Matija Medved (1990) works in the fields of illustration, graphics, drawing, painting, animation, and design. He designs posters, illustrates books, newspapers, magazines, and provides illustrations for foreign media such as Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Forbes, and Medium. He received the Hinko Smrekar Distinction and the TDC New York Award for Collective Work for his illustrations for a special edition of the student newspaper Tribuna. His illustrations for Bloomberg Businessweek and the visual identity of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre were included in American Illustration 37 and published in 3x3 magazine, receiving an award from the latter. His posters I Am Frank and Thinging each received a Brumen Award. His illustrations for The New York Times and Time Magazine have been included in the exhibition and catalogue of the Society of Illustrators in New York several times. The illustrations from the series One Day at a Time, published on Medium, received the Hinko Smrekar Accolade. In 2023 the Society of Illustrators awarded him a silver medal for a series of illustrations for a column in The New York Times, another silver medal for a series of illustrations for the Rog Centre, and a gold medal for a series of book covers for the literary festival Fabula. He is a member of the collective Ansambel.