Workshops & Lectures, all around design
Maja is the author of design workshops for children and a lecturer at several Universities. Her teaching methods focus on critical thinking, problem solving and idea organisation and development.
"Little cartographers"
The workshop is devoted to the visual marking of content on spatial maps and plans. Small designers get familiar with the principles of making different types of maps that show the relationship between elements in space with an emphasis on learning about visual coding.
"Music pen"
The workshop teaches children how to transfer what they hear into something visible, and everything between the connection of music and visual art and design. The small designers learn through lectures, games and creative tasks how to use graphic design as a mean of expression and content visualisation.
"I know the sign"
"Shhh! It's a secret"
A workshop on hidden design and its capabilities - things visible at a certain angle , only through the camera, using the influence of the heat... Kids learn a variety of techniques and set their own design with a hidden message. The aim of the workshop is to familiarize with the possibilities offered by the design and development of creative expression in children.
Graphic design
Lecturer on the course Graphic design, Undergraduate design Academy of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia. Working with students from the basics through full projects - from a brief to the final design. Each of the students presented their design to the client and get feedback and experience for their future career.
Visual design of market communication
Lecturer on the course Visual design of market communications, Undergraduate design study, University college of Agora, Zagreb, Croatia. Working with students on the topic of Visual identity and branding, with a focus on small businesses and packaging design for various food products.
Graphics for Architects
Assisting professor on the course Graphics for Architects, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Bringing design elements closer to architecture students including Brand Identity, Typography, Composition, Digital design, Book design etc.
Integration of design and technology
Assisting professor on the course Intergation of design and technology, Master’s programme in Graphic and interactive communication, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Leading students on web design from the brief to the final design for a non profit organisation client.
