Awards Overview for Anja Zambelli Colak
| Award Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Platinum A' Design Award | 0 |
| Gold A' Design Award | 0 |
| Silver A' Design Award | 1 |
| Bronze A' Design Award | 1 |
| Iron A' Design Award | 2 |
| Runner-up A' Design Award | 0 |
| Total Awards | 4 |
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Career Highlights of Anja Zambelli Colak
Notable Achievements
- Total Awards: 4
- Total Score: 11
- Global Ranking: #2843 Worldwide
- Top Award: Silver ( 1 × )
Areas of Expertise
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Top Designs
| Design Name | Category | Award | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Captain | Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design | Bronze | 2024 |
| Quix | Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design | Silver | 2021 |
| Figura | Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design | Iron | 2022 |
| Benin | Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design | Iron | 2021 |
Featured Designs by Anja Zambelli Colak
Green Captain
The Green Captain project is a testament to the fusion of tradition and modernity. Born from the narrative of the world's youngest tanker captain turned cultivator, the project embodies a profoun...
Category: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Award: Bronze (2024)
Quix
Quix are self-service vending machines that provide drinks and snacks. Quix’s branding was created by choosing colors, textures, and forms from Italian culture paying homage to the golden age of Ita...
Category: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Award: Silver (2021)
Figura
Figura is a line of healthy products that are inspired by Mediterranean cuisine and lifestyle. Figura branding is designed around the fig icon stylized to create an air balloon. Figura packaging refle...
Category: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Award: Iron (2022)
Benin
Benin Company has been offering coffee services for over 30 years. A rebrand of the concept has been done in order to help turning their business into a franchise. The creation of Benin’s visual sys...
Category: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Award: Iron (2021)
About Anja Zambelli Colak
Biography
Anja Zambelli Čolak, born in 1983. Graduated from most prestigious design universities in Milan, Italy - Istituto Europeo di Design and Domus Academy where she got her Master’s degree in Business Design. Anja’s work has been published in design books “Packaging Structure” (ArtPower), “Take me away please” (DesignerBooks) and “Logo lounge” edition 2018 and 2020.
“My passion is to understand the hidden value and the very essence of each client so that we can communicate those messages through branding and design.”
Her education comes from two prestige design institutions in Milan, Italy: Istituto Europeo di Design and Domus Academy. Right after she got an M.A. in business design, she started to work for enterprises such as Unilever, 3M and Pininfarina, where she researched new ways of entering a market.
“While I was working on new, progressive design strategies for large enterprises, I started to think of ways to transform those design tactics into functional branding for small and mid-sized businesses. Zambelli Brand Design was the direct result of those analyses and branding techniques.”
Short after moving back to Croatia, Anja established Zambelli Brand Design studio with focus on creating brand strategies, verbal and visual identities. In her carrier Anja created some of the most known and popular Croatian brands such as: Surf'n'fries, HNK Rijeka, Logista, Vistini, Valfresco, Own solutions, Piko, Kisha, JIST, Dentorium, Barbieri’s and many others.
Branding for the restaurant industry is one of her passion. Other than creating the branding for Surf'n'fries, the most successful Croatian franchise brand, last year, her branding expertise went beyond the European market.
With her team, she created Bora Bora - a franchise brand for the QSR market based in GCC countries and Leen’s a restaurant brand based Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
In 2017. she was selected as one of the Croatian winners of a Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award that recognizes successful female entrepreneurs and in 2019. she received the Croatian Chamber of Commerce Award for product and brand design.
In private life, Anja is married and has a seven-year-old daughter Emily.
Areas of Expertise
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Country
Croatia
Statistics and Insights
Performance Metrics
Key Statistics
- Total Score: 11
- Total Awards: 4
- Global Ranking: #2843
- Performance Score: 8.38 / 10
Insights
Anja Zambelli Colak's performance score of 8.38 places them in the top tier of designers worldwide. This score, which ranges from 0 to 10, reflects not just the quantity but also the quality of awards received.
With a total of 4 awards and a global ranking of #2843, Anja Zambelli Colak has demonstrated consistent excellence in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design .
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