red. prof. art. Natalija Nikpalj

She was born in 1971 in Zagreb. She teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb (ALU) as a full professor. She received her master's degree in visual communication design at the Postgraduate Study of Design in Ljubljana at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. In her professional and research work, she deals with issues of visual identity, typography, sign systems in communication, and communication and educational aspects of design. She leads programs and workshops in the field of research design, and is the author of the book FUSE typography, as well as professional texts: "Manual for Visual Communication Design (Do You Speak Design)" and "Glossary, Typographic Glossary". She works on projects for the design of visual communications in the field of culture and art in the Republic of Croatia. He is a professional member of the Croatian Designers Society and the Association of Fine Artists of Applied Arts of Croatia (ULUPUH), section for graphic design and visual communications.

FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: Visual communications Design of books, publications, periodicals, catalogues and other printed means of visual communication Designing visual identities Design of sign systems Designing a routing system Design of means of visual communication Typography Exhibition Setup Spatial design Design theory Education

The group of courses she teaches refers to the field of designing and designing means of visual communication - design. From the theoretical foundations of visual grammar and professional terminology, through a series of practical exercises and methodological procedures in the design and design of print media to tender international projects for students in the field of design and conducting design workshops.

2025 – design of the edition "Kožarić in the Giardini/On the occasion of the performance of academician Ivan Kožarić at the 37th Venice Biennale in 1976", Ivica Župan, LEXART Zagreb and the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. ISBN 978-953-49725-2-6, ISBN 978-953-268-076-8 2021 – author's professional publication: "Koncept RED, Typographic Studies", Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-48-3 2021 - author's professional publication: "Typografija g", Typographic Studies 2, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-47-6 + Cvičenica/ Workbook/ separat, ALU, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-48-3 2021 – edition design / editorial board member: "Landart, Earth Art, Earthworks: z/Earth and the Anthropocene", biennial, monographic edition, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-45-2 2021 – Edition design: "I Bird - Records with a Pen, Biserka Baretić", U prvosobu library, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-41-4 2019 – Edition design: "Liberated Form, Three Notes on the Sculpture of Vojin Bakić", Ivica Župan, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-21-6 2019 – edition design: "Radoslav Putar and Miljenko Horvat retrospective / a retrospective", Varaždin City Museum, Institute for the Research of the Avant-Garde. ISBN 978-953-8280-07-8, ISBN 978-953-56706-3-6 2019 – edition design: "79 Years of Dabac Studio on Ilica Street", Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU), Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-8146-75-6 2016 – design of the edition: "Monologue - Albert Kinert", library In the first person, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-7072-13-1 2006 – author's professional publication: "FUSE font, typography, tags, glyphon", ULUPUH. ISBN 978-953-6898-22-0