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ALICA PANCER. PRODUCT DESIGNER BASED IN CROATIA.
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I’m Alica Pancer — product designer and creative wingman with a cherry on top.
My approach blends strategic precision with creative intuition, guided by careful observation, curiosity, and a genuine designer–client partnership.
I’m not just a designer — I’m your wingman. Together we create, but I add the cherry on top.
I work with brand owners on long-term brand direction.
From concept to launch, I connect all the pieces — product, brand, visuals, and story.
I start with questions, not assumptions.
The project begins by understanding the brand, the context, and the people behind it.
I value trust, integrity, and clear, fluid communication.
Clarity over noise. Simplicity over trendiness.
Good design may look effortless, but getting there takes real work.
It’s about finding that sweet spot between something genuinely interesting and forward-thinking, while still feeling timeless — not trend based.
Culture provides the context for everything.
Putting things in the right context, and then shifting it. It doesn’t have to be obvious, or it can be very obvious. But there’s always an idea. Always intention.
My Design Approach
START WITH CONTEXT
LISTEN AND OBSERVE
GO BEYOND OBVIOUS
KEEP IT SIMPLE
ADD THE CHERRY ON TOP
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A PEEK INTO THE WORLD OF ALICA PANCER
Design is not about exclusivity–
it's about culture, people, nature, and everything in between.
What is your favorite word?
ALICA:
LIFE
Which flower do you love the most?
ALICA
DAISY. I love its simple beauty. To me, it’s the archetype of a flower.
What’s your favorite color?
ALICA:
PINK. Vibrant and sweet, fun and girly, sexy and innocent.
Whose art inspires you the most?
ALICA:
Since my teenage years, I’ve loved Madonna—the queen of pop and a cultural icon. I still do.
Her performances, her power, her constant reinvention… the way she merges music, image, and meaning. I admire her as an artist and as a businesswoman.
But the artist whose work is closest to my heart is Vasko Lipovac.
Her performances, her power, her constant reinvention… the way she merges music, image, and meaning. I admire her as an artist and as a businesswoman.
But the artist whose work is closest to my heart is Vasko Lipovac.
Which quality do you value most in others?
ALICA:
Integrity
Which fault are you most willing to forgive?
ALICA:
Stubbornness
What invention could you no longer live without?
ALICA:
Electricity
What’s an addiction you’re willing to admit?
ALICA:
I admit I’m a coffee and cigarettes junkie.
What’s your personal motto?
ALICA:
Keep it simple.
Be good to people.
Be good to people.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
ALICA:
All around the world for a while, but eventually, I’d return to my paradise - where I live now.
What is your greatest fear?
ALICA:
Losing the people I love.
Not fulfilling my dreams.
Not fulfilling my dreams.
What’s your idea of perfect happiness?
ALICA:
Joie de vivre. Surrounded by people I love.
Fulfilling my dreams.
Fulfilling my dreams.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
ALICA:
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.
BE DISCIPLINED.
BE DISCIPLINED.
If you could live in any historical era, which one would you choose?
ALICA:
I admire ancient civilizations, but I wouldn’t leave the modern era—nowhere before the 1960s.
Which book has had the greatest impact on your life?
ALICA:
I’m still waiting for that book.
If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be?
ALICA:
I would go mainstream. Andy Warhol, Pope Francis, and maybe Quentin Tarantino to moderate the conversation—and later make a movie about our dinner.
What’s a memory you cherish the most?
ALICA:
I have a long list of cherished memories.
What trait in collaborators do you find most challenging to work with?
ALICA:
Inflexibility, irresponsibility, and superficiality.
Which living designer or artist do you most admire?
ALICA:
Frank Gehry, the architect.
I admire his masterful play with materials, his “raw aesthetic,” and unapologetic personality. I also deeply respect his vitality and life force—working for seven decades and continuing into his early 90s. He’s now 95, and I picture myself being just as vigorous, working and creating into my 90s.
I admire his masterful play with materials, his “raw aesthetic,” and unapologetic personality. I also deeply respect his vitality and life force—working for seven decades and continuing into his early 90s. He’s now 95, and I picture myself being just as vigorous, working and creating into my 90s.
If you were to be reborn as a piece of design or art, what would it be?
ALICA:
The Eiffel Tower
On what occasion do you bend the rules in your work?
ALICA:
Rules are meant to be bent.
How would you describe the perfect client in three words?
ALICA:
Visionary, clever, brave. But a good person above all.
What would you bring with you for a year of creative isolation?
ALICA:
My computer, and a stash of coffee and cigarettes—unless I quit before then.
What’s your mantra when chaos takes over?
ALICA:
I just push through and move forward. JUST KEEP GOING would be my mantra.
ALESS GUTE is my comfort phrase.
ALESS GUTE is my comfort phrase.
