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Ludislav Sutnar

Šelma sedlák

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  • Format: Advertisement
  • Designer/s: Ludislav Sutnar
  • Year: 1941
  • Client/Publisher: Národní divadlo (National Theatre)
  • Size: 210mm x 290mm

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.

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Šelma sedlák designed by Ludislav Sutnar
Šelma sedlák designed by 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.

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