Book harvest of the year 2007 / 23.12.2007
In this year, we designed many books. The last one is a correspondence between the former president of the Czech Republic Václav Havel and his friend František Janouch during the years 1978—2001. You can see books produced by publishing houses Akropolis, Prague Stage, Casablanca, XYZ, and Sociological Publishing House.
Symbols of the Republic / 27.11.2007
Exhibition catalogs designed by Filip Blažek. Main visual element is the gradient containing Czech national colours. Typography based on geometrical typeface Purista by Suitcase Type Foundry creates a counterpart to heraldic illustrations inside the booklets. Teimer Antiqua used for all texts.
…příští vlna/next wave… Festival / 10.10.2007
Posters of the 14th festival of alternative culture flooded streets of Prague and advertising space in trams. The design is inspired by the aesthetic of commercial flyers distributed by Czech shopping malls to our homes. Bright colors, gradients, shadows and warm sun with rays of bar codes shining on dancers with shopping bags. Designed by Filip Blažek, website www.nextwave.cz by Zdeněk Franc.
Zeixs Logo & Graphic Design / 25.9.2007
Three works of our designers were published in two books of German publishing house Feierabend Unique Books. Their project Zeixs consists of four 700 pages books on logotypes, illustration works, graphic design, and typography.
Juggling / 12.7.2007
A poster for juggling festival in Prague designed by Zdeněk Franc. Freely inspired by last year poster, also designed using Atrament typeface.
Vienna: Directions for use / 23.6.2007
An essay by Monika Czernin published by Akropolis publishing house was designed by Filip Blažek. Garamond Premium is used for the text. Photos by Juliane Pezold.
Little Girl Blue / 10.5.2007
In the streets of Prague, and in cinemas you may see a poster for the new Czech film named Little Girl Blue (Tajnosti) directed by Alice Nellis. Poster, opening & closing credits, and other stuff designed by Honza Dobeš. Website www.tajnosti.cz was designed together with Zdeněk Franc.
Award Ceremony / 25.4.2007
Publisher Filip Tomáš (Akropolis) thanks for one of the awards he received in the competition The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2006. The book Czech for Life designed by Filip Blažek was awarded in the schoolbook category (2nd place).
Good designers are never abundant / 20.4.2007
Today, Czech daily Právo published an interview with Filip Blažek about the career of a graphic designer. The interview was a part of a supplement dedicated to Czech design schools.
ED Awards / 27.3.2007
Filip Blažek was a member of the ED Awards Jury, a new European graphic design contest. The members of the jury came from eleven European design magazines. From the left: Filip Blažek (Typo, Czech Republic), Per Torberger (CAP & Design, Sweden), Demetrios Fakinos (ED Awards), Lise Vejse Klint (Icograda), Eduardo Bravo (Visual, Spain), Bettina Schulz (Novum, Germany); Robert van Wezel (Items, Netherlands), Thierry Hausermann (idpure, Switzerland), Michel Chanaud (Étapes, France), Jonas Uddman (ED Awards), John Walters (Eye, Great Britain), Stelios Halas (+design, Greece); Peter Bankov (Kak, Russia), and Jacek Mrowczyk (2+3D, Poland). Awarded designers will be announced on the 11th of May during the ED Awards ceremony in Athens, Greece.
Trends in current graphic design / 3.3.2007
At the end of February, Filip Blažek gave a speech about the design of Czech media. The lecture was organized by the Department of Journalism at The Faculty Of Philosophy of The Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia. The poster was designed by Winney.
The Secret Life of Logos / 22.2.2007
Our logotypes Belmond and D-dur were chosen for the book The Secret Life of Logos — Behind the Scenes with Top Designers. The book reveals the stories and secrets behind featured logotypes. Written by typographer and designer Leslie Cabarga, published by How Books, Ohio in 2007.
The Most Beautiful Czech Books / 14.2.2007
Handbook of Czech conversation entitled Czech For Life has received the second prize in the textbook category in the Most Beautiful Czech Book of 2006 contest. The book designed by Filip Blažek and illustrated by Pavlína Řezníčková was published by the Akropolis publishing house.
In the name of Bohemia / 16.1.2007
Anthology of essays dedicated to Professor Lenka Bobková. Designed by Honza Dobeš. Published by Casablanca at the end of 2006.
Typexeso Game / 2.1.2007
Happy New Year! For our friends and clients, we printed a typographic game Typexeso. Every envelope contains 32 randomly chosen pairs of playing cards with glyphs from Constantia typeface. Printed on Canevas bicolor paper. Typexeso may be ordered online.