“Croatian designers’ success”
tportal.hr, 2011
_Award “How Poster Design Awards”, How, Cincinnati
Famous American design magazine How included the poster for the Festival of the European Short Story from 2010, by Maja Barić Bagić and Danijel Srdarev, among the ten best posters in the world.
“Young graphic designer from Zagreb won a prestigious award in New York”
Slobodna dalmacija, 2011
_Award “How Poster Design Awards”, How, Cincinnati
Interview with the designer Maja Bagić Barić.
“Award ‘Face of the book’ for Klisurić, Torjanac, Marjanović and KO:KE farm”
Večernji list, 2010
_Award for the best graphic design of a book cover at the festival “Pazi, knjiga!”
“Undiscovered Letter”
Art Directors Club New York, 2008
_Exhibition “Undiscovered Letter”, Art Directors Club New York
Joint works by the designers Maja Bagić Barić and Lina Kovačević and illustrator Danijel Srdarev were included in the exhibition “The Undiscovered Letter”, which was held at the Art Directors Club Gallery in New York in 2008. The authors were invited to speak about the non-existent twenty seventh letter of the English alphabet, which was the central theme of the competition. Following the concept of the exhibition’s title, the jury chose twenty seven authors from all over the world who created their works in typography, illustration, animation and photography. The process of their creative work was noted in the little black Moleskine notebook that was also displayed at the exhibition. In addition a book was published (http://www.adcglobal.org/store/?p=56).
During their process of creating the hidden letter, the authors Maja Bagić Barić, Lina Kovačević and Danijel Srdarev documented the gesticulations of three different characters and mapped them with certain points from which they later created a typographic solution that each time resulted in a unique form stemming from the individual characteristics of each of the three personalities. The initiators of the exhibition are the Art Directors Club NY, Moleskine, and Lettera27 – a non-profit organization that focuses on raising the global levels of literacy and education. The members of the jury included Steven Guarnaccia – head of the illustration department at Parsons School of Design in New York, Mateo Bologna – director of Type Directors Club and Simon Njami – one of the curators of the Venice Biennale in 2007.
“Kovačević, Bagić and Srdarev at the exhibition in New York”
Radio 101 – Daily cultural info, 2008
_Exhibition “Undiscovered Letter”, Art Directors Club New York
“Double celebration in New York”
Vijesnik, 2008
_Exhibition “Undiscovered Letter”, Art Directors Club New York and the award “Gold Award”, Graphis Poster Annual, New York
“Young Guns 5, Art Directors Club New York”
www.adcyoungguns.org, 2006
_Award “Young Guns 5”, Art Directors Club New York
“Bright future of Croatian design”
Portal Never2much, 2006
_Award “Young Guns 5”, Art Directors Club New York
“KO:KE kreativna farma – two young designers who are in demand”
Elle, 2006
“You probably have never heard of the designer duo from the Creative Farm KO:KE, but you have certainly seen the works by Maja Bagić Barić and Željka Županić. Their “farm” has been open for less than a year and they are already so swamped with work that they cannot answer all the inquires…
‘… It took us a long time to decide to open our own studio. The breaking point was the moment when we came up with a name and designed our logo. That was the moment we became part of something we could identify with…’ ”
“Logo KO:KE kreativna farma”
Icograda, 2005
_Works presented in the Galeria Icograda
Icograda is the world body for professional communication design. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, member-based network of independent organisations and stakeholders working within the multidisciplinary scope of communication design and expanded media. Founded in 1963, Icograda actively promotes the value of design practice, thinking, education, research and policy, representing more than 200 organisations in 67 countries and regions globally.
“Croatian designers’ international success”
Vjesnik, 1999
_Award “Yellow Pencil”, British Design and Art Direction (D&AD), Student Award, London