Editorial: Precision, Craft, and New Perspectives
The architectural selection from Croatia points to an intense and thoughtful revitalisation of the built environment. In parallel, the design selection reveals a clear focus on purpose, refinement, and long term value, from furniture and marine design to new educational tools.
The architectural projects reflect a confident regional momentum, where innovation, context, and long term value are increasingly aligned. They show a culture willing to build on what already exists, adding new layers with precision and without overwhelming the character of place.
This year’s design works, though varied, share a disciplined approach to function and materials. One reimagines the lounge chair as a quietly memorable sculptural piece. Another, from a family-led boat manufacturer, fuses craftsmanship and engineering into elegant, practical vessels. The third, by a tech-focused team, reframes FPV learning through a well-designed educational product that fills a clear market gap.
Instead of forming one cohesive aesthetic direction, these projects illustrate the range of contemporary Croatian design, connected more by intent and clarity than by any stylistic thread. Taken together, they reveal a landscape where tradition, industry, and new entrepreneurial thinking meet in a confident and forward looking way.
Blažka & Tanja,
Editors
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Each BIG SEE Focus presents a curated selection of the best recent architectural and design projects from a selected country, completed or launched in the past year. This selection reveals depth of thinking, sensitivity to context, and the capacity to shift perspectives. Focus is not just a showcase, but a curatorial responsibility to highlight works that propose ideas, engage cultural complexity with clarity, and offer more than aesthetics.
Featured projects
Rimac Kampus Production Facility
3LHD
Kanoćal House
Ab Forum – Iva Letilović & Igor Pedišić
Colnago 45 Open
Colnago Marine
Educational and Presentation Centre St Nicholas of the International Centre For Underwater Archaeology
FORVM – Ante Uglešić
Omnia Armchair
Neisako &
Prostoria
Sesvetski Kraljevec Kindergarten
NON ARCHITECTURE &
BIT ARHITEKTURA
Steel Bridge over Foša
Prostorne taktike
ORQA FPV.Ace
ORQA FPV
Paveki Kindergarten
Studio Mapa
Selection
Selection
Editorial: Precision, Craft, and New Perspectives
The architectural selection from Croatia points to an intense and thoughtful revitalisation of the built environment. In parallel, the design selection reveals a clear focus on purpose, refinement, and long term value, from furniture and marine design to new educational tools.
The architectural projects reflect a confident regional momentum, where innovation, context, and long term value are increasingly aligned. They show a culture willing to build on what already exists, adding new layers with precision and without overwhelming the character of place.
This year’s design works, though varied, share a disciplined approach to function and materials. One reimagines the lounge chair as a quietly memorable sculptural piece. Another, from a family-led boat manufacturer, fuses craftsmanship and engineering into elegant, practical vessels. The third, by a tech-focused team, reframes FPV learning through a well-designed educational product that fills a clear market gap.
Instead of forming one cohesive aesthetic direction, these projects illustrate the range of contemporary Croatian design, connected more by intent and clarity than by any stylistic thread. Taken together, they reveal a landscape where tradition, industry, and new entrepreneurial thinking meet in a confident and forward looking way.
Blažka & Tanja,
Editors
—
Each BIG SEE Focus presents a curated selection of the best recent architectural and design projects from a selected country, completed or launched in the past year. This selection reveals depth of thinking, sensitivity to context, and the capacity to shift perspectives. Focus is not just a showcase, but a curatorial responsibility to highlight works that propose ideas, engage cultural complexity with clarity, and offer more than aesthetics.
Editors
Blažka Drnovšek,
Curator & Editor
for Product Design
Tanja Završki,
Curator & Editor
for Architecture
M: +386 64 293 441
E: tanja@bigsee.eu