Oskar Kogoj

Oskar Andrej Kogoj (born 23 November 1942 in Miren, Slovenia) is a Slovenian industrial designer.

Biography

Kogoj went to a high school that specialises in design in Ljubljana [1] and studied at the Scuola Ai Carmini Corso Superiore Di Disegno Industriale in Venice. He received his degree in industrial design at the Instituto Statale d'Arte in 1966.[2]

Up to 1969, he was employed at that institute as an advisor for the company Baby Mark in Milan. During 1969 and 1970, he worked at the Research and Design Department of the Meblo furniture company in Nova Gorica. He was the supervisor of the Department of industrial design at the International University of Florence and Venice during 1971-1975. As a freelance designer, he also designed children's toys for the company Ciciban and is lately focusing on various objects made out of natural materials, particularly glass, all the way from simple glasses up to the Venetian horse, which includes revelations during the research of millennial cultures.

His work is displayed at over 100 museums and collections around the globe.[3] From 1969 until present day, he has received over 40 international awards and recognitions. In 1971, he received the Prešeren Fund Award for a series of arm chair-loungers he designed alongside Stane Bernik, Janko Sušnik and Boris Ferlat and were produced by the aforementioned company Meblo. He is also a member of multiple international Design and art associations, a list which includes the renowned Circolo Artistico Veneziano from 1996.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dom in vrt.si (in Slovene)". Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Kogoj Gallery (in Slovene)". Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Kogoj Gift Shop(in Slovene)". Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Kogoj Gallery (in Slovene)". Retrieved 6 July 2012.