Speaker details
Alan Záruba
Alba Design Press LTd. | Czech Republic
Alan Záruba holds an MA in Typo/graphic studies from London School of Printing. He founded Alba studio Ltd. in 1996, now Alba Design Press Ltd. in Prague. In 1997 he started a collaboration with Prof. Zdenek Ziegler. With his colleagues and design historian Dr. Iva Janakova he co-founded the design magazine Deleatur and served as editor. Since 1998 he participates regularly in national design events, and has received many awards for design and typography. He is a member of the Czech Typodesignclub and ATypI since 2004.
Presentation details
Sunday 18 September | 12:15 – 13:00
Location: Room 2
Presentation | Theme: Culture | Duration: 45 minutes
This talk focuses on the ideas, methodologies and visions of the Austrian philosopher, sociologist and social scientist Otto Neurath, who in collaboration with German graphic artist Gerd Arntz and other collaborators from his team at the Social and Economical Museum in Vienna invented and designed a specific form of visual communication in the 1930s, named ISOTYPE – International System of Typographic Education. Otto Neurath and his team could be a perfect model of a graphic design team of the 21st century: promoters of a true democratic vision of society through design and typography.