Martin Pecina—Fine Book Design & Typography


memorable events
june 2013 ED Awards 2013 Gold and Silver at European Design Awards
march—april 2013 Můj blok: Grafikdesign aus Brno Graphic design exhibition, Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany
november 2012 Czech National Award for Student Design 2012 Another two awards for Knihy a typografie (Books and Typography)
september 2012 Book Design and Its Future Video from the seminar finaly available at YouTube
june 2012 DMY International Design Festival Berlin Knihy a typografie (Books and Typography) at the exhibition Graduation Projects in Action
april 2012 The Most Beautiful Czech Books 2011 1st place for The Best Czech Poems of 2011
april 2012 ČRo Leonardo: Monitor Interview (Czech, download MP3)
march 2012 Czech Literature Jury member: redesigning a Czech literature magazine
march 2012 John D. Berry: Reading Matter President of the ATypI commenting on my article for Typo magazine
february 2012 Book Design and Its Future Seminar @ HUB Prague: Blažek / Krč / Pecina / Tomáš
february 2012 Kultura.cz: Martin Pecina Czech Television: homelesses, books and me
february 2012 Typoplakát Typographic posters exhibition in Museum of print, Cieszyn, PL
january 2012 ČRo Wave: Liberatura s Martinem Pecinou Interview: thirty minutes on designing books (Czech, download MP3)
january 2012 Graduation Projects Knihy a typografie (Books and Typography) among the best graduation projects of 2011
december 2011 Literární noviny: How to Design Beautiful Books Article about my book designs and publications (see JPG)
december 2011 Typo 46 Comprehensive review of a superfamily Tabac (designed by Tomáš Brousil)
november 2011 H_aluze 17: On Books: Ugly and Beautiful ones Interview (Czech, download PDF)
november 2011 Book ↔ Design: Books and Typography Art, design and architecture: exhibition of a beautiful books
october 2011 21. Autumn Book Fair The most beautiful book of the trade fair in Havlíčkův Brod, CZ
october 2011 H_aluze 16: Knihy a typografie Miloš Makovský reviews Books and Typography (Czech, download PDF)
october 2011 ČRo Vltava: Psáno kurzívou Three-part reading from Books and typography in the Czech Radio (dowload MP3)
august 2011 Typo.cz Site of the week
june 2011 Font 117 Interview on awarded books
june 2011 Martin Pecina: Knihy a typografie Knihy a typografie (Books and typography) published at Host
may 2011 European Design Awards 2011 Bronze: Faculty of Arts: Views of History and Present
april 2011 The Most Beautiful Czech Books 2011 1st and 3rd place in a competition
april 2011 Typo 43 Comprehensive article on digital reading
march 2011 Goethe Institut Czech typography: article for Goethe institute (Czech, Deutch)
autumn 2010 Pixmac Interview (Czech)
summer 2010 Brno House of Arts Jury member: The Brno Architecture Trails
summer 2010 Kultura.cz Brno Biennial: Critical chair, Czech TV
june 2010 Typofilos Perverse, my book of poems, published at Host
winter 2009 Font 108 Interview in graphic design magazine Font
selected workshops & lectures
october 2012 Pikto 12, Piešťany 4267 words on designing books
september 2011 Brno House of Arts: Lecture (Leporelo+) I kráva Pecina má svou knihu
2010 Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno, CZ Two-semestral typography course
winter 2010 Institut pro umělecká studia, Ostrava, CZ Understanding Book Design: lecture, workshop
winter 2009 Institut pro umělecká studia, Ostrava, CZ Diacritics: lecture, workshop
summer 2009 Śląski Zamek Sztuki, Cieszyn, PL Typography workshop (with Filip Blažek)
summer 2008 Pellico 5 Diacritics: workshop
other projects
  Typomil, Type and Typography Typography and typesetting
  Typofilos, typography blog Articles, essays, reviews
  Type Anatomy On type anatomy (with David Březina)