12 STUDIO RASIC
Studio Rasic is very hooked into the arts and culture scene in Zagreb, Croatia’s capital. They are friends of the sculptor Petar Barisic and have worked on several catalogs for him, gaining his trust. For the exhibition “Slozenice” (Compounds) the designers, given complete creative control, developed a catalog that perfectly complements Barisic’s work.

Design elements are simple, structural and minimal, like the sculptures themselves, which are a series of wooden battens composed in a variety of interchangeable dimensions specific to an exhibition site. The catalog cover features the artist’s name, over which is printed a tinted varnish of the show’s name, creating a typographic depiction of the concept of compounds. Interstitial pages in the square book pick up on various geometric elements found in the sculptures. “This is one of our beloved projects. We work the best when clients don’t interfere in design; that is when we have the freedom to work without compromises,” explains creative director Ante Rasic. “Usually, after projects like this catalog, clients we work with that like to interfere, with whom we have to make compromises, often ask us, ‘Why don’t you do something like this for us?’” by Terry Lee Stone

Studio Rasic
ART DIRECTOR: Ante Rasic
DESIGNERS: Ante Rasic, Lovorka Decker
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Fedor Vucemilovic, Damir Fabijanic
CLIENT: Petar Barisic
CONTACT: www.studio-rasic.hr