Marko Pavlović
Designer, (B.Des.) Industrial Design
I work as a independent product designer dedicated to delivering unique design solutions in a variety of industries with a particular interest in the realm of toys & puzzles.
I graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design. During my first year of studies I started working with toys and earned worldwide recognition for revolutionary OBLO™ spheres puzzle design which could be described as a cousin to the Rubik’s cube, but for preschoolers.
My new invention is a 3D puzzle called Logiq Tower™. With more than 22,000 possible solutions, this could very well be one of the most challenging brainteasers on the market. Projects in the toy category helped me win numerous awards throughout Europe and the USA.
Awards
2017 European Product Design Award - 2017 Silver Prize Winner, Los Angeles, US
2015 The Culture Trip - Local Favorites 2015 Award, www.theculturetrip.com
2015 Najigračka Hrvatske, Festival igračaka, Ivanić-Grad, HR
2013 Tillywig Toy Awards - Brain Child, US
2012 German Design Award - Nominee 2013, German Design Council, Frankfurt, DE
2012 3rd Award for upholstered furniture, Kvadra Design, Začretje, HR
2011 red dot award: product design - "honourable mention", red dot design award, Essen, DE
2008 CDA Award - Best Product/ Industrial Design, Croatian Design Exhibition 0708, Zagreb, HR
2008 IDEA International Design Excellence Awards '08 GOLD, IDSA, Phoenix, US
2007 Product Design (Innovation) - Hamleys - Commendation, D&AD Global Student Awards, London, GB
Exhibitions
2018 Croatian Design Exhibition 1718, Zagreb, HR
2017 GRUPA – ANATOMIJA DIZAJNA: BALUNA, (Dizajn transportne ambalaže / Packaging design) Zagreb, HR
2017 Month of Design 2017 - International Festival of Design, Zavod Big, Ljubljana, SLO
2016 "In a Nutshell" - travelling exhibition of contemporary Croatian design, Vienna, AT
2014 Croatian Design Exhibition 1314, Zagreb, HR
2014 Croatian Design Superstore, Zadar, HR
2014 Design Tourism EXPO & STORE, Dubrovnik, HR
2014 Solo Exhibition: Od studentskog zadatka do globalnog proizvoda, Bernardo Bernardi Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2014 Retrospektiva ZzID 2009 - 2013 Exhibition, Zagreb, HR
2013 "Znati i moći", Croatian Product Design Exhibition, Rijeka, HR
2012 Common Sense & Sensibility, Loggia Gallery, Hvar, HR
2012 Common Sense & Sensibility, Forum Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2012 Common Sense & Sensibility, BDW, Belgrade, SRB
2012 New York Toy Fair, NY, USA
2012 "In a Nutshell" - travelling exhibition of contemporary Croatian design, Zagreb-Belgrade-Helsinki-Maribor-Brussels
2011 DESIGNEAST.EU OFFLINE, International Airport, Prague, CZ
2011 DESIGNEAST.EU OFFLINE, Budapest, HU
2011/12 red dot design museum, Singapore, MY
2011/12 red dot design museum, Essen, DE
2011 "In a Nutshell" - travelling exhibition of contemporary Croatian design, Zagreb, HR
2010 ELLE Dekor - furniture fair, Zagreb, HR
2009 Solo Exhibition: Ideja / Koncept / Proizvod, CDA Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2009 Ambienta - ZV, Zagreb, HR
2009 Belgrade Design Week, Belgrade, SRB
2009 Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
2009 43. Zagreb Showroom of Applied Art and Design, Zagreb, HR
2008 Croatian Design Exhibition 0708, Zagreb, HR
2008 BIO.21, 21st Biennial of Industrial Design, Ljubljana, SLO
2008 International Design Excellence Awards '08, IDSA, Phoenix, USA
2007 Fashion Closet, Arts and Crafts Museum, Zagreb, HR
2007 D&AD Global Student Awards, London, UK
Speaker
2017 Lecture: Oblikovanje transportne ambalaže za sustav rasvjetnih tijela, Krapina, HR
2016 Lecture: Oblo i Logiq Tower, Društvo zagrebačke klasične gimnazije, Zagreb, HR
2015 Lecture: Oblo i Logiq Tower, Škola za umjetnost, dizajn, grafiku i odjeću, Zabok, HR
2015 Od studentske ideje do globalnog proizvoda, Veleučilište Požega, HR
2014 Znanstveni piknik, Zagrebački velesajam, Zagreb, HR
2014 Lecture: Od studentskog zadatka do globalnog proizvoda, School of Design, Zagreb, HR
2014 Lecture: Oblo & Logiq Tower, Zagreb Design Week, Lauba Museum, Zagreb, HR
2014 Workshop/Radionica: "Kako dobar plakat!", HDD - Hrvatsko dizajnersko društvo, Zagreb, HR
2013 Lecture: "O igračkama i kako do novih proizvoda", TEDx Maksimir, Zagreb, HR
2013 Workshop/Radionica: "Kreativne slagalice", HDD - Hrvatsko dizajnersko društvo, Zagreb, HR
2013 Croatia in the EU/Growing Together, Croatian ambassador - designer, Luxembourg, LU
2013 Croatia in the EU/Growing Together, Croatian ambassador - designer, Zagreb, HR
2013 Magdalena, 15th festival of creative communications, Maribor, SLO
2012 Pecha Kucha Night, Osijek, HR
2012 TEDx Maksimir, Zagreb, HR
2009 Pecha Kucha Night vol. 2, Zagreb, HR