Kofein

Kofein is a design studio founded in 1992 by its creative director Zarja Vintar, offering diverse forms of communication support needed to achieve any business or strategic goals.

About

Kofein design studio focuses on developing comprehensive communication solutions that provide professional, reliable and cost-effective support to its partners and clients. The studio comprises a team of experts with extensive knowledge from the fields of design, branding, communications and digital technologies.

In doing this, the team employs a distinctly personal approach with every project and strives to accomplish each task with a great measure of devotion and responsibility. Kofein considers the hallmarks of its work to be professionalism and staying up to date with the current design trends. The team is trained to recognise and emphasise the competitive marketing edge of a company, service or product. They offer communication support needed to achieve any business or strategic goals.

Work

The studio's main areas of work are strategies (providing solutions for fundamental questions of strategic positioning), brands and identities (developing efficient identity systems and recognisable corporate images), tools of communication (designing key elements and means of communicating), digital media (utilising the possibilities of interactive media), reports and sustainability reporting (developing and designing sustainable and other corporate reports), cultural projects (providing innovative infrastructure and support for cultural projects), research and development (developing unique and innovative services in cooperation with national and international development agencies), other supporting activities (organising and supervising the work of specialists from various fields).

Awards

Kofein has received numerous awards for its work, among them:

Biennial of Design (BIO) 23 finalists, awarded a place among exhibited works for the website Varni na internetu (2011);
Brumen Biennial of Slovenian Design honorary mention for Kofein website at the 6th Biennial of Slovenian Design (2013);
Diversity Idea Award, European Commission's tender for creative ideas in arts and culture, winners in the Spread Culture category for the YU_GO mobile application (2013);
CESAwards finalists: best user interface and best application for the YU_GO web application (2014)
Chosen as finalists at the Brumen Biennial of Slovenian Design for the re-design of the Tilia Estate trademark (2015);
European Design Awards, Silver Award for The Making Of Grapa (2016);
WEBSI Award: Best website of a public or non-governmental organisation for the Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture website (2017);
CCIS, bronze medal for the most innovative company in the Central Slovenia region for the YU_GO web application (2018);
Netko 2019 winner in the Tourism and Free Time category for the Kinodvor Cinema website (2019);
Brumen Biennial of Slovenian Design: chosen finalists for Kinodvor Cinema website (2019).

External links

Kofein website