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Ladislav Sutnar

Josef Mánes

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  • Format Printed advertisement
  • Designer/s Ludislav Sutnar
  • Year 1941
  • Client/Publisher Národní divadlo (National Theatre)
  • Size 210mm x 290mm
Ludislav Sutnar
Ladislav Sutnar was born in Czechoslovakia and was a pioneer of information design. He worked in America after the war and combined the avant-garde visual languages of Constructivism and principles of the German Bauhaus school of design into his information design. His creative output included book jackets, photography, magazines, exhibitions, glassware, porcelain, textiles, and toys. Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Alexey Brodovitch. See also Constructivism, American Modernism, and Czech graphic design history.

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Josef Mánes designed by Ludislav Sutnar

Josef Mánes designed by Ludislav Sutnar
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