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DIJANA MACURA
+971567175541
Dubai UAE
Belgrade Serbia (ex YUGOSLAVIA)
e-mail:dijanamacura@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
DYNAMIC AT ALL LEVELS OF INSPIRATIVE WORK-ENTHUSIASTIC-
HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO REACH THE BEST QUALITY IN ALL SEGMENTS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION.
INSPIRED TO EXPERIMENT NEW TECHNIQUES OF CUT AND COMBINATIONS OF COLORS AND FABRICS -TO SUIT CONTEMPORARY NEEDS OF MODERN CUSTOMERS.
FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS-addicted
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY-addicted
GRAPHIC DESIGN -highly dedicated
PHOTOSHOP
PUBLISHER
FLAT SKETCHING-immense enjoyment
EXTRAORDINARY TUNED TO FUTURE FASHION CONCEPTS OF GLOBAL MARKET
OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Best Fashion Designer Award 2002 - Fashion week Belgrade
Award for the Innovative Design 1997 - Federal Association of Inventors
Award for the Design Advancement 1996 - Economic Council of Belgrade
Fashion Collection VISITATION PARIS - FRANCE 2001
International Diplomatic Academy
Fashion Collection TRANSFIGURATION MILAN ROMA ITALY 2002
International fashion show
Fashion Collection DEEP BLUE DÜSSELDORF - GERMANY 2004
International presentation-CPD-IGEDO
Fashion Collection dressDIFFERENT DÜSSELDORF - GERMANY 2006
International presentation-CPD-IGEDO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present: Lead Fashion Design Faculty/ HCT Women\'s College Sharjah/ Applied Communications/ Fashion Design Program/ UAE
Department Head/ Academy of Fine Arts/Fashio Design Program/
FASHION DESIGNER HEAD
Fashion House MONA Belgrade SCG 2001-2003
LEADING SERBIAN FASHION PRODUCER OF LEATHER &TEXTILE APPAREL &ACCESSORIES
Accomplishments
Directed suggesting, planning and designing of all commercial collections.
Organized and oversaw production, including pattern making and sample development.
Effectively supervised all levels of designing process at the design center.
Successfully contributed to renowned image of Fashion House Mona with numerous conceptual collections which were presented at international fashion shows, broadcast at Europe Fashion News and Fashion TV. While working as fashion design head for Mona, house got the European Golden Awardfor quality for design and production.
FASHION DESIGNER HEAD
ART DIRECTOR - CONCEPT and MARKETING DESIGN
Fashion House UNO MARTIN ex Yugoslavia 1997-2001
Accomplishments
Successfully reorganized the whole system of design and production planning process by collaborating on bringing European Standard System ISO 9001 into commercial production.
Efficiently improved concept of designing all commercial collections for current season.
Directed all facets of manufacturing from concept throughout production.
Redesigned products to adapt to moderate market price points.
Contributed to visual quality at the market, redesigning whole concept of presentations in graphic design from concept and image to production and marketing.
Proficient forecasting the market results of each designed collection.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
FASHION DEPARTMENT HEAD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - MAIN COURSE - FASHION DESIGN
Academy of Fine Arts - Belgrade SCG 2001 - PRESENT
Accomplishments
As the Fashion Department Chairman, was one of the Department founders and took leading position in organizing major subject department instructions program. Presently working as docent on main course contemporary fashion design - leading the III and IV - final year fashion design students and all senior projects in realization.
The most successful accomplishment was experimental fashion project DECONSTRUCTION -with III year fashion design students.
The project was invited to exhibit at CPD-IGEDO- DÜSSELDORF GERMANY-
July 2006, as one of the most outstanding concepts to announce future
trends in fashion design.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
ACADEMY OF APPLIED ARTS AND DESIGN BELGRADE 1986 1991
Fashion Design Department
MASTER DEGREE Master of Arts in Fashion design 1994 - 1996
Post graduate studies at the fashion Design department
Master Thesis - Fashion and Forms of XX Century
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
Psychology of applied design fashion and interior design.
Fashion Illustration published numerous works for Politika newspaper editions.
New-age technologies applied in textile, fashion design and culture.
Art photography ,music, painting, collecting books of various fields Greek mythology and art- psychology, sports and singing.
Traveling France, England, Germany, Czechs, Hungary, Italy, Tunisia, Cyprus, Greece
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
PRESIDENT OF DESIGNERS FORUM for FASHION TEXTILE &DESIGN of SERBIA 2005-PRESENT
As the president of DESIGNERS FORUM for Fashion Textile and Design of Serbia was one of the Association founders and took leading position in organizing concept program in order to support fashion design development in Serbia. Presently working on main program &visual concept for International Fashion Association SELF CATWALK for South Eastern European fashion and textile designers.
DESIGNERS FORUM was successfully supported with constitutive board:
Economic Council of Serbia
GTZ-GERMAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION for technical support and economic development in Serbia & Montenegro
VDMD- GERMAN Association of FASHION TEXTILE AND ENTERIOR DESIGNERS.
ULUPUDS
Association of Applied Arts, Artists and designers of
Serbia&Montenegro 1994-PRESENT
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