martin pecina

Book designer & typographer with passion for everything related to books. Eight years working as a designer, since 2007 I run Fleuron, typography studio. Writing articles on typography for english-czech TYPO magazine and essays focused on designing books for literature magazine Host. Since 2010 I lead Typography & Book Design course at Graphic Design department at Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, Czech Republic.

design experience

• [2007–2010] Freelance book designer
• [2007–2010] Typographer at Fleuron
• [2003–2007] Graphic designer, Brno (CZ)
• [2002–2003] Designer, Uherské hradiště (CZ)

studies

• [2006–2009] Tomas Bata University, Zlín | Graphic Design Department
• [2004–2006] Masaryk University, Brno | Theory and History of Art
• [2001–2002] University of Ostrava | Graphic Arts (prof. Eduard Ovčáček)
• [1997–2001] Secondary School of Applied Arts | Graphic Design Department

lectures & workshops

• [2010] Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno: Typography & Book Design course
• [2010] University of Ostrava: Understanding Book Design: lecture, workshop
• [2009] Brno: Redesigning publication Brno v minulosti a dnes
• [2009] Cieszyn: International Typography Workshop (with Filip Blažek)
• [2008] University of Ostrava: On Diacritics
• [2008] Pellico 5: Diacritics Design
• [2007] Game Developers Session: Anatomy for Artists
• [2006] Maxcon: 2D and 3D Composition
• [2006] Game Developers Session: On Composition

articles & essays

First of my articles were published as a part of typography handbook typomil.com. From 2005, short texts have been published at my typography & graphic design weblog typofilos and since 2006 I write for paper magazines regularly. Carefuly hand-picked articles from last years are listed below.

typo | typography, graphic design, visual communication

Founded in Prague in 2003, published quarterly in English and Czech language. Containing in-depth reviews of new typefaces and typography books as well as reports from design conferences.

• [2009] TYPO.38: Marat Pro
• [2009] TYPO.38: Kupé 5, International Design Conference (SK)
• [2009] TYPO.36: Essays on Typography
• [2009] TYPO.35: Italic 2.0
• [2008] TYPO.34: Archer
• [2008] TYPO.34: Typoexperiment by Timur Akhmetov
• [2008] TYPO.33: Fakir
• [2008] TYPO.33 & 2+3D: Brno Biennial 2008 (CZ)
• [2008] TYPO.32: Nami
• [2008] TYPO.31: Arno Pro
• [2008] TYPO.30: Education in Design: Basics (PL)
• [2006] TYPO.21: Unclear Rules of Political Advertisment

czech graphic design union

The Czech Graphic Design Union was founded in 2007 as a reaction to the poor state of graphic design in the Czech Republic. The website offers many useful articles both for designers and public sphere. (Czech only.)

• [2009] How to choose a designer
• [2009] What is a value of graphic design

host | literature magazine

Traditional magazine aimed at literature, published monthly. (Czech only.)

• [03/2010] Ordnung in der Hausbibliothek
• [02/2010] Chvála bibliofilů
• [01/2010] O konstruktivismu v typografii
• [01/2010] Tklivé novoročenky a firemní (ne)kultura
• [10/2009] Krása dvojjazyčného čtení
• [09/2009] Smog / reklamy / knihy / plynatost / Ziegler / Exupéry!
• [08/2009] O týrání nakladatelů a moderním designu…
• [07/2009] Bible21 aneb O písmu v písmu
• [06/2009] Válka s šoky
• [05/2009] Oldskůlový dochtor Faust
• [04/2009] Mirek Daneš, Baba Himhi a Zelená příšera
• [03/2009] Žalozpěvy o designu účelném, smysluplném a zodpovědném
• [02/2009] O stylu, o Niklovi a i o opakování v typografii
• [01/2009] Typografie převážně svépomocí
• [10/2008] Krapítek východu pro každého
• [09/2008] Quid Novi? Quodlibet…!
• [08/2008] Záchvaty lidové tvořivosti
• [07/2008] Texty Štyrský / za štyry rýnský
• [06/2008] Czech Crap Design
• [05/2008] Švýcarská typoesence
• [04/2008] Někdo to rád vlhké
• [03/2008] Záhádky rozkoší
• [02/2008] Slůvko o tiráži a Skvosty poezie

links

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