A Touch of Praha was an exhibition of contemporary Czech design, representing Praha, the capital of the Czech Republic.
Czech design production has gone a long way towards development, from all important Czech creators we can name Josef Gočár (design and architecture in Cubistic style), Ladislav Sutnar (an important Czech designer of the 20th century), Zdeněk Kovář (an industrial designer whose footprints are followed by many other creators).
Czech designers like to work in traditional Czech companies where traditional creation processes are still being used, however, unfortunately more and more factories cease to exist, especially textile and glass ones due to cheap competitors. Still the production in glass and porcelain is the most famous in the world.
The exhibition presents Czech product design, manufactured products, and jewelery from young Czech designers.
The exhibition A Touch of Praha is a small excursion into contemporary production of Czech designers. To depict the context and circumstances in which the Czech design is being born, it is necessary to introduce Praha, the capital of the Czech Republic, where the majority of Czech designers works and have studied, gained experience, met their colleagues and found inspiration. There is no Czech designer whose production would not be inspired by Touch of Praha.
Companies and designers who are representive in the exhibition A touch of Praha:
Tactoo – Jan Čtvrtník; Rony Plesl, Qubus – Maxim Velčovský; Moser – René Roubíček a Jan Čtvrtník; Lucis – René Šulc; Tescoma – Ladislav Škoda; Cybex Industrial – (Koncern Design Studio) Jiří Přibyl, Martin Imrich; Klára – sklářská huť – Barbora Škorpilová, Mimolimit; Rückl Crystal – (Koncern Design Studio) Jiří Přibyl, Martin Imrich; Studio Pirsc Porcelain – Daniel Piršč; Elton hodinářská / Prim – Petr Andrš, Jiří Helikar, Michal Jelínek, Jan Prokop; Beldafactory – Jiří Belda; Zdeněk Vacek, Loci interier – Jerry Koza; Symbio Design – Jerry Koza; Meopta-optica – Jana Vaňková, Karel Čižmář; Moravské sklárny Květná – Olgoj Chorchoj, Český porcelán – Jiří Pelcl.
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photos by CZECHDESIGN
