Poster Jiroutek - Ilona Polanski

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The poster was created as a tribute to the designer Jiří Jiroutek as part of the 3 x 6 = POSTER poster series. 

The series presents six designers who have been with us for the last 10 years of our lives and who have left an indelible mark on the history of Czechoslovakia. We asked three contemporary artists, Michaela Karásek Čejková, Ilona Polanski and Jan Šrámek, to create six original prints, each inspired by the person or product of the designer. 

The posters will be on display at the exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague from 12 June to 15 September 2024.

Jiří Jiroutek (1928-2023) Czech furniture designer who worked for many years for Interiér Praha, where he designed the famous U-450 cabinets. For three years he worked as a designer for IKEA in Sweden, where he was chosen directly by the founder Ingvar Kamprad during his visit to Czechoslovakia. Mr Jiroutek was full of energy until the last moments of his life. Every day he sat "at the drawing board", as he said, designing new furniture. This year (2024), on the occasion of the Czech Grand Design Awards, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in memoriam.

Ilona Polanski is one half of the illustration duo Tomski & Polanski, which she founded with her colleague Lukáš in 2013. They have created their own distinctive visual language, using exaggeration to comment on society and character traits. They often laugh while working and are happy when others have fun. You can find them on the pages of Czech and European newspapers, magazines or in books by contemporary authors. Ilona is an artist with a passion for plump figures, elongated dachshunds and bold colours. She is a co-founder of the Association of Czech Illustrators, which presents the current Czech and Slovak illustration scene through interviews, articles and educational workshops.

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