Product designer based in Ljubljana with an orientation toward sustainable practices. Interested in materials, making, and why things are the way they are. Currently completing a Master's in industrial design.
Anito
Anito is a biomaterial research project developed in collaboration with a major European HoReCa syrup and juice producer. The project addresses two parallel problems within the same supply chain: substantial amounts of expired syrup discarded annually and large quantities of single-use plastic stretch film used for pallet stabilization during transport. Through hands-on material experimentation at Zeleni Lab in Rog, we developed three bio-based solutions to be used in their logistic chain: a liquid adhesive, an anti-slip pad, and an experimental hot-glue stick. All of them derived from expired syrup using natural additives.
2025 - 2026
Group project
Co-authors: Zoja Čepin, Marko Gorenak, Klara Maček, Anja Tudjan
What remains?
What Remains? is a speculative design project exploring the environmental and emotional consequences of contemporary burial practices. The project transforms blood and hair into a biodegradable composite to create a burial urn that gradually disintegrates over time, allowing the body to return to the earth with intention rather than preservation. Combining material experimentation with speculative design, it questions how we perceive the human body, decay, and the materials we leave behind. The project was exhibited at Parsons School of Design and MoMA as part of the Biodesign Challenge 2025, as well as at Mala Galerija Banke Slovenije (MGBS).
2025
Group project
Co-authors: Matic Lesjak, Črt Štrubelj
Biodesign Challenge ↗︎
Mala Galerija Banke Slovenije ↗︎
Dezeen article ↗︎
Abies
Abies is a pottery practice I cofounded with Ela Šalehar. We primarily work with wild clay, dug from the forests of Kočevsko. We treat clay as a subject of research rather than only a medium to be shaped: gathering, testing and often ruining it, then letting its properties guide the forms, glazes and firing. The name of the practice comes from the same forest as the clay. Abies is the genus of the silver fir, a keystone species here, and the tallest fir in Slovenia, the Rajhenavska jelka, stands nearby. Our visual identity follows the same logic, drawing its palette and textures from the local and vernacular. The resuls are small collections of wild, earthy, slightly imperfect objects, shaped by slow growth and endurance.
2025 – ongoing
Studio practice
Founders: Jaka Kordiš, Ela Šalehar
C+C Coffee Machine
C+C is a coffee machine conept from a one-week intensive industrial design workshop led by Aleks Tatic from Taticdesign Studio. Starting from a predefined technical platform for a coffee machine, the project focused on identifying a specific user group and developing a product concept tailored to their lifestyle and expectations. The outcome explored form language, color, materials, and detailing to create a coherent product identity aligned with the chosen target audience. The project is the winner of the Logitech Future of Work Award at the RenderWeekly Awards 2026.
2024
Individual project
Šorli's chair
The reconstruction of Marjan Šorli's chair is a research project based on architect Marjan Šorli’s design for Mestna kavarna in Kranj, focusing on a custom chair originally created specifically for the interior. In collaboration with Marko Gorenak, the chair was recreated using archival photographs and documentation, redrawn through CAD modeling, and reconstructed using woodworking techniques including joinery, CNC milling, and precision shaping. The finished piece is now exhibited at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in Ljubljana, contributing to the preservation and reinterpretation of Slovenian design heritage.
Photos on slide 1, 4 and 6: Mihael Lorenčak, razstava Marjan Šorli in udomačena arhitektura
Photos on slide 2 and 3: Božo Štajer, Mestna kavarna in slaščičarna v Kranju, 1954
2025
Individual project
Co-author: Marko Gorenak
©2026 Jaka Kordiš