Opening of the Exhibition Marjan Žitnik – Industrial Designer
22. 6. 2023 @ 19:00
The multimedia retrospective exhibition of the oeuvre of Marjan Žitnik, one of Slovenia’s most prolific industrial designers, is built on the monograph titled Marjan Žitnik – Industrial Designer, which was published at the end of 2022. A year before, in 2021, the Škofja Loka Museum concluded an agreement with Žitnik, who agreed to donate his 40-year oeuvre to the museum in exchange for a scientific monograph. The museum thus acquired its very first industrial design collection.
The exhibition will be a retrospective and a critical evaluation of the oeuvre of an extremely prolific and versatile designer, and thus also offer an insight into industrial design. It will focus on several content units: light fixtures, the design of technical devices, everyday objects (packaging, furniture, etc.), products designed as a result of his participation in the Ive Šubic Art Colonies and activities part of the Škofja Loka Artists’ Association, the work of an industrial designer through the eyes of Marjan Žitnik (a presentation of the work process – product development from start to finish; sketches, comments, etc.).