62 BILIĆ MÜLLER STUDIO
Dora Bilić and Tina Müller met as students at the Zagreb School of Design in Croatia. Having discovered many shared interests in design, they founded their studio after graduating in 2003. In 2007, they were invited to participate in a Croatian Design Society exhibition mounted around the topic, “Self(re)interpretation vs. Selfinterpretation,” showcasing works by designers who had been awarded prizes at the society’s 2006 exhibit.

For their new project, Bilić and Müller interpreted the exhibition brief through a reinterpretation of their previous year’s project, which had offered attendees a unique opportunity to create new patterns on clothing with textile stamps of Bilić Müller-produced illustrations. The reinterpretation of that project changed things a bit, the studio reports, “so that verbal concepts, related to the concept of the 2006 exhibition, are to be found on the stamps.” Everyone who visited the 2007 exhibit was invited to create an authentic souvenir by using the stamps to mark a white T-shirt or a cotton bag with phrases such as “authentic authorship,” “candid reinvestigation and conceptualization” and “ethical virtues.” Equal parts design, art and parlor game, the wood-handled stamps and everyday textiles offered a timeless aspect to an idea that feels inherently modern. by Dana Rouse

Bilić Müller Studio | Designers: Dora Bilić, Tina Müller | Client: Croatian Design Society | Contact: www.bilicmuller.com