Žan Kobal is a designer and researcher from Ljubljana, Slovenia, currently based in The Netherlands.
His work finds its basis in the investigation of
objects as narration devices, exploring how the material and discourse
co-create reality.
He is one of the founders and an active member of Het Collectief.
Contact
zankobal@gmail.comEducation
2018 - 2020
Contextual Design MA (Cum Laude)
Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2014 - 2018
Industrial Design BA (Cum Laude)
Academy of Fine Arts And Design, SLO
Awards
2020
Gijs Bakker Award nominee, for excellence in thesis research
2018
Prešeren Award, for outstanding bachelor thesis
2016
Young Balkan Designers: New Analogue
Exhibitions
2019
Neuhaus, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
(Het Collectief)
2019
Milano Design Week, Park Associati, Milano
(Insecure: Public Space in the Age of Big Data)
2019
100% l’Expo, Villette Makerz, Paris
(Neoweaving)
2016
Balkan Design Bienale, Beograd
(Chair 001)
Press
Fuorisalone 2019, The Complete Guide District By District, ElleDecor IT, 2019
Insecure: Public Space In The Age of Big Data, ZERO, 2019
Insecure: video surveillance and the design of awareness, DesignAtLarge, 2019
Best architecture events we visited during last Milan Design Week 2019, ARCHIVIBE, 2019
Appuntamenti principali e mostre organizzate da Porta Venezia in Design, CoseDiCassa, 2019
All the insecurity of a safe world. How our behaviors change under the eye of the cameras, CieloTerra, 2019
The exhibitions and the Palaces of Milan, DesignDeffusion, 2019
"Porta Venezia In Design", Fuorisalone and events, MilanoToday, 2019