Darja Malesic is an independent designer based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. After gaining an MA in Fashion Womenswear at The Royal College of Art, London, Darja worked as a designer for over a decade in luxury fashion houses in Italy including Dolce Gabbana, before changing direction completely in order to focus on responsible design. Her creative work now spans a wide range of products from lighting and homeware to footwear, but crucially explores the possibilities offered by Slovenian wicker craft ...
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Career Highlights
Recent Awards & Nominations
_ 2023 Mark of design excellence ”Made in Slovenia”, CzK, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) _ 2023 Distributed Design Award finalist _ 2023 Zagreb Design Week Award finalist _ 2022 Mark of design excellence ”Made in Slovenia”, CzK, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) _ 2021 Mark of design excellence ”Made in Slovenia”, CzK, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) _ 2019 WORTH 2nd Call Winner, Cosme EU
Recent Shows
_ 2024 DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, BioArt Laboratories _ 2024 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Crafting Futures _ 2024 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Open Design _ 2024 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Voda _ 2024 Triennial of Craftsmanship, Posavje Museum Brežice, SI _ 2023/24 Crafting Futures, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana, SI _ 2023 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Co/rizom _ 2023 ZAGREB DESIGN WEEK _ 2023 LJUBLJANA DESIGN WEEK _ 2023 Performance Days, Munich, Germany & Portland, Oregon, USA _ 2022 MILANO DESIGN WEEK, Tempi Nuovi / New Times _ 2022 LJUBLJANA DESIGN WEEK _ 2022 Created in Slovenia, Cukrarna Palace, Ljubljana, SI _ 2022 Made in Slovenia 19/115, CzK, SI _ 2021 MILANO DESIGN WEEK, [Tunnel 29] Design for a post-apocalyptic world, CzK _ 2021 BERLIN DESIGN WEEK, Bikini Berlin _ 2021 The Future of Living, CzK, presented at 32 design events and locations around the world (DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, PARIS DESIGN WEEK, BERLIN DESIGN WEEK, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and ZAGREB DESIGN WEEK to locations in Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia) _ 2020 [Tunnel 29] Design for a post-apocalyptic world, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana, SI _ 2020 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK _ 2020 DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, Worth, EU Cosme _ 2019 Circular & Creative, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), SI _ 2019 Creators, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), SI
