Identity book

Editor Linda Kudrnovská spent seven years working on the book. The result is a unique monograph, enhanced by the cover and graphic design by Adéla Svobodová and Filip Blažek. Linda Kudrnovská, a design theoretician, editor and author of the introductory texts, interviewed dozens of experts and institutions in the field of graphic design, as well as sociologists and cultural anthropologists from the Czech Republic and abroad.

The English version of the book has a format of 230 × 310 mm, 324 pages and is printed in five colours on Munken Polar. It is bound in hardcover, has two ribbons, red headband and black embossing. The book was printed by Finidr🔗 and published by Paseka🔗 in collaboration with Mowshe🔗 and Typo.

The author of the graphic design of both versions, Czech and English, is Adéla Svobodová, the pages were designed by Filip Blažek. Each of the six chapters is set in a different font by a Czech type designer, in the book you will find fonts Union🔗 by Radim Peško, Saans🔗 by Martin Vácha, Identity by Tomáš Brousil, BC Novatica TXT🔗 by Briefcase, Civil🔗 by Matyáš Machat and Trivia Sans🔗 by František Štorm.

The English version will be available in November 2024.

Photo Tomáš Rasl