As a new type of residential unit, the development of prefabricated housing estates also brought with them a negative phenomenon in the form of worsened orientation. The mutual similarity of the prefab buildings, the large distances between them, ground floors consisting of identical housing units instead of storefronts, frequent dead ends and the general blurring of the term “street” contributed to significant disorientation in these neighbourhoods. The developers of the Jižní Město II housing estate in Prague were the first to actively address this problem in practice. They succeeded in imprinting a uniqueness on a fundamentally monotonous environment not only with an unusual urban design but primarily with a comprehensive and highly sophisticated orientation system – one of a kind in the context of Czechoslovak housing estates.
April 20, 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of graphic designer and typographer Jiří Rathouský. Known primarily for his book designs and visual identities for companies and institutions — including building information systems — Rathouský also worked as a type designer, creating typefaces he often implemented directly in his designs.
The book about olympionic and Czechoslovakian representative in road cycling Vladimír Vondráček uses BC Alphapipe for the spine & headlines.
Lavmi is a live intersection of art and commerce. It is a brand that sets the trends in interior design. Lavmi is a synonym for wallpaper. And of course Lavmi loves typefaces!
Boris Meluš’s visual identity for the 20th Oskár Čepan Award. This award held annually in Slovakia is intended for visual artist under 40 years. The competition was initiated in 1996 by Wendy W. Leuers, president of the Civil Society Foundation, USA, as a parallel to the Czech Jindřich Chalupecký Award for young talented artist.
