Branko Bačanović (Sarajevo, 1952) is graphic designer. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1977. He exhibited at many solo and selective exhibitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad USA, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Poland, Finland, France, Belgium, Cuba, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia, Algeria, Japan, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia.
During the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, ZOI '84, he was in charge of designing visual identity of promotional materials (Manual of graphics standards).
Bačanović tried his hand at all forms of graphic design: full visual identity of events and companies, system of visualization in interior and exterior, design of books and monographs and various illustrations. His narrow specialization is the poster in culture, and he is also outstanding for introducing, in B&H theatres, the treatment of theatre poster as part of the play. Bačanović authored posters for cult movies of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslav cinematography "Do You Remember Dolly Bell" and "When Father Was Away on Business" by Emir Kusturica, and he also visually refined Dubravko Lovrenović's cult monography "Stećci" (Medieval Bosnian tombstones) which, as few other books, contributed to the propre scientific understanding of our past.
Branko Bačanović is one of the most significant artist in the area of graphic design in Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Yugoslavia.
