CURRICULUM VITAE - International University of Sarajevo

CURRICULUM VITAE
Kenan Zekić
T +387 (61) 899 010
Brace Begic 36, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.kenan.zekic.com.ba
EDUCATION
2001-2005 London Metropolitan University ,London, UK
MA, The Aesthetic/Design Orientated development of the Tourism and
Culture Industry
1990-1996 Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo BiH
BA, Product Designer - “Spatial concept - interpretation of traditional
patterns in 3D modular systems”
ADDITIONAL TRAIING AND COURSES
2005 SEED – Southeast Europe Enterprise Development, Sarajevo, BiH
Training - Marketing and Design Trends in Furniture Industry
2001 OSCE Media Affairs Department, Sarajevo
Public Information/ Spokespersons Capacity Building Program
CERTIFICATION
2004 EU Quick Intervention Fund-Funded by the EU Job Creation
Initiative, Sarajevo
Certificate of development as professional consultant in the EU projects
PRESENTATIONS/PARTICIPATION
2009 Seoul Design Conference (Seoul Design Olympiad 2009)
“48 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge” Participant
2010 All Inclusive Sarajevo Project Exhibition, Belgrade
2010 All Inclusive Sarajevo Project Exhibition, Zagreb
2010 All Inclusive Sarajevo Project Exhibition, Sarajevo
2009 All Inclusive Sarajevo, (Creative Collaboration – Helen Hamlyn
Centre – Royal College of Arts London), Sarajevo
Team Pismolik, Regional leader
2008 “Intercultural Dialogue for the Greater Europe, the European
Union and the Balkans" European Commission/ Education and Culture,
Zagreb, Croatia
2006 UN World Tourism Organization ,
The First International Conference on tourism and handicrafts,
Tehran, Iran
Presentation: Handicrafts Design and Conservation – A Case Study of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005 BH Tourism Investment Conference, BiH Embassy at London, UK
Author of presentation “Royal Trail ”
British Council Cultural Heritage Project
2004 “Promosedia" – International Chair Exhibition Udine, Italy
Section: Est, Est, Est – designer exhibitor
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
2008 Handicraft Conversation and Design – A case history from
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tourism and Handicrafts, A Report on the
International Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts
published by World Tourism Organization, Madrid
2002 ADG journal, art, design, architecture, Sarajevo
Product Design - Modular system in Woods
1998 Hiatus – journal for Culture, sponsored by Soros, Zenica
“Are we in fashion?” – Post war development of BiH textile industry, fashion
design and fashion designers
1997 Hiatus – journal for Culture, sponsored by Soros, Zenica
“Rave” – Influence of visual arts on phenomenon of techno music culture
EXPERIENCE
Academic
Consulting
2006 - ongoing International University Sarajevo
Assistant Professor, Visual Arts and Communication Design department
2009 – BSB Knowledge Center, Sarajevo
Heritage Interpretation for tour guides
2007 USAID LAMP – Sarajevo, BiH
Design consultancy – Exhibiting design - fair trades
2007 CARE International, Sarajevo
Drina Valley tourism product
Design consultancy – Souvenir - design and typology
2004–2006 British Council, Sarajevo
Consultant on the Cultural Heritage Project “Royal Trail”
2005 USAID Cluster Competitiveness Activity (CCA), Sarajevo
Creative and Art Director – Torism Campaign “Welcome to Heart
Shaped Land, Bosnia and Herzegovina”
2005–2006 Danish School of Public Administration, Sarajevo
Consultant in CARDS Project BiH “Support to the BiH Government for the
European Integration Process”
2004–2005 European Union, Quick Intervention Fund , Sarajevo
Product development and design consultant in Wood Processing Industry
1998 Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo
Design of the first BiH national coins (10, 20 and 50 Pfennig)
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Product/
Interior design
2009 Pharmacy interior design, Zenica, BiH
2008 Mitex Fabrics shop, interior design, Zenica, BiH
2006 Adana CO, Sarajevo, BiH
Designer/consultant for wicker chair factory (exporter to Germany)
2007/08 Kula Mineral Water – total design, Citofarm
East Sarajevo, BiH
2005 Horizon – Bali and Indonesian products shop,
Interior design, Sarajevo, BiH
2005 "Kringracke" - Wood Processing Factory – Krin, Zenica, BiH Wooden
toys - Product design and development,
2004 Promosedia – International Chair Exhibition” Udine, Italy
Designer exhibitor at section Est, Est, Est
2003 Vrijeme Publishing House, Zenica
Total design – application of experimental style inspired by traditional
carpet’s patterns
1998 – 2005 “Java” Art Gallery, Sarajevo
Art-Design (floor lamps, furniture etc )
Visual
Communication
2007 Commission to preserve National Monuments in BiH
BiH National Monuments signage design
2006 British Council Regional Conference on Cultural Heritage, Jajce
“Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”
Visual Identity
2006 International University Sarajevo, “We have no
borders”Promotional campaign
2005 South East European Radio Network (SEERN), Sarajevo
Visual Identity.
2005 UNDP, Sarajevo
Different media campaigns
2005 JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency, Sarajevo
Visual Identity of Regional Tourism Attractions (Mount Velez Region)
2002-2003 Mc Can-Erickson Int. Marketing Agency, Sarajevo
Art Director (clients Coca Cola; Reiffeisen Bank etc)
2001 OPA – Office of Public Affairs of US Embassy, Sarajevo
Visual identity of Conference “Building Management and Advocacy Skill for
Youth and Student Organizations”
2001 Ministry of European Integration, (BiH Government),
Sarajevo
Visual identity
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1997 - 2000 USAID Public Education Project, Sarajevo
Creative department - Art Director and Creative Director Assistant
1996 - 1997 ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross, Sarajevo
Dissemination department – Art director /Graphic Designer and production
assistant
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