c. 1950–1980
Czech Modernism encompasses the rich and distinctive graphic design tradition that developed in Czechoslovakia across the postwar decades.
Designers working largely within state publishing houses, theatres, and cultural institutions. Producing book design, exhibition graphics, and posters of exceptional quality and invention.
Explore designers central to this movement including Oldřich Hlavsa and Jaromir Valoušek. See also Constructivism and 1950s Graphic Design.
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Oldřich Hlavsa worked primarily in publication design and typography and played a major part in Czech graphic design history. He designed over 2000 book covers and published a series of his own books related to typography.
Read ArticleOldřich Hlavsa‘s typographic mastery, Jiří Rathouský‘s precision, and the expressive work of František Fantyš represent the breadth of this era. Czech designers drew on pre-war European modernism, Constructivism, and their own rich Arts and Crafts heritage.
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Illustration, Ephemera, Members Only Content
A mixed set of tickets from various Japanese lotteries dating from 1956 to 1985, including the Tokyo Metropolitan, West Japan and National Local Autonomy lotteries.
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Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
The Face shocked the world of magazines, and the design industry, with its revolutionary design by Neville Brody.
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Members Only Content, Designer Profiles
A 1939 article on American designer, Walter Frank Bomar, published in The Inland Printer, Vol 104, No. 03, 1939.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content
Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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An article on Valentin Zietara , originally in German, published in Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1930, written by H K Frenzel translated by E. T. Scheffauer
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Members Only Content, Designer Profiles, Studios & Collectives
A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.
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