Gla Gla
When creating a distinctly Croatian souvenir for the island of Krk designers came up with a puzzle teaching the players ancient Glagolitic scripture as it appears on the Baska stone tablet (dating back to 1100 AD). Puzzle pieces are made out of olive trees, grown on the island of Krk since ancient Greece. Gla Gla condenses thousands of years of culture into a game allowing the users to piece together bits of Croatian history from the island of Krk and recombine them into new stories and words in any language.
Gla Gla Educational Puzzle by Ana Banić Göttlicher has been highlighted as a creative example of industrial design by the A' Design Award & Competition. Gla Gla Educational Puzzle was awarded the Bronze A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design in 2021. The A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award is an international, juried, academic and meritocratic design competition which honors outstanding design of dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys, educational toys, building blocks, model kits and more.
