Tomislav Petković, belonging to a third generation of leather product makers in his family, founded KoArt in 1995. After a few moves they finally settled in a small production facility at Medveščak 67 in Zagreb.
The fact that the trade of the bookbinder is so rarely encountered these days is an additional reason to meet Tajana and Davor Klanac. They describe themselves as artist craftsmen, and they have been running a small bindery for a great number of years. They are building on a tradition that is over sixty years long.
Ms. Vesna Hrkač is the third in the family line to continue the tradition of running a bindery at the same address in Zagreb. Zagreb has few remaining traditional binderies where everything is done by hand, and one of them is the charming Bindery 1924, which boasts expertise and excellent master craftsmen.
Mladen Radovinović founded his bookbinding and photocopying craft in 1983. He completed a vocational high school specialising in economics, but it’s was his uncle who got him interested in this profession. His uncle helped him a lot to get the business going
Mr. Tomislav Cerovečki is an expert umbrella maker, continuing the tradition of more than one hundred years. He is the fourth generation of master craftsmen, the first of whom was Mijo Cepanec, who founded an umbrella making shop in Varaždin in 1912.
The trade that is becoming a rarity these days has been practiced in the Hudetz family since as far back as 1862. With a long history of doing business, Vilim Hudetz set up a cardboard packaging workshop at the current address, Gundulićeva 29, and was succeeded by his son Marijan. Today Marijan’s daughter Tanja Hudetz runs the family business as a member of the fifth generation.
Nenad Ružić is a member of the third generation of master craftsmen working at Ilinić Crafts, a shop founded in 1929. Before World War I, it specialized only in sales, and then up to 1990 only in repairs. Now in their charming little shop in Zagreb’s Zvonimirova Street they provide the following services: repairing, restoring, and selling pianos and upright pianos.
Đurđica Vorkapić, a fashion designer and innovator, started Hippy Garden sixteen years ago, when there were only a handful of similar designers on the market. Not conforming to stereotypes, audacious in her creativity, and always in the mood to explore, she makes collections that are recognized in Croatia and worldwide.
Hair salon Kincl was founded by Rudolf and Branka Kincl in 1937 and the salon was located in 8 Praška Street. Their daughter Vesna Kincl Murtić inherited the business. The World Hairdressing Organization (OMC) and the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts recognised her work by presenting her with a lifetime achievement award in 2011.
Photographer Anđelko Topić started the Topić family craft. In 1941 he moved to Zagreb from Omiš. The photo studio was originally located in Maksimirska Street. His son Anđelko took over the craft.
Ethno workshop Čehulić was founded in 2004 with the aim of preserving textile manufacturing and the weaving technique of Turopolje and Vukomeričke Gorice. It was founded by Vlado Čehulić, who’s a tradition enthusiast.
Standing out with its usage of ethnic motifs from Croatian history, the boutique at Ilica 49 has been attracting domestic and foreign customers with a combination of the modern and the traditional since its opening.