Acknowledgements
Getting to Know Niko Kralj
About the book
Unsurpassed innovation in industrial design
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF KRALJ’S CREATIVE PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Historical outline of the furniture industry on the territory of present-day Slovenia
NIKO KRALJ’S BIOGRAPHY
FROM BIRTH TO GRADUATION (1920 – 1952)
Period of employment in Stol (1952–1960)
Appointment to the faculty (1960–1990)
KRALJ AS A PEDAGOGUE AND A DESIGNER
PEDAGOGUE
Design principles
Design as an organic union of numerous requirements
Basic stages of creative work in the process of new product development
OVERVIEW OF KRALJ’S SIGNIFICANT WORKS
CHARACTERISTICS OF KRALJ’S DESIGN
Chairs and tables
Wardrobe furniture systems
Furniture system types
Other products
SELECTION OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS
Rex line products
Variations
Innovations which were declared during Rex’s development
Shell
FUTURA SYSTEM
OTHER PRODUCTS AND INTERIOR DESIGN FROM THE PERIOD OF COOPERATION WITH STOL FACTORY
AS DESIGN
FURNITURE SYSTEMS
System Mozaik, 1972
System Savinja, 1974
System Garant, 1975
System Dota, 1977
System Konstrukta, 1977
System Javor, 1977
System Javor – Pivka, 1978
System Zarja, 1978
System Hrast, 1980
Multipurpose stands, 1982
System Inventa, 1983
Kitchen, 1988
SELECTION OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED AFTER 1975
Children’s furniture Mirna, 1975
Aluminium ceiling coating, 1978
System of nets for consolidation of turf surfaces, 1979
Garden fences, 1981
Thermo isolation coatings from straw, 1981
Saddle seat, 1982
Multipurpose archiving system, 1984
Gates and garage doors, 1987
PATENTS AND RESEARCH PAPERS
THOUGHTS ON NIKO KRALJ
THOUGHTS ON NIKO KRALJ
He encouragedcreativity and desire to experiment
Striving towards clean, logical and technically perfect detail
He enraptured us with the freshness of his lectures
He fostered a common-sense philosophy
He was totally devoted to the profession of design
Wooden construction should expose the wood as it grew
He’s know many secrects of wood
He created while considering the industry
Visionary
He was an eminent person
It feels great to know that your father’s products have been manufactured to such extent
Kralj and well-known designers
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