Tessa Bachrach-Krištofić is a Zagreb-based art director and graphic designer working across book design, editorial systems, visual identity, and branding. Her practice is rooted in typography and concept, equally invested in why something looks the way it does and how it looks. She works with publishers, cultural institutions, and commercial clients who approach design as a strategic decision. Selected clients include the Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb, Croatian National Theatre, Rotterdam Film Festival, and Školska knjiga. Her work has been recognized by the Type Directors Club New York, HDD Awards, and Croatia's Beautiful Book competition. Available for collaborations locally and internationally.
Awards
11
Krešimirac
Croatian beautiful book competition for Best Book Design from all over the World
2025
2025
Tošo Dabac: An artist of his time
Croatian beautiful book competition for Best Book Design from all over the World
2023
2023
V magazin
Final selection / 55th Zagreb Salon of Applied Arts
2020
2020
V magazin
Final selection in the category of design of social innovations / Zagreb Design Week
2020
2020
V magazin
Special recognition in the category Concept, initiative, critical design / Exhibition of Croatian design 19/20
2020
2020
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, 2018/2019 season visual identity
Special recognition in the category visual communication design / Exhibition of Croatian design 19/20
2020
2020
PC XX: The Story book
Type directors club certificate of typographic excellence / Type Directors Club, New York
2020
2020
NEW MEMORIES YU Cook
special recognition of the expert jury / Metalac Company, Mixer organization and Balkan Design Network
2015
2015
Book Bologna paintings of Croatian history — Political Iconography of Wall Paintings in the Illyrian-Hungarian College in Bologna
Croatian beautiful book competition for Best Book Design from all over the World
2014
2014
The White Stripes LP
HDD Award for Best Visual Communication Design in the Student Category Exhibition of Croatian design 1112
2012
2012
Base Monospace Nine and Twelve type specimen
Silver Bra award in the category of small promos at the 14th International / Festival of Creative Communications Magdalena, Maribor
2012
2012
Group exhibitions
22
Krešimirac
Best Book Design from all over the World
Leipzig
2025
Leipzig · 2025
Marija Jurić Zagorka book covers
Zgraf
French Pavillion, Zagreb
2025
French Pavillion, Zagreb · 2025
Tošo Dabac: An artist of his time
Best Book Design from all over the World
Leipzig
2023
Leipzig · 2023
DIPMOD_4_5 and Tošo Dabac: An artist of his time
Exhibition of Croatian design 21/22
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb
2023
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb · 2023
Feminist approach to crises poster
Exhibition ‘Sindikat žena... Dizajn feminističkih promotivnih materijala od 1980-ih do danas’
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb
2023
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb · 2023
V magazine and the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, season 2018/2019 visual identity
Exhibition of Croatian design 19/20
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb
2020
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb · 2020
Pannonian challenge PCXX: The story and Nisam zaboravila the book
Online Exhibition of Croatian Design 19/20
2020
2020
V magazin
Zagreb design week
Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Hall V, Zagreb
2020
Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Hall V, Zagreb · 2020
Pannonian challenge PCXX: The story and V magazin
In a Nutshell exhibition on the occasion of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU
Council of Europe building Brussels, Belgium
2020
Council of Europe building Brussels, Belgium · 2020
Freedom to knowledge poster, Croatian designers in action
Permanent exhibition of graphic and product design
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb
2020
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb · 2020
DIPMOD_2_3, Bachrach & Krištofić = Design & Photography and Temporary Museum of Design
Exhibition of Croatian Design 1718
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb
2018
Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb · 2018
Pi: Honorable Skull
WHO DOES THE STAGE? — Design for independent music in Croatia 2011 – 2018
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb
2018
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb · 2018
We can do it
Zagreb Design Week
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb
2017
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb · 2017
Temporary Museum of Design and Bachrach & Krištofić = Design & Photography
Zgraf
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb
2017
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb · 2017
Theatrical posters
Bernardo Bernardi Gallery
Zagreb
2017
Zagreb · 2017
Ha–kol magazine and Hand with three fingers
Exhibition of Croatian design 1516
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
2016
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb · 2016
Freedom of knowledge
Croatian designers in action
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb
2016
Croatian Design Society, Zagreb · 2016
D Day 2015
6th Biennial of Illustration
Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
2016
Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb · 2016
Hand with three fingers
Zagreb Design Week
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb
2016
Lauba — House for People, Zagreb · 2016
Black Box
Art residence MultiMadeira
Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
2016
Madeira, Funchal, Portugal · 2016
Daniel Premerl: Bologna Images of Croatian History Best Book Design from all over the world
Book Art International, Frankfurt, Germany,
Leipzig (Germany)
2016
Leipzig (Germany) · 2016
YU COOK
New memories, Mixer
Belgrade, Serbia
2016
Belgrade, Serbia · 2016
Solo Exhibitions
04
What if?
Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb
2023
Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb · 2023
NJI3/6
Croatian Association of Interdisciplinary Artists HUIU, Pula
2018
Croatian Association of Interdisciplinary Artists HUIU, Pula · 2018
Black Box, Recordings from Madeira
Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb
2017
Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb · 2017
Tri generacije (Bachrach & Krištofić)
Milan and Ivo Steiner Gallery / Jewish Community of Zagreb
2012
Milan and Ivo Steiner Gallery / Jewish Community of Zagreb · 2012
Articles
17
Nsk.hr
nsk.hr/vijesti/odabrane-najljepse-oblikovane-hrvatske-knjige-objavljene-u-2024-godini/
2024
2024
Nacional.hr
www.nacional.hr/kod-feministickih-publikacija-dizajn-je-bio-kljucan/
2024
2024
Culture.net
www.culturenet.hr/hr/objavljeni-zagorkini-romani-gricka-vjestica-i-kci- lotrscaka/204912
2024
2024
Jutarnji list
www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/art/tessa-bachrach-kristofic-na-izlozbi-sam-zeljela- osloboditi-publiku-stvoriti-interakciju-izmedu-rada-i-posjetitelja-15297690
2023
2023
Jutarnji list
www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/knjizevnost/kojih-se-osamnaest-knjiga-naslo-na-listi- najljepsih-u-prosloj-godini-15297919
2023
2023
Grazia — fashion, lifestyle, and top stories from Croatia and around the world
grazia.hr/tessa-bachrach-kristofic-what-if-sto-ako-izlozba-galerija-kranjcar/
2023
2023
Journal
www.journal.hr/kultura/knjige/monografija-toso-dabac/
2023
2023
Vizkultura — portal on visual arts and culture
vizkultura.hr/konfrontacija-s-dizajnerskim-sto-ako/
2023
2023
Jutarnji list
www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/art/biljezi-mars-gladi-prosjake-nesrecu-vlaka-od- krizevaca-prema-dugoj-resi-nitko-u-nasoj-umjetnosti-nema-toliko-suosjecanja-za- sirotinju-15403885
2023
2023
Mixer.hr
mixer.hr/kultura/knjigeteatar/ove-knjizevne-naslove-se-isplati-potraziti-na- interliberu/
2023
2023
Grazia — fashion, lifestyle, and top stories from Croatia and around the world
grazia.hr/tessa-bachrach-kristofic-graficki-dizajn-intervju/
2022
2022
Vizkultura — portal on visual arts and culture
vizkultura.hr/zivot-ulice-i-drustva-zabiljezen-fotografijom/
2022
2022
Grazia — fashion, lifestyle, and top stories from Croatia and around the world
grazia.hr/toso-dabac-umjetnik-svojeg-vremena-kriticko-citanje-iva-prosoli- monografija/
2022
2022
Super1
www.telegram.hr/super1/power/dina-tessa-i-franka-stoje-iza-fenomenalnog-domaceg-dizajnerskog-brenda-nji3-upoznajte-ih/
2020
2020
Diva.hr
diva.vecernji.hr/lifestyle/ova-izdanja-bi-mogla-zamijeniti-coffee-table-books-a-dolaze-s-domacim-dizajnerskim-pecatom-13384https://diva.vecernji.hr/lifestyle/ova-izdanja-bi-mogla-zamijeniti-coffee-table-books-a-dolaze-s-domacim-dizajnerskim-pecatom-13384
2020
2020
Vizkultura — portal on visual arts and culture
vizkultura.hr/nji3-intervju/
2020
2020
Vizkultura — portal on visual arts and culture
vizkultura.hr/priznanja-za-tipografsku-izvrsnost/
2020
2020
Select clients
01
Academy of Dramatic Art, Zagreb
02
Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
03
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
04
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
05
Zagreb City Museum, Croatia
06
Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Croatia
07
Školska knjiga publisher, Zagreb
08
Vizkultura – portal on visual arts and culture
09
Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb
10
Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar
11
Elle Croatia
12
Pannonian Challenge, Osijek
13
Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
14
State 51, London, United Kingdom
15
Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands
16
Zadovoljna.hr