Guestprofile: Mirko Ilic (USA/Bosnia-Herzegovina)
The extraordinary designer Mirko Ilic, who often appeared in the media because of his provocative and occasionally political works, was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but has been acting and living in the US since 1986. Among other things, he worked as the Art Director for the international edition of Time Magazine. In 1995, he founded the Mirko Ilic Corporation, a studio for graphic design and 3D animation.
Ilic was awarded medals by the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Publication Designers, the Art Directors Club, I.D. magazine, the Society of Newspaper Design, and many others.
To share his views and experience with young people, he began teaching advanced design classes at Cooper Union, in cooperation with Milton Glaser (the man behind I ♥ NY), and is currently lecturing Master Degree classes in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
In February 2007, Mirko Ilic and Steven Heller published a book titled ”The Anatomy of Design”, in which 50 selected works of graphic design were analyzed, and their secrets uncovered. A good portion of the exhibits come from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. With this example, the publishers want to prove that there is an immense number of creative people even in smaller countries, and that creativity is not a question of power, money and size.
During the evening of Friday, June 11th, Mirko Ilic will be at the STARTup Live Vienna #3 as a guest. Take care to get to know him and see what you can learn from one of the worlds star designers.
You will also have the opportunity to pitch in front of him and his peers at the IncrediblEurope Summit 2010, during Thursday, June 10th.
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