goes to an outstanding achievement which comprises a complete and varied font family for a national newspaper. We think that in all its modesty of appearance it is an extremely well balanced font and an exhaustive system which can cover anything a newspaper could ever want to print. Moreover, the various versions and elaborations of the family are not, as you often see in type families, over-homogenized - each variant keeps its own individuality, but all of them definitely work together like a family. We compliment the newspaper Delo for commissioning this typeface and award designer Ermin Mededovic with his achievement, the Delo typeface family.

02 signs, symbols and logotypes
We have an award and a commendation in this category:
The commendation goes to a problem solved exemplary for this kind of client: it is rare that one sees this kind of intelligent visual minimalism in a logo for a university department. For his intricate digitization of the three letters of the Faculty of Computer and Information Science of the University of Ljubljana, which is a witty visual translation of his client's core business, we commend designer Boris Divjak of Innovative.
The award is for the perfect logo for a clothing brand with the name 'Eleven'. The brand is the result of a workshop in which a series of t-shirts were designed. The jury agrees it's a very good piece of design, which sees a solution before the rest of us think it's obvious. We applaud Miha Grobler, for Kid Dog design studio for turning a name into a logo that immediately becomes familiar.

03 stationery
The award in this category goes to a basic stationary which solves its problem perfectly in a perfectly simple and cost-effective way. Of course, there have been more solutions like this: a simple rubber stamp with a date-indicator, but this one stands out because it provides its clients with a visual personality in a playful use of typography, pictograms, color and the medium itself - a stamp that can be applied to almost any carrier, and will look good and graceful however you use it. We award Mateuzs Medja of Gigodesign for his stationary design for Kastelic and Levicar.

04 corporate identity
In this category, we commend not so much a corporate identity, but a design manual: The jury admires the care with which this design bureau covered every practical aspect of implementing the corporate design for their client, down to the tiniest details, and laid-out the most exhaustive standards in a very clear and accessible manual. We commend the designers of Gigodesign for their design manual for supermarket tus, and for doing something quite out of the ordinary for this kind of commission.

05 information graphics
In this category, we have two commendations.
The first goes to a design which is actually not so much an information design, as well as an innovative use of a hybrid of signage, experimental typography and public interior decoration. For giving some color and sense of place to such a dark and undifferentiated space as a parking garage, we commend Eduard Cehovin of Oblikovalski Center.
The second commendation in this category is for a design which may not be totally innovative, but which deserves a special mention because it is applied with exemplary care and consistency. Rather than using standard pictograms in a standard interface, Silvia Cerne and colleagues developed a completely new set of pictograms and a new interface for Gorenje's touch-screen washing machine. The jury commends them for good practice.

06 posters
This category was the largest in this year's competition, and one of the hardest to judge, given the high standard of the entries.
We commend a project which we value as a series of poetic interventions in the public realm, and as a fascinating exercise in the cultural use of a typographic visual language. We commend Eduard Cehovin of Oblikovalski Center for their billboards devoted to the celebration of Srecko Kosovel.
Even with the generally high average quality of design in this category, the jury was quite fast in recognizing the posters which merit the award. They are witty and playful, they demonstrate a distinctive personal handwriting, which becomes - quite literal - part of the posters' subject, thereby communicating its message directly and seductively. We award the posters for Andrej Rozman Roza's theatre performances, designed by Radovan Jenko.

07 books
We have two commendations in this category.
The first commendation goes to a book that we admire for the care and sophistication with which its pages were designed. And although we don't see the need for the gloss square on the square cover, we do applaud Ranko Novak for the precision and love with which he designed the interior of 'Man in a magic square' and made the book a poetic object in itself.
Our second commendation goes to a cheerfully fresh staging of a studio's sketchbook. It is an avalanche of visual ideas and puns, a visual sourcebook that is just plain fun to leaf through: the recycled work of 'fenoman', Futro's Slavimir Stojanovic.

08 book covers
In this category, we like to commend a cover for its novel and fascinating use of material - cork - which is fitting for its subject - wine - but which we have not seen used in this manner before. In combination with this rare material, the embossed typography of the title works perfectly on the cover of the luxury edition of Vina Slovenlie, designed by Zare Kerin.

09 catalogues and monographs
In this category, we would like to commend two catalogues which form a consistently designed series, while at the same time treating each book individually. They both feature some of the best crafted typography we have seen in this year's selection, with exemplary combined typefaces. Although they are almost too beautiful for their subjects, we commend designer Robert Zvokelj of ID studio for his designs of 'Grafitists' and especially 'Partisans in Print'.
The best of category award for monographs goes to a book which shuns aesthetics, but arrives at a design which is completely consistent with the work presented in it - from front- to back cover. In a careful arrangement of text and images, of color and forms, the visual and editorial design exemplifies a careful and loving approach to the subject: the work of the artist Mladen Stilinovic. The award, therefore, goes to designer Ajdin Basic.

10 - annual reports
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

11 calendars
In this category we would like to award a diary that will save you the work of scribbling in the margins, so typical for used agendas - In this case the diary comes with little drawings and scribbles of a quality and sheer joy that few of us will ever reach. This 'pre-doodled' calendar gives a personality to something that mostly comes with none at all; we award Radovan Jenko for it.

12 packaging
We have one commendation in this category, which we judge excellent in it's execution of detail and typography. It's a classic Italian design for an Italian style liquor, with nice detailing in the die-stamped fruits that drop below the bottom line of the label, and a carefully crafted packaging. Zare Kerin made Viljamovka and Sadjevec bottles and their packaging into something that you want to give away as a present.

13 brochures, invitations, greeting cards, flyers and small-format promotional leaflets (we call this category: Various ;-)
One series of designs stood out in this category of very varied works. It is a series of leaflets, or pamphlets or the kind of publication for which the French seem to have invented the term 'je ne sais quoi'... Weird stuff that lands on your doormat from time to time and presents you with an interesting riddle, designed in an enticing way. Even if you may suspect it from being on the edge of embracing a 'bad design' attitude, it is sympathetic and thought-provoking in both form and content. It may feel like hot air to you, but breathing it brought a smile to our faces... We're talking about Futro's fanzine, designed by Slavimir Stojanovic and Ivan Ilic.

14 periodicals and newspapers
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

15 printing advertisements and advertising campaigns The commendation in this category goes to an advert that is not only cool in terms of visual fun, but also makes sense: it reminds you to call a taxi when you've had too much to drink! We think it merits a place as a poster inside or next to cafés and restaurants, this design of Pristop's Aljoša Bagola for Intertours Taxi.
The award for best campaign goes to a series of very humorous and intelligent visual associations on a reader's obsessions. A large photograph with a small tag line and logo will convince the target group of dedicated book lovers that this store understands them: we award Tina Brezkovic, Andrej Basa and Vera Stankovic of Mayer McCann for their witty campaign for Vale Novak bookstores (Towels, Food, Cloths).

16 postage stamps and securities
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

17 jacket designs of audio and video carriers
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

18 digital graphics
In this category we take the title literally: although we could be quite critical of the interface design - or lack of it - for the website for Andrej Rozman Roza, we do wish to commend Radovan Jenko for his graphics for this website, which are as playful and personal as his work for Roza's posters, and a reminder that hand drawing and the digital screen are not principally at odds.

19 television graphics
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

20 illustration as part of visual communication design
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

21 photography as part of visual communication design
We regret not having any commendations or awards in this category

22 student works
The award for best student work goes to a series of presentation posters which are so full of ideas and experiments that we have no doubt their designer will be quite busy working them all out in the next few years. In part, it's the kind of free experimentation that is a student's privilege, but the fun in bending the rules in this case is accompanied by serious work in executing not just the surface, but the nitty-gritty of a cheerful variety of digital fonts. There is, as said, a _lot_ of content in these experimentations, held together in an ironic play with the question of when type becomes an illustration, and vice-versa. We award the keen and curious explorations in digital typography of Luka Manchini.

Ljubljana,
Friday November 23th 2007

3rd International Slovenian Biennial Winners

The members of the jury: Pierre Bernard, William Drenttel (president), Jessica Helfand , Cyprian Kościelniak

01 typefaces
SIMTYPE_DOS
A specimen sheet particularly commendable for its clarity, and the individual design of its characters. A suitable reflection of contemporary form.
Designer: KATARINA MRVAR

02 signs, symbols and logotypes
B/K/P/Architects
An uncomplicated logo for an architecture studio: the judges appreciated the idea of the letterforms growing progressively bolder as a suitable expression for building and construction.
Designer: RANKO NOVAK

03 stationery
LUKS STUDIO
Outstanding use of typography; clever interpretation of the plus sign ("+") in place of the letter "T" - this is a playful, tactile and subtle mark for an architecture firm.
Designer: BORIS BALANT

04 corporate identity
Honorable Mention: FONDA, HIT
NOTE: While the judges did not select an overall winner in this category, we chose to highlight two projects that demonstrate particular strength in the area of corporate identity system.

FONDA
A suite of collateral materials employed Fonda's signature vocabulary with consistency and elegance. Combining well-chosen and beautifully printed vintage photography with strong typography, the overall program is distinctive and memorable.
Designer: BORIS BALANT

HIT
With its simple color breaks and restrained use of geometry, HIT takes a complex system and makes it both accessible and clear. The implementation of everything from architectural wayfinding systems to simple identity materials works within this overall program, with flexible, scalable options for future use.
Designer: GIGODESIGN

05 information graphics
PLEČNIK'S STUDENTS AT LE CORBUSIER STUDIO, EXHIBITION
A suitable, simple and clever exploration that presents the exhibition with precision and purity. The judges were impressed by the simple lighting scheme as well as the use of a series of desks as both a symbol and a platform for exhibiting the work, all of which is aligned and composed with enormous care.
Designer: PRIMOŽ PISLAK

06 posters
Winner: 25TH SKOPJE JAZZ FESTIVAL
A powerful poster that benefits from a classic, minimalist composition - and succeeds brilliantly.
Designer: SLAVIMIR STOJANOVIĆ

Honorable Mention: BIO20 BIENNIAL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Wonderful concept for a poster which incorporates an existing photograph of an electrical switch and uses it as a typographic element.
Designer: JANJA GRUBAR

07 books
ZBIRKA SMEH.PODTONI
Designer: TOMATO KOŠIR

08 book covers
SESTRA/SISTER
Beautifully executed example of hand lettering and simple form, resulting in a single symbol of a heart, made up of balanced, carefully considered typographic elements. Both the hardback white-on-black and the paperback black-on-white versions succeed as readable.
Designers: MATEJ KOREN

09 catalogues and monographs
Winner:IVAN ILIC CASE/STUDY
A consistently well-paced example of a publication in which the relationship between photography and type is beautifully articulated. Bold use of color supports well-cropped and intelligently sequenced images: the result is an exquisite and thoughtfully-produced catalogue.
Designer: IVAN ILIĆ

Honorable Mention: ALAN HRANTITELJ
Restrained but nevertheless ornate in its typographic scheme, this book embraces the buoyancy and spirit of its subject - a theatrical, boldly expressive costume designer. A massive volume that combines photography, text and reference information, orchestrated with precision into a curated body of work, the design neither shies away from nor overwhelms the work being featured.
Designer: BORIS BALANT

10 annual reports

11 calendars

12 packaging
Winner: BRDA Wine Label
A delicately executed series of labels - one running horizontally and the other applied at an angle - make for a fundamentally elegant solution to a wine label. The typography conveys a quality of subtle legitimacy, and the inventive use of the secondary (smaller) label reads as a grace note - or a modern interpretation of a wax seal.
Designer: TOMAŽ PLAHUTA

Honorable Mention: SOLNI CVET Salt Label
Minimal and spare, this black, white and red program for a series of sea-salt packages impressed the judges with its modern appeal to simplicity. At least one of our judges wanted to go out and buy this product: the ultimate endorsement for any product!
Designer: Primož Pislak

13 brochures, invitations, greeting cards, flyers and small-format promotional leaflets (we call this category: Self Promotion)
FUTROZINE AND FUTRO GOOD NEWS
As a series of publications some of which open up into posters, Futrozine offers an intelligent way of promoting ideas through a bold, sustained typographic vocabulary.
Designers: SLAVIMIR STOJANOVIĆ, IVAN ILIĆ

14 periodicals and newspapers
SIGN-POST
Effective design solution in a tough environment - one of the judges called it a "hostile environment" - how to design a visually compelling series of publications for business people? Kažipot uses a minimal color palette and a restrained typographic system to create clean, clear publications that brilliantly address its exact audience.
Designer: ROBERT ŽVOKELJ

15 printing advertisements and advertising campaigns
DEER
A really great idea beautifully executed: simple and understandable, just like all advertising should be!
Designers: ALJOŠA BAGOLA, ROBERT KRIŽMANČIČ

16 postage stamps and securities

17 jacket designs of audio and video carriers
TWO PIANOS Music CD
Beautifully crafted, understated and incredibly tactile: modernism par excellence - and it worked in concert with the piano music recorded on the CD, This proves that design can be simple and still be powerful.
Designer: VLADAN SRDIĆ

18 digital graphics
Winner: ITAK PARK Website
Outstanding work in avatar customization: seamless integration of user input with computational processing. The judges were particularly taken with Elvis!
Designers: GSUS AJAX, ŽIGA TESTEN, BOR HOJS, TINA HOJS, GAL ERBEŽNIK
Honorable Mention: "TERAN SMOLA" Website
Clever, original idea that shows that less can be more even in interface design: the progressively disappearing typography underscores the dirt-removal that is the focus of this company's primary service. Beautifully done.
Designers: ANDRAŽ FILAČ, ŽARE KERIN

Honorable Mention: Gorenje design and GORENJE & GORENJE ORA-ITO Websites
Goranje's products are well-served by a series of websites that employ a simple formal scheme (black and white photography, with accented type in red) and strong typography. These sites are easy to navigate and benefit from 360-degree views of their kitchen products, some of which users can turn at will.
Designers: MATJAŽ MILER, VLADIMIR NARDIN, UROŠ STREL LENČIČ, SINIŠA ŠAFARIČ

19 television graphics

20 - Illustration as part of visual communication design
CAT BOOK
The jury didn't actually know that there were this many different kinds of cats in the known universe, and appreciated the feline diversity in this book. We urge you to buy a dog before it's too late!
Designer: Radovan Jenko

21 photography as part of visual communication design

Acknowledgments

2003

general sponsor of brumen foundation
mobitel

founders of brumen foundation
riko
liko pris

principal sponsors of biennial
siemens
metropolis media
tam-tam
tiskarna hren
informa echo

sponsor of the biennial opening
hit

sponsors of biennial
gospodarska zbornica slovenije
adria airways

alpe papir
aris jabolko
camera
chargonet
enter
kabaj
kogl
protechnik

2005

general sponsor of brumen foundation
mobitel

founders of brumen foundation
riko
liko pris

general print sponsor of biennial
delo tiskarna

media sponsor of biennial
delo

sponsors of biennial
ministrstvo za kulturo rs
mo ljubljana

btc
chargonet
europlakat
gigodesign
grafeks

2007

founders of brumen foundation
riko
talum

principal sponsor of biennial
mobitel

principal print sponsor of biennial
tiskarna petrič

media principal sponsors of biennial
delo
dnevnik
mladina

sponsors of biennial
ministrstvo za kulturo rs
mo ljubljana

alpe papir
antiq hotel
as print
belinka belles
french institut charles nodier
gigodesign
hit
kogl
pristop
protechnik
sonce.net
špajza
studio tibor
netherlands embassy
us embassy

Ustanovitelja Fundacije Brumen
Riko
Talum

Zlati pokrovitelj
Banka Celje

Pokrovitelja tiska
Tiskarna TKBM
Božnar & Partner

Pokrovitelj papirja
Burgo

Medijski pokrovitelji
Delo
Europlakat
Mladina
Vest.si

Spletni pokrovitelji
Gigodesign
Sonce.net
Studio Tibor

Pokrovitelji
Altos
Grafit
Idejološka ordinacija
Okvir
Epl
Antiq hotel
Kogl
Fokus
Založba Rokus Klett

Podpora
Ministrstvo za kulturo RS
MO Ljubljana

Dosje

E-muzej

Jože Brumen
1930-2000

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