This autumn – mid-October to mid-December – Ljubljana hosts its first Independent Illustrators Biennale. The event initiator Tretaroka aims to re-define standard forms by applying a fresh and innovative approach to understanding contemporary illustration and its contexts. The Biennale hosts more than 30 selected young artists and presents more than 10 exhibitions, projects, presentations, and live actions dispersed throughout galleries and the city’s public spaces. The first major event, at the opening of the Biennale 25.10 will sees the project ‘Drevo’ (The Tree) by Žiga Aljaž and David Krančan in club K4. Earlier the same evening BiKofe hosts Mina Žabnikar’s exhibition ‘The Bears are Coming’ ( 25.10 – 25.11. 2007). Here a selection of exhibited authors and variations on their exhibited work.
For dates, artists and venues: www.bienaleneodvisnih.com.

Lukatarina (Luka Mancini & Katarina Mrvar) are a young design duo, focusing on expressive typography, illustration and ornaments. Featured here: a composition of various Tipotapete fonts by which a collection of wallpaper designs was constructed for the wallpaper on demand company Berlintapete.
www.lukatarina.com; www.berlintapete.de

ZEK CREW produces random and conceptual visual interventions, mixing illustration, design and urban typography with a playful attitude.
more: www.zek.si

MINA-FINA wakes up everyday with good intentions but ends up eating cakes. She likes drawing mundane objects and writing down silly words. And sometimes she works as  graphic designer Mina Žabnikar.
more: www.skylined.org/mina

Žiga Testen / Work on Display
A casual selection of recent work, leftovers, rejects and random images. Žiga Testen is a graphic designer.
more: www.workondisplay.org