WED 6–9PM
THU–FRI 2–9PM
SAT–SUN 11AM–9PM
*garden 2AM
*Studio Orson Welles
WED 6–9PM
THU–FRI 2–9PM
SAT–SUN 11AM–9PM
*garden 2AM
The ZGDW AWARD is an international design award presented by an expert jury across six categories.
Since 2017, we have been presenting design awards, and from 2020, under the name ZGDW AWARD. This award is distinctive in Croatia as it welcomes participants from all around the globe.
The top finalists will be showcased to the public at an exhibition held during Zagreb Design Week, taking place from September 25 to 29, 2024, at Jadran Film. The jury will deliberate and choose the top three works in each of the six categories. The highly anticipated announcement of the winners and the grand award ceremony will be a pivotal part of the festival’s opening on September 25.
*Studio Orson Welles
Jadran film
Ul. Rudolfa Kolaka 12
10000 Zagreb
*Studio Orson Welles
WED 18.00–21.00h
THU–FRI 14.00–21.00h
SAT–SUN 11.00–21.00h
*garden 2AM
*vrt
Since 2017, we have been presenting design awards, and from 2020, under the name ZGDW AWARD. This award is distinctive in Croatia as it welcomes participants from all around the globe.
The top finalists will be showcased to the public at an exhibition held during Zagreb Design Week, taking place from September 25 to 29, 2024, at Jadran Film. The jury will deliberate and choose the top three works in each of the six categories. The highly anticipated announcement of the winners and the grand award ceremony will be a pivotal part of the festival’s opening on September 25.
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Nikola Radeljković is a Croatian product designer and co-founding member of Numen/For Use, a multidisciplinary collective working in the fields of conceptual art, scenography, industrial and spatial design. The group worked for leading furniture producers in Europe, including Cappellini, Classicon, Magis, Moroso and Zanotta. From 2011. Numen/For Use designs furniture mostly for Prostoria. Nikola Radeljković is also a guest teacher at numerous design schools and art director at Nunc.
Elena Salmistraro is an Italian industrial and fashion designer. She studied at the Brera Art School and graduated in 2003 in Fashion Design from the Politecnico di Milano, followed by a second degree in Industrial Design in 2008. In 2009, she founded her studio with architect Angelo Stoli, working on projects ranging from architecture to design, art, fashion, illustration, and other visual arts. Elena Salmistraro lectures at the Istituto Marangoni in Milan, the Abadir University in Catania and the Politecnico di Milano.
Nataša Perković is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian product designer who earned her postgraduate degree at the University of Sarajevo, Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Product Design, where she is currently an Assistant Professor. She is the creative director of GoEs Furniture. Previously Perković has worked at The Partners in London, UK, Cittadellarte — Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy, and Kyoto Institute of Technology D-Lab in Japan. She received numerous international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, D&AD Best New Blood, Imm Cologne ICONIC Interior Innovation Award and German Design Award Special Mention.
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