Marko Pavlinec: Ergonomic and Economical
Marko Pavlinec, a co-founder of Rinz Ros d.o.o. company which he established together with his brother, is considered to be one of the most promising Slovenian designers. He believes that any design process should put
Greenery = People = City
Living in a city without any greenery is hard to imagine. Greenery is one of the key elements of a city, just as houses, people, roads, and cars. Maja Simoneti and Maša Šorn wrote about
Every poster tells a story
The emergence of a new design aesthetic in commercial post-war Slovenian poster-art. A simple definition of a poster would be that it is a visual medium using a (complex) combination of words and images to
Why women love Žižek (and why men hate him even more)
Steven Hawking entitled his last book On the Shoulders of Giants. He borrowed the title from Issac Newton, who once said that if he had been able to see farther, it was only because he
A dive with a view
Exploring the mysterious beauty of underwater plateaus in Bol, on the island of Brač, Croatia. I am sinking slowly … and immediately I feel … peace. The immensity and silence of the deep blue. My
Two in one
One person playing two roles – the role of an architect and that of a client? A mini interview with Skupaj arhitekti discussing the dual role of an architect renovating his own flat. The interview
Alice in Wonderland
A very special apartment has been "hidden" behind the brick walls of Ljubljana’s Levstik Square for about a year. Ana Gruden may indeed be an architect, but in this case she acts as a writer,
The two gardens in Žiri
The architect Juta Krulc has designed two medium-sized gardens by the family houses in Žiri and in Rakulk near Žiri. She started designing the two gardens in 1996, but her work still has not been
A villa in the clouds
Villa Beli dvor (White Court), located at Bled, was renovated in 2009 according to the architectural plans of Mr Boris Podrecca. Following AKKA studio plans the arrangement of the park areas around the villa was
Traditional atmosphere in a new body
A private house with a garden in the suburbs of Ljubljana has experienced revival between 2007 and 2009 by means of creating a new house and a garden with a touch of history. The landscape