Devetka

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Devetka

Knezova 30, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://devetka.carbonmade.com/

tanja.devetak@siol.net

Phone386 (0)40 470 287

Tanja Devetak registered her trademark Devetka in the year 2000. She creates unique clothes and fashion accessories for women; and since Autumn 2003 also for men. She combines various working techniques and textile treatment (silk-screen printing, felting, needlework) with expressive colouring. Her patterns are always abstract. She is an assistant professor at Faculty of Design, associated member of University of Primorska in Slovenia.

About

Tanja Devetak studied at the Department of Textiles, University of Ljubljana where she took her postgraduate studies. She took part in creative costume design workshops in Luxembourg and exhibited at Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Klub K4. She has designed costumes for various events, for musical groups (Katice) and for theatre (Teater Ltd), and has also designed promotional clothing for the Slovene Tourist Board. Her products can be found at Kobb Store in Maribor, Midas Store in Ljubljana, and in online shops.

Awards and exhibitions

For her work, she has received international awards, among them most prestigious Art Directors Club Award and Good Design Award in the USA, and D&AD in United Kingdom. Her works were published in various design publications, such as New Textile Design and New Fashion Design in Germany; Art Directors Club Annual, Graphis, Communications Arts, and 1000 Garment Graphics in the USA; Kaj ostrega? Any sharp objects?, and Fresh in Slovenia.

Her works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitons in Slovenia, Netherlands, USA, Croatia, Italy, China, Austria, Finland, and Germany.

Her exhibition LJubaNit (loosely translates to DarlingThread) focused on displaying the tradition of artisan hand weaving in Ljubljana and its importance for the European territory of that time.

External links

• Devetka website