Background
Licul was born in the Istrian town of Vodnjan, which was then part of the Yugoslav occupation zone of the Julian March (now in Croatia).
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Miljenko Licul
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He was one of the most prominent graphic designers in independent Slovenia. He moved to Slovenia in his youth and lived and worked there most of his life. Foreign some time, Licul taught typography at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
Licul"s work covers a wide spectrum of arts
From designing publications, posters and magazine covers to postage stamps and calendars. The banknotes, which were in circulation from October 1991 until the end of 2006, featured portraits of prominent Slovenian personalities, the work of painter Rudi Španzel.
When Slovenia adopted the euro as the national currency, Licul designed the national side of Slovenian euro coins, together with Maja Licul and Janez Boljka. Licul and Boljka designed tolar coins together, as well.
Besides the national currency, Licul also designed several official documents, such as the Slovenian passport, identity card and health insurance card.
His other works include the designing of a new graphic image for the Slovenian National Gallery.
Achievements
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Foreign his opus, Licul was awarded several prizes. In 1985 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his achievements in graphic design. In 1988 Licul won the Plečnik Award, the highest award in the field of design, architecture and urban planning in Slovenia. In 2008 he was awarded the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian national prize in the field of arts, together with translator Janez Gradišnik. On that particular occasion, it was substantiated that Licul"s works were of highest quality and that he was among the authors who renewed the strictly modernistic style of the 1970s, without omitting the historical features. He died in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Nationality
Slovenian
Awards
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Prešeren Foundation Award; Prešeren Award For his opus, Licul was awarded several prizes. In 1985 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his achievements in graphic design. In 1988 Licul won the Plečnik Award, the highest award in the field of design, architecture and urban planning in Slovenia. In 2008 he was awarded the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian national prize in the field of arts, together with translator Janez Gradišnik. On that particular occasion, it was substantiated that Licul's works were of highest quality and that he was among the authors who renewed the strictly modernistic style of the 1970s, without omitting the historical features. He died in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Prešeren Award, also called the Grand Prešeren Award, is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia.Prešeren Foundation Award; Prešeren Award For his opus, Licul was awarded several prizes. In 1985 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his achievements in graphic design. In 1988 Licul won the Plečnik Award, the highest award in the field of design, architecture and urban planning in Slovenia. In 2008 he was awarded the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian national prize in the field of arts, together with translator Janez Gradišnik. On that particular occasion, it was substantiated that Licul's works were of highest quality and that he was among the authors who renewed the strictly modernistic style of the 1970s, without omitting the historical features. He died in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Prešeren Award, also called the Grand Prešeren Award, is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia.