Luan Tashi

MA

Professional Experience and Qualifications

Professor / Lecturer, AAB College / 2021 – Present

Teaching at Faculty of Mass Communication / Media Production

Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher, Koha Ditore Newspaper / Koha Group / 2009 – 2019

Preparation of the daily newspaper Koha Ditore and the weekly magazine E Diela
Design of books, covers, and various marketing materials

Graphic Designer / Owner, Ti-Sign / 2011 – 2016

Design and printing of T-shirts and marketing materials
Business owner, designer, and supervisor

Graphic Designer, Zero Positive / 2008

Design of marketing materials
Branding and rebranding

Graphic Designer, B2 Agency / 2007

-Design of marketing materials

Graphic Designer, United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Information Office / 2000 – 2008

Design of media materials: magazines, brochures, posters, billboards, etc.
Management of various public information campaigns

Graphic Designer – Owner, Rrota, Marketing Agency / 2000 – 2003

Design of marketing materials
Preparation and design of comic books

Graphic Designer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Information Office / 1999 – 2000

Design of media materials: magazines, brochures, posters, billboards, etc.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts / Graphic Design / 2019 – 2020

University of Prishtina / Faculty of Fine Arts, Prishtina

Graphic Design – Applied Arts with Distinction

Advertising Graphics, Typography with Calligraphy, Photography

Bachelor of Arts / Graphic Design / 1986 – 1990

University of Prishtina / Faculty of Fine Arts, Prishtina

Graphic Design

Advertising Graphics,
Book Preparation,
Typography with Calligraphy,
Photography,
Drawing,
Painting,
Sculpture,
Art Teaching Methodology,
Aesthetics,
Art History

Titular Professor

Strategic Design, for the postgraduate MA program at the Faculty of Arts, Graphic Design and Multimedia track, AAB College, Prishtina
Brand Design, for the bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Arts, Graphic Design and Visual Arts, AAB College, Prishtina
Corporate Identity, for the bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Arts, Professional Graphic Design track, AAB College, Prishtina

AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST:

Graphic Design, Applied Arts, Art History, History of Albanians in World Art, History of the Albanian People, Media and Communication, Marketing, Music, etc.

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Albanian, English, and Serbian; understands Turkish.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Awarded medals by the “Association for the Return of Albanians Displaced from Their Homeland, Prishtina” and the “Institute of Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of Albanians, Skopje” for the design of the Memorial Center Monument “Bllacë 1999” – 2022.

Certificate “The World in Florence” from the Italian organization “Life Beyond Tourism – Travel to Dialogue Movement” for the creation of the project on the “Ancient City of Ulpiana, Artana Castle / Novo Bërdo, etc.” – 2021.

He is the laureate of the “Ali Hadri” Award for Historiography, from the “Union of Albanian Writers and Critics”, Prishtina – 2019.

Books (Full Authorship):

1. “Ali Pasha Tepelena in World Art”
Botuar nga Shtëpia Botuese “Prograf”, Prishtinë – 2025

2. “Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”
Published by the Interministerial Commission for the Commemoration of the 550th Anniversary of Skanderbeg and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Prishtina – 2019

The Book “Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries” is part of the catalog WORLD-CAT: (WorldCat.org is a global nonprofit library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs so that libraries can promote scientific research and innovation.)

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

https://bve.opac.almavivaitalia.it/opac2/BVE/CR/result

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Link

Columbia University in the City of New York

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?search_field=all_fields&q=on1143794417

Princeton University Library

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog?q=oclc_s%3A1143794417

Library of Congress – Washington

https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=STNO&searchType=1&recCount=25&searchArg=9789951545174

3. “100 Logos o Kosovo”,
Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA,” Prishtina – 2017

EDITOR OF BOOKS:

1. “The Encyclopedic Musical Dictionary of the Albanian Language”
By Bajar Berisha
Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA”, Prishtina – 2014

2. “Photography in Kosovo 1900–1950”
By Shkuri Kaçaniku
Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA”, Prishtina – 2012