“Dreams and Disillusion: Karel Teige and the Czech Avant-Garde” was the first U.S. exhibition on Karel Teige, the most important Czech proponent of the European avant-garde. A graphic designer and architectural theorist, Teige was an innovator in many artistic areas including book design, stage sets and collage. The exhibition design needed to be sympathetic to Teige’s design work. Gallery graphics were inspired by Teige’s book cover designs. The circle motif was used in 2- and 3-dimensional formats in the exhibit design. A full-scale model of a theoretical architectural environment was created as a gallery space using Sintra and vinyl mesh flooring.

“Distinctive at every scale.”