About
The studio is a laboratory for graphic design, specialised in information graphics, logotypes and corporate identity. Founded in 1989 by Boris Balant and Lena Pislak, it attained an international reputation, exhibiting also in Milano at the Istituto Europeo di Design and at the ART Directors Club Gallery in New York. One of the leading Slovene design studios, today it is managed by Lena Pislak and Primož Pislak, and Simon Pavlič has joined the LUKS Studio team. Boris Balant is now creating under the brand name Human1st.
Projects
The LUKS Studio opus includes logotypes (including those of the former company Mobitel, the Piranske soline, Vertigo Bird, Racman, Škuc Gallery, Front@ Festival, and the Slovene Space Agency, as well as the new logo for the promotion of tourism in Slovenia), books, magazines (Ars Vivendi, Adria Airways In-Flight Magazine), exhibition catalogues, annual reports, posters, websites, and packaging (Solnce salt). The company has set up various exhibitions, in 2009 also the exhibition for the International Design Event.
Awards
In 2003, the famous Graphis, International Journal of Visual Communication, ranked LUKS Studio among the world's best designers. Work of LUKS Studio has also received numerous awards, among them also the Grand Award at the Slovene Advertising Festival (SOF) (2009), the Trend Award for visual communications (2008), and numerous Brumen Awards (2003, 2007, 2009).