Personal

Dražen Karaman

Dražen Karaman, CEO
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Education

I took my degree in German philology and comparative literature at the Zagreb University. Apart from my mother tongue, Croatian, I have a good command of German and English and a working knowledge of French.

Short CV

As of 2006

Self-employed web and print designer

1994–2005

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Zagreb. Counsellor for political affairs at the Croatian Embassy in Berlin (2001–2005); First Secretary and Deputy Permanent Delegate of Croatia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris (1995–2000).

1993–1994

Ministry of Culture and Education, Secretariat of the Croatian Commission for UNESCO

1992

Editor, Croatian University Press (Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada)

1988–1991

Producer of social sciences programmes, Croatian Radio III

Until 1988

Freelance translator and journalist

Selected Bibliography

[Translations]

Thomas Mann, Indijska legenda (Indian Legend, collected short stories), Zagreb 2004

Lovro Artuković: Das Magazin (The Repository), Zagreb 2004

Karl R. Popper, Otvoreno društvo i njegovi neprijatelji, I. svezak: Platonova čarolija (The Open Society and Its Enemies, vol. I: The Spell of Plato), Zagreb 2003

Immanuel Kant, Metafizika ćudoređa (The Metaphysics of Morality), Zagreb 1999

Karl R. Popper, U potrazi za boljim svijetom (Searching for a Better World), Zagreb 1997

Richard Wisser, Filozofski putokazi (Philosophic Guides), Zagreb 1992

Marie-Elise Zovko, Heideggerovo i Plotinovo poimanje vremena (Time in the Works of Heidegger and Plotinus), Zagreb 1991

Andrew Doe, John Tobler, Vlastitim riječima: The Doors (In Their Own Words: The Doors), Zagreb 1988

Burghart Schmidt, Postmoderna – strategije zaborava (Postmodernism – Strategies of Oblivion), Zagreb 1987

With Branko Maleš: Goethe u samoposluživanju. Antologija suvremene zapadnonjemačke lirike (Goethe in the Supermarket. Anthology of Contemporary West-German Lyric Poetry), Zagreb 1986

Credo

I began designing professionally for the Web and for print in 2006. Working for numerous clients with very different needs and demands, I have learned that design does sell and that style indeed is everything.

However, I believe that what the audience really comes for is information. It is my prime objective to deliver that information in an efficient and visually pleasing way. In doing so, I preferably follow the modernist principle “less is more”.

This portfolio contains a selection of works which may give an impression of my style. If you are interested in my services, I will be glad to perform a free and non-binding analysis of your needs and propose a suitable solution.

Services

  • Web presence strategy development
  • Corporate identity development
  • Website design and redesign
  • Flat-rate website management
  • Coding of pages based on your graphic template
  • Content management system (CMS) integration and management
  • Web application user interface development
  • Print design
  • Publication design
  • Packaging design
  • Vehicle decoration

Guarantee

The websites I build have a lifetime guarantee regarding their technical structure and compatibility with the major browsers.

In other words: if any technical corrections should be required after the product has been delivered, I will make them at no cost.

Company Details

Karaman Design Ltd.
Mirogojska cesta 35
HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Registered for trade and services with the Court of Commerce, Zagreb

OIB: 47201966249
MBS: 080547051
VAT no.: HR47201966249

IBAN: HR7524840081103385930
SWIFT-BIC: RZBHHR2X