In the pleasant surrounding of the Meštrović Gallery in Split, the prestigious “Golden Pen” prizes were awarded, which the Croatian Tourist Board awards journalists, bloggers and influencers for the best posts about Croatia as a tourist destination in the past tourist year.
Every year the location of the event is being changed so that every year the design of the award goes to a local artist. This year, for the city of Split, our gallery was entrusted with the creation of the prizes. This year’s prizes was designed by our painter Dina Jakšić Pavasović and visual communication designer Goran Pavasović. A square stone slab is attached to the “field” of Croatian checkerboard. The slab is shaped to serve as a surface for stylized text and a gold pen logo. With its robust form, it is also reminiscent of the “unbreakable” walls of Diocletian’s palace, built from the same material – the finest Brač’s limestone almost two thousand years ago.
This year, director Christine Degan, who shot a film about the Brač stone and the Jakšić family, also received the award.
