Jano Badovinac, a rugged Toronto model who isn’t afraid to sort through our trash
Jano Badovinac is more than just a model (Image: Jaclyn Locke)
We mentioned we were starting a Hot List at The Goods, and today’s entry is the rugged and sometimes-bearded, sometimes-mustachioed industrial designer–cum-model Jano Badovinac . Badovinac is everywhere because he has his hands in everything, from “upcycling ” old phone books (he has started a gun-in-a-Bible trick project for glue guns titled “Encygluepedia”) , to part-time modelling and being the creative director and managing partner at Fugitive Glue . Find out more about this week’s need-to-know gentleman and a gallery of his work after the jump.
We first noticed Badovinac in a campaign for newly rebranded Cromwell and Cruthers , but we assumed he was merely the latest pretty face in an industry of good-looking ladies and gentlemen (turns out, he wasn’t even a model at the time). Then we spotted him again in the crowd at Philip Sparks , not long before his runway debut at Klaxon Howl . Not only were we seeing him everywhere, so was The Bay , and it scooped him up as a campaign model for its collaboration with Klaxon Howl. Since then, Elmer Olsen has signed him as a model, but Badovinac has too much going on to be complacent about the oft-glamourized world of striking a pose—he can be found upcycling stray chairs from residential garbage, launching a salvaged bike bag company with colleague Ryan Wilding (launch date TBD) and creating unlikely usable objects from miscellany purchased at Home Depot, in a project called “Depot Deco DIY.” Given how much he has on the go, we think it’s impressive that Badovinac balances strutting, creating and garbage collecting on a day-to-day basis. Suddenly, dumpster diving couldn’t seem more glamorous.
67208 Cromwell and Cruthers campaign (Image: supplied by Jano Badovinac) Jano Badovinac for Cromwell and Cruthers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/C_and_C.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/C_and_C.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/C_and_C.jpg 624 936 {"aperture":"5","credit":"Photographer: Bryan Lockyer","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","created_timestamp":"1266154587","copyright":"Copyright: Bryan Lockyer","focal_length":"70","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/c_and_c/ c_and_c 0 0
67212 Encygluepedia project (Image: supplied by Jano Badovinac) Encygluepedia https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ENCYGLUEPEDIA.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ENCYGLUEPEDIA.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ENCYGLUEPEDIA.jpg 624 389 {"aperture":"11","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T1i","created_timestamp":"1304165974","focal_length":"30","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.04"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/encygluepedia/ encygluepedia 0 0
67211 Depot Deco DIY project (Image: supplied by Jano Badovinac) Depot Deco https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Depot_Deco.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Depot_Deco.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Depot_Deco.jpg 624 236 {"aperture":"8","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T1i","created_timestamp":"1304123688","focal_length":"38","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/depot_deco/ depot_deco 0 0
67210 “Fugitive Glue recently acquired some 1960s vintage silk-screen press sheets of Canadian wildlife and they are being given new life by encasing the images in shadow boxes, and adding out-of-print wallpaper.” Canadiana https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana_sample.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana_sample.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana_sample.jpg 624 515 {"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T1i","created_timestamp":"1303749356","focal_length":"50","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.005"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/canadiana_sample/ canadiana_sample 0 0
67209 “Fugitive Glue recently acquired some 1960s vintage silk-screen press sheets of Canadian wildlife and they are being given new life by encasing the images in shadow boxes, and adding out-of-print wallpaper.” Canadiana https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana-Proofs_Duck.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana-Proofs_Duck.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Canadiana-Proofs_Duck.jpg 624 441 {"aperture":"11","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T1i","created_timestamp":"1303743329","focal_length":"50","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0125"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/canadiana-proofs_duck/ canadiana-proofs_duck 0 0
67213 Globe and Mail Style (Image: Globe and Mail) Jano Badovinac https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Globe_and_Mail.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Globe_and_Mail.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Globe_and_Mail.jpg 620 929 [] https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/globe_and_mail/ globe_and_mail 0 0
67214 <em>Boys with Beards</em> editorial for The Bay (Image: Jaclyn Locke) Jano Badovinac https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HBC_MensStyle.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HBC_MensStyle.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HBC_MensStyle.jpg 624 902 {"aperture":"11","camera":"Canon EOS 5D","created_timestamp":"1302893919","focal_length":"70","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/hbc_mensstyle/ hbc_mensstyle 0 0
67215 The Bay collaboration with Klaxon Howl (Image: Jaclyn Locke) Matt Robinson and Jano Badovinac https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Klaxon_Howl.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Klaxon_Howl.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Klaxon_Howl.jpg 576 797 {"aperture":"8","camera":"Canon EOS 5D","created_timestamp":"1301845421","focal_length":"70","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/klaxon_howl/ klaxon_howl 0 0
67216 (Image: Matt Barnes) Jano Badovinac https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Matt_Barnes.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Matt_Barnes.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Matt_Barnes.jpg 624 388 [] https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/matt_barnes/ matt_barnes 0 0
67217 <em>Tarp, High Park</em> (Image: supplied by Jano Badovinac) Tarp, High Park https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Tarp_High_Park.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Tarp_High_Park.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Tarp_High_Park.jpg 624 466 {"aperture":"2.8","camera":"iPhone 4","created_timestamp":"1289576577","focal_length":"3.85","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.025"} https://torontolife.com/style/jano-badovinac-a-rugged-toronto-model-who-isnt-afraid-to-sort-through-our-trash/slide/tarp_high_park/ tarp_high_park 0 0
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This is a perfect example of a Slavic Panzie. Creepy.
Not only is Jano a skilled, multifaceted, talented artist and designer but he is also a great guy. Congrats!