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About Maja Matas : Maja Matas is the Director and Chief Creative Officer at Amblem. She manages the Creative agency in Croatia which builds products and services with a focus on branding and design. From fashion lines to political campaigns, she believes in the importance of getting good insights before building better experiences. Prior to Amblem, Maja was first Head of Corporate Identity and then Head of Private Label Design at Croatians leading home improvement retail chain. She managed the design department and defined the company’s brand architecture and designed new brands and creative solutions for products and product lines. Apart from the in-house roles in the retail industry, her background in advertising agencies and freelance roles as an industrial and graphic design allowed her to work for global brands. Maja has a Doctor of Science Degree in Graphic Technology and Design, and has worked at several Universities as a Lecturer in the field of Visual communications, Design in Market communications and Security print. Throughout the years, Maja won a number of International design awards, was published in international scientific journals and is a jury member in the leading creative marketing festivals such as the Clio awards.
ORGANIZATION:
Amblem

EDUCATION:
2017, Postgraduate Study / Doctor of Science in Graphic Technology and Design, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Zagreb, Croatia

2010, Master of Arts in Design, Industrial Design, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture - School of Design, Zagreb, Croatia

2008, Bachelor of Design, Industrial Design and Visual Communication, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture - School of Design, Zagreb, Croatia

AWARDS:
2020, Silver, NOW design collection, IDA-International design awards, Los Angeles, USA

2019, Finalist, Hidden future - tangible + digital, Zagreb Design Week, Technical Museum Nikola Tesla, Zagreb, Croatia

2017, Winner, Bronze A'design award, A'design award & Competition, category Packag- ing design, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

2017, Nominee, Prime "Designer of the Year" nomination by IAD members (International Association of Designers), International

2017, Runner-Up, A'design award & Competition, category Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

2016, Finalist, “New memories” redesign challenge, Mixer House, Belgrade, Serbia 2012 Finalist, category Packaging design, Magdalena International Festival of Creative Communication, Maribor, Slovenia

2011, Winner, Core77 Design Awards Notable Professional award for Tea Packaging design in the category “Never saw the light of day”, based in New York, USA and judged in Beijing, China

2011, Winner, logo design competition for the Ministry of Justice Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

2010, Winner of the award “100 most promising young designers under 30 years from South Eastern Europe”. Third place audience award winner and only single exhibitor awarded at the event and exhibition that followed the prize named D-Day, Zagreb, Croatia

2010, Finalist, Christmas tree super store, Croatian Design Society, Zagreb, Croatia

2008, Winner, Home appliance - Hair dryer design awarded by the Croatian design society to be among the best industrial design productions in Croatia in the years 2007/08, Zagreb, Croatia

2006, Finalist, “Dress a chair” competition as a part of the event “Fashion Closet” of the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb, Croatia

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English, Near Native; German, Near Native, French, Beginner; Japanese, Beginner; Croatian, Native

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe, Advanced.

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2023, MAD Stars, International Marketing, Advertising and Digital contents festival, Busan, South Korea

2022, Clio Awards, Design craft category, New York, USA

2017 - 2019, Big Idea - the Communication Umbrella Concept of Istrian tourism, Region of Istria, Croatia

2016 - 2019, A'Design Awards, the world’s largest design competition, Como, Italy

2016, Ad Venture Competition, European Institute of commercial communications education / European Association of Communications Agencies, International

2016, International Marketing Week, "Packaging Design and Sustainable Development", Ephec and Colruyt Group, Louvain La Neuve, Bruxelles, Belgium

WEB SITE:
https://amblem.agency

PORTFOLIO URL:
www.majamatas.com

REGISTRATION DATE:
2010-11-26 05:50:53

COUNTRY/REGION:
Croatia

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Academic

Awards received by Maja Matas


Samopev Packaging

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Packaging Design Category in 2016
Maja Matas for Pevec

Runner-Up status designs by Maja Matas


8 Degrees Table

Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2016
Maja Matas for Ab & Mm



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