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.
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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Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements
April Greiman is known for her experimental approach to graphic design, her role in the development of Californian New Wave and being one of the first designers to fully embrace the computer in her work.
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Illustration, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A collected visual record of the first eight years of Japan’s Rural Medical Care Promotion Lottery.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
A 1936 article on Ludwig Hohlwein, originally in German, published in Graphische Nachrichten, Vol 13, 11, November 1934
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Regional Histories, Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content
A continuation of my last article: 50 tickets from Japan spanning nearly 50 years (1956–2004). This time it's another 50, spanning 50 years, 1956–2006.
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Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
50 tickets from Japan spanning nearly 50 years (1956–2004).
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 21 (1910). Czech commercial printing and book design as Secession ornament progressed to early modernist typography, with work by Alois Rieger, Methoděj Kaláb, Alois Chvála and many more.
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