Boštjan Botas Kenda is a Full Professor of Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Graduated in Editorial graphics at IED, Milan, Italy. He also teaches visual communication at the Faculty of Architecture and at the Faculty of Computer Sciences. He is the founder and partner of studiobotas, a graphic design studio which concentrates on book design and signage in public space. In 2017, he chaired the commission for the national design strategy document. From 2017 to 2019, he was Vice-rector for Art and Creativity at University of Ljubljana, from 2013 to 2017, the Dean of Academy of Fine Arts and Design, from 2011 to 2013, the Head of Department of Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Botas Kenda is cooperative in promoting practice-based research and design driven doctorate through CA²RE, ADAPT-r(PRS) and the Doctorate Programme in Art at University of Ljubljana.
Email: Bostjan.Kenda@aluo.uni-lj.si