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01. 06. 09. - 19:45

Croatian artist Vlado Franjevic heads to Los Angeles

Croatian Times

Croatian artist and author Vlado Franjevic, who lives in the Principality of Liechtenstein, has been invited to participate in the 4th United Designs event, an international biannual design exhibition in Los Angeles.

Vlado who made the placard ‘Out from green, and back' in the category world environmental awareness was invited by KECD, the Korean Society in Experimentation in Contemporary Design & Art Department, and the California State University Northridge.

All 300 designs will be exhibited until 20 July in the Main Gallery of CSUN (California State University). In total 250 participants from 25 nations will take part in the 4th United Designs event.

There will also be practical designs exhibited like art printed design project done in the year 2008-2009 and some specially invited Design Firms selected by the directors.

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