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Ladislav Sutnar (9 November 1897 – 13 November 1976) was a graphic designer from Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (in western Bohemia) who was a pioneer of information design and information architecture. Although he is uncredited, his contributions to business organization benefited society, which included creating a user-friendly telephone directory by implementing parenthetical area codes. He received design commissions from a variety of employers, including McGraw-Hill, IBM, and the United Nations. He also worked as art director for Sweet's Catalog Service for almost twenty years. Sutnar held many one-man exhibitions, and his work is on permanent display in MoMA. He is best known for his books, including Controlled Visual Flow: Shape, Line and Color, Package Design: The Force of Visual Selling, a

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  • Ladislav Sutnar (9. listopadu 1897 v Plzni – 13. listopadu 1976 v New Yorku, USA) byl designér, typograf, avantgardní umělec, „génius kompozice“. Od roku 2014 je po něm pojmenována Fakulta designu a umění Ladislava Sutnara Západočeské univerzity v Plzni. (cs)
  • Ladislav Sutnar (geboren 9. November 1897 in Pilsen, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben 13. November 1976 in New York City) war ein tschechisch-amerikanischer Designer. (de)
  • Ladislav Sutnar (9 November 1897 – 13 November 1976) was a graphic designer from Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (in western Bohemia) who was a pioneer of information design and information architecture. Although he is uncredited, his contributions to business organization benefited society, which included creating a user-friendly telephone directory by implementing parenthetical area codes. He received design commissions from a variety of employers, including McGraw-Hill, IBM, and the United Nations. He also worked as art director for Sweet's Catalog Service for almost twenty years. Sutnar held many one-man exhibitions, and his work is on permanent display in MoMA. He is best known for his books, including Controlled Visual Flow: Shape, Line and Color, Package Design: The Force of Visual Selling, and Visual Design in Action: Principles, Purposes. Sutnar was a master of exhibition design, typography, advertising, posters, magazine and book design. (en)
  • Ladislav Sutnar, né le 9 novembre 1897 à Pilsen et mort le 13 novembre 1976 à New York, est un pionnier du design de l'information et un illustrateur tchécoslovaque, naturalisé américain. (fr)
  • Ladislav Sutnar, född 9 november 1897, död 13 november 1976, var en grafisk formgivare från Plzeň. Han var en pionjär inom informationsdesign och informationsarkitektur. Han arbetade för bland andra för , IBM, Bell System, FN och Addo. Sutnar studerade måleri i Prag, arkitektur på i Prag och matematik på Tjeckiens tekniska universitet. Han arbetade sedan med träleksaker, dockor, kostymer och scenerier. Han arbetade även med utställningsdesign och formgav tidningsmagasin, böcker och textilier. Han var också med i formgivningskooperativet Artel. Han blev chef för omslagsdesign på ett förlag i Prag 1927. Han reste till USA för att formge Tjeckoslovakiens utställningsmonter på världsutställningen 1939. Utställningen ställdes in och när andra världskriget bröt ut valde Sutnar att stanna i USA. 1941–1960 var han ansvarig för formgivningen av postorderkatalogen F.W. Dodge's Sweet's Catalog Service. Han drev från 1951 den egna firman Sutnar Office. (sv)
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  • AIGA medalist, 1979 Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (en)
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  • Sutnar in 1934 (en)
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  • New York, New York, United States (en)
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  • Information graphics, modern design, adding parentheses around American area codes (en)
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  • Ladislav Sutnar (en)
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  • Czech (en)
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  • Designer, artist, art director, educator (en)
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  • Ladislav Sutnar (9. listopadu 1897 v Plzni – 13. listopadu 1976 v New Yorku, USA) byl designér, typograf, avantgardní umělec, „génius kompozice“. Od roku 2014 je po něm pojmenována Fakulta designu a umění Ladislava Sutnara Západočeské univerzity v Plzni. (cs)
  • Ladislav Sutnar (geboren 9. November 1897 in Pilsen, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben 13. November 1976 in New York City) war ein tschechisch-amerikanischer Designer. (de)
  • Ladislav Sutnar, né le 9 novembre 1897 à Pilsen et mort le 13 novembre 1976 à New York, est un pionnier du design de l'information et un illustrateur tchécoslovaque, naturalisé américain. (fr)
  • Ladislav Sutnar (9 November 1897 – 13 November 1976) was a graphic designer from Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (in western Bohemia) who was a pioneer of information design and information architecture. Although he is uncredited, his contributions to business organization benefited society, which included creating a user-friendly telephone directory by implementing parenthetical area codes. He received design commissions from a variety of employers, including McGraw-Hill, IBM, and the United Nations. He also worked as art director for Sweet's Catalog Service for almost twenty years. Sutnar held many one-man exhibitions, and his work is on permanent display in MoMA. He is best known for his books, including Controlled Visual Flow: Shape, Line and Color, Package Design: The Force of Visual Selling, a (en)
  • Ladislav Sutnar, född 9 november 1897, död 13 november 1976, var en grafisk formgivare från Plzeň. Han var en pionjär inom informationsdesign och informationsarkitektur. Han arbetade för bland andra för , IBM, Bell System, FN och Addo. (sv)
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