Catalogue design for an exhibition of photography and drawings featuring the history of Mošćenice. Project was created for Katedra Čakavskog Sabora Općine Mošćenička Draga in 2009.
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The latest edition in this series. Catalogue and exhibition design about the mariners and sailors who sailed around the world from Brseč in the early 20th century.
This project was produced for Katedra Čakavskog Sabora Općine Mošćenička Draga.
katalog – I moj nono je navigal – Brseč
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The image of a young, black, servant dressed in fine clothes, wearing a turban, encrusted with gold and jewels, was adopted as the symbol of the city of Rijeka.
Known locally as ‘morčić’ its origins could be dated back to the 17th-18th century and the Venetian ‘moretto’. This was the time when the nobility was obsessed with all things from the Orient and North Africa including Moorish slaves “imported” from Muslim countries. The Venetian nobility would dress-up their pages and servants in fine clothing and jewellery to show off their own wealth and extravagance. In their image various figurines and jewellery were designed and produced (a style later referred to as ‘Blackamoors’).
This symbol was soon transmitted to Rijeka (Fiume) where similar forms of jewellery were manufactured by local goldsmiths and this soon seeped into tradition among the women of the region, especially in the form of earrings.
traditional morčić earrings
Singularly worn earrings also became popular with their sons as well as sailors and fisherman for whom they became talismans and lucky charms. The ‘morčić’ became as symbol of wealth and prosperity and these pieces of jewellery were soon passed down through the generations from mothers to daughters throughout the Rijeka region.
Morčić souvenir miniature
This tradition reached its peak in the mid-19th century with the establishment of the Gigante & Co. and their production of earrings, brooches, pins and necklaces.
After WWII many goldsmiths of the Rijeka region, who had been producing the now locally renowned pieces of golden jewellery, emigrated and so their skills and knowledge also disappeared. It has only been since the early 1990s that the morčić image and jewellery has been resurrected and adopted as the mascot of the city of Rijeka.
Moričić souvenirs on sale at the Mala Galerija shop in Rijeka
The morčić motif can be seen throughout the city and is widely recognised, and jewellery and souvenirs are once again being produced. During the annual Rijeka Carnival (Riječki Karneval) many participants and dignitaries can be seen dressed as ‘morčići’ reflecting the area’s centuries-old tradition.
Rijeka Carnival (Riječki Karneval) banner featuring the morčić motif
morčić carnival reveller
More information about souvenirs:
http://www.mala-galerija.hr/morcici.html
http://shop.rijeka.hr/product_info.php?products_id=122
http://www.ri-karneval.com.hr
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Experience the beauty and heritage of the Croatian islands of Cres and Lošinj.
Recover from the stress of modern life by living a traditional way of life and activities on the islands. Would you like to be islanders for a couple of days and get to know the life of the people who live here? We offer activities such as: shepherding, olive picking, fishing, hiking, walking and dry stone walling, or explore the islands on mountain bikes.
Visit Secrets of Cres / Tajne Cresa: http://www.tajnecresa.com/indexENG.html
Graphic design of entrance tickets for the interpretation centre at Eko-centar Caput Insulae Beli on the island of Cres. This was a complex piece of design work involving perfing, consecutive security in-line numbering with overall and spot UV lamination.
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B2 size poster on behalf of the Eko-centar Caput Insulae Beli on the island of Cres. The poster highlights of the northern area of the island known as Tramuntana. It was posted at tourist points all over the island.
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Graphic design of bottle label. Produced for the olive oil producers of the island of Cres on behalf of Eko-centar Caput-Insulae Beli: www.supovi.hr
From the original black and white pen drawings by artist Roberto Guglielmi and text by author Vesna Radek I prepared this lovely comic strip children’s guide to the life cycle of the Eurasian Griffon (white headed griffon, bjeloglavi sup, Gyps fulvus).
Firstly I had to scan every single original black and white line drawing, clean them and then choose a colour scheme for the whole book which I then used to colourize every part of each image. Next I had to add the speech bubbles using the author’s text. This was a very exhausting and time consuming piece of work. I also translated the original Croatian text into English but this version has not been published yet. The final booklet is a real labour of love.
This project was produced for Eko-centar Caput-Insulae Beli, on the island of Cres - www.supovi.hr
Here are two pages from the book.
One of Roberto Guglielmi’s original drawings
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Graphic design for jewellery exhibition for PPMHP – Pomorski i povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeka – “Od Sušaka pa do lipe Boke”
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