ABOUT
Founded in 2013, Simon Morasi Piperčić is a Zagreb-based design office that works on various projects ranging from industrial and spatial design to site-specific installations, art direction, and design consultancy.
The studio's distinctive identity lies in the intercultural space between elitism and egalitarianism, exclusivity and inclusiveness, avant-garde experiments and highly marketable products.
The office has been awarded some of the most prestigious prizes - German Brand Award 2021, German Design Award 2017, Red Dot 2013 and 2015 and Interior Innovation Award 2015. In the year 2014, SMPDO was a part of the team that designed the Croatian pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. His work has been published in several renowned magazines (Wallpaper*, Dezeen, Domus, Frame, Hypebeast...) and exhibited worldwide.
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*Headline quote: ORIS magazine, nr. 106, essay "Designing a multifaceted experience", written by Bojan Krištofić
AWARDS
2021 - German Brand Award, Winner / Revisiting Analogue
2021 - German Brand Award, Special / Revisiting Analogue
2019 - Bigsee Product Design Award, Winner / Ugao
2019 - Dezeen Awards 2019, Longlisted / Ugao
2018 - Croatian Design Exhibition 1718, Special Mention / Jack
2017 - German Design Award, Winner / Rhomb
2016 - Best Product, Croatian Design Exhibition 1516 / Strain
2015 - Golden Key Award, Winner / Strain
2015 - Red Dot Design Award, Winner / Strain
2015 - Interior Innovation Award, Winner / Strain
2013 - Red Dot Design Award, Winner / The Culture of Smoking
2010 - Best Concept, Croatian Design Exhibition 0910 / MOE I
SELECTED PRESS
2021 - Dezeen, UK / Revisiting Factory
2021 - Wallpaper*, UK / Revisiting Factory
2021 - Stylepark, DE / Revisiting Factory
2021 - Designboom, IT / Revisiting Factory
2020 - Dezeen, UK / Revisiting Analogue
2020 - Designboom, IT / Revisiting Analogue
2019 - Hypebeast, USA / Ugao
2019 - Design Milk, USA / Ugao
2018 - Marie Claire Maison, FR / Traverse
2018 - Elle Decor Italia, IT / Etan
2017 - Domus, IT / Endless
2017 - Designboom, IT / Endless
2017 - Oris mag, CRO / Editorial
2016 - Azure mag, CA / Strain barstool
2015 - Indesign, AU / Strain
2015 - Dezeen, UK / Strain
2015 - Domus, IT / Strain
2013 - Frame mag, NL / MOE II
2013 - Designboom, IT / MOE I