Croatian designer wins Red Dot Award for Split exhibition logo

Croatian designer Stjepko Rošin has earned international acclaim with his Red Dot Design Award for a logo created for the "Islands and Saints" exhibition at the Archaeological Museum in Split. The prestigious award recognizes the logo's exceptional quality, creativity, and execution.

The visual identity draws inspiration from early medieval cultural heritage, specifically the Beneventana calligraphic script that developed in southern Italy from the 8th century. This script found its longest continuity outside the Apennine Peninsula along the eastern Adriatic coast. In an era marked by illiteracy and conflict, Benedictine monasteries on the islands served as vital centers of literacy, knowledge, and cultural exchange.

Rošin's design graphically interprets the distinctive forms and ligatures of this script. It depicts an isolated island monastery with its reflection in the sea, a concept developed across twelve logo variations. The "Islands and Saints" exhibition itself showcased findings from the international research project Monacorale, which investigated the early medieval monastic heritage of the Adriatic islands.