Praha, New York, Design in Action [Ladislav Sutnar]

Editor: Iva Janakova
Publisher: Museum of Decorative Arts and Argo Publishers
Publication: 2003, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 394
Size: 300 x 218
Text: English
ISBN: 8072035150

"Praha, New York, Design in Action" is the definitive monograph on Ladislav Sutnar (1897–1976), the Czech-American pioneer who fused Prague’s avant-garde roots with New York’s commercial dynamism. With essays by Iva Janáková and others, this bilingual Czech-English volume chronicles Sutnar’s trajectory from De Stijl-influenced typography and 1930s exhibition design in Czechoslovakia to his postwar American breakthroughs in information graphics, catalog systems for Sweet’s, and iconic Addo-X calculator branding. Richly illustrated with rare posters, books, glassware, toys, and ephemera - many reproduced for the first time - it reveals Sutnar’s “visual design in action” philosophy: functional beauty, controlled asymmetry, and user-centered clarity that prefigured modern UI/UX principles and continues to shape contemporary graphic design.

Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover/edges. Slight fading to foot of cover.

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