Description
This comprehensive publication presents for the first time ever the Union of Czechoslovak Works of Art during the thirty years of its existence, when it significantly modernized not only the field of housing and architecture, but also utilitarian objects, toys, graphic and exhibition design. Its members were progressive representatives of architecture and design in interwar Czechoslovakia such as Pavel Janák, Ladislav Sutnar, Hana Kučerová-Záveská and others. Among the most important activities were the construction of the first Czechoslovak functionalist settlements in Brno (Nový dům, 1928) and Prague (Baba, 1932), especially the House of Art Industry in the centre of Prague. The publication introduces the projects through renowned Czech and Slovak authors and illustrates them with excellent period photographs by Josef Sudek, Jaromír Funke, František Illko, Alexander Paul and others.