Industrijska zona Bihać: dizajnerska produkcija u bihaćkim poduzećima u vremenu socijalizma
Industrial Zone Bihać: Design production in Bihać-based companies during the period of socialism

Summary/Abstract: Aim of this paper is to detect and valorize key units of design production in the region of the city of Bihać from the second half of the 20th century, with a particular focus on specific economic and political issues of the socialist system. It is necessary to map design units within singular companies from the socialist period in Bihać and by doing so, to make a dynamic history of production a subject of interdisciplinary research with a goal of enlightening us regarding economical, political, and cultural situation in the wider surroundings. This paper tries to evoke awareness about design production on the case study of Bihać and place it in an adequate social and cultural context of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and SFR Yugoslavia. The goal is to reconstruct an image of the previous times by focusing on the concrete examples from the leading companies based in the city of Bihać, and emphasizing main actors in the field of design production in mentioned companies. Finally, this paper includes facts which can be used as a starting point for valorization and comparison of general conclusions about the image of design in the area of Bihać. Due to material devastation of the mentioned companies and partly due to war in the nineties, this paper is still limited in offering a deeper and more comprehensive insight into design oeuvre with a final intention of valorizing and cataloging design heritage of this geographical area.

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