SUTNAR, Ladislav, designer (1897-1976). A group of 75 industrial catalogues designed by SUTNAR, v.p., 1940s and 1950s. Each illustrated with photographs, diagrams and charts and promoting various industrial products, including heavy sheet steel fabricators, lubrication equipment, controlled lighting, lumbering products, design for die casting, synchronus motors, pre-cast facing slabs, general lighting, asphalt tile, heavy wire mesh products, air conditioning equipment, etc.

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SUTNAR, Ladislav, designer (1897-1976). A group of 75 industrial catalogues designed by SUTNAR, v.p., 1940s and 1950s. Each illustrated with photographs, diagrams and charts and promoting various industrial products, including heavy sheet steel fabricators, lubrication equipment, controlled lighting, lumbering products, design for die casting, synchronus motors, pre-cast facing slabs, general lighting, asphalt tile, heavy wire mesh products, air conditioning equipment, etc.

8o and 4o sizes. Photographically illustrated. Photomontage self wrappers. Provenance: Swann Galleries, 11 June 1998, lots 531-533.
A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF WORKS DESIGNED BY LADISLAV SUTNAR. Sutnar was a pioneer of information design and information architecture, and his work on industrial catalogues are considered milestones in graphic design history. Many of these catalogues exemplify his advanced techniques of visualization that were included in his catalogue design publications Catalog Design, Catalog Design Progress and Designing Information.

[With:] SUTNAR. How to Show Telephone Numbers on Letterhears. N.p.: Bell Systems, n.d. -- With three pieces of corporate material: Why What How: Essential Product Information, The Sylvana S&R Plan and To Promote Product Design. Provenance: Swann Galleries, 11 June 1998, lot 510. (75)

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