OLoOP Design
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10 Mar 2023
9 Apr 2023
International exhibition Design without borders with Slovene participants Katja Burger, Tjaša Bavcon and Jasmina Ferček - OLoOP Design, Martina Obid Mlakar. Supported/Promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bratislava
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27 Sep 2019
6 Oct 2019
OLoOP Design present their project Story of Women, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
at the Vienna Design Week
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14 Jul 2018
26 Aug 2018
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21 Mar 2014
21 Jun 2014
Tomaž Furlan, Damijan Kracina and Ulay at the Exhibition, Robertina Šebjanič and OLoOP Design in the Field Work section of the Triennial of Contemporary Art PORTIZMIR3 titled It's Enough, curated by Saša Nabergoj
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17 Jan 2014
8 Feb 2014
The Links, an exhibition of unique wood designs by Klara Zalokar and Klemen Zupančič (Handmade in Moste), OLoOP Design, Dejan Pfeifer (Studio Drevo), Tobias Putrih, Samo Gašperšič, Arne Vehovar, Nena Gabrovec and, Kaja Lipnik Vehovar, as well as the students of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana,
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15 Nov 2012
23 Feb 2013
Eight Slovene designers (from OLoOP Design, Bevk Perović Arhitekti, AKSL Arhitekti, AlmiraSadar, BelaBela, Pleksimanija, Studio Drevo and Janez Suhadolc) presented at Common Roots - Design map of Central Europe exhibition, and Cvetka Požar from Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, as workshops and seminars participant, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv
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13 Jul 2012
13 Sep 2012
OLoOP Design at the group exhibition Double Track, selected at the 10th International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea
Work
The OloOp team works in many different fields of visual arts – product design, spatial design, textile art, etc. They conduct educational activities (lectures, workshops) and connect design with socially engaged projects.
OloOP participates in the most important Slovenian design exhibitions at home and abroad. In 2007, the group set up the Sloavenue exhibition pavilion at the Zagreb Fair and organised a workshop of hand-made felted T-shirts.
Their products – Woolen soap, Flying slippers, and Squareplay – are part of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana. In addition to a Red Dot Award, they have gained international recognition and a number of other prestigious awards.
Since 2010, the team has been researching and developing projects, activities and products under a common theme: Super Hands. By doing this, they are raising awareness on the importance of handicraft and its effects on the well-being of individuals and communities. Among their notable projects is Revealed Hands, in which design and textile handicraft intertwine with the socialisation of a vulnerable group of women.
Creative community Dobrova–Polhov Gradec
The team decided to help revitalise a local creative community in Dobrova–Polhov Gradec (two small towns near Ljubljana). They organised creative meetings for local artists and artisans.
Local creative people who participated in the project include designers, illustrators, herbalists, bread bakers, dairy and soap makers or people who are doing embroidery or making paper flowers, woven and wooden products. The meetings were held in Polhograjski Castle. The team used the basic principles of Participatory leadership and the Art of Hosting based on the respect and inclusion of all participants. Through the experience, everyone learned that participation, collaboration and connection in the group makes people stronger as a group and more powerful as individuals.