Aleš Najbrt
ales@najbrt.cz
art director and graphic designer
Cooperates with the Studio since 1994
*3/5/1962, Prague
Co-founder of the studio (1994)
Education:
1977–1981 Graphic Technical High School in Prague
1982–1988 Arts and Crafts College in Prague
Professional activities:
1990–1993 art director of magazine Reflex
from 1992 general editor and art director of magazine Raut
from 1996 Typo Design Club member
from 1997 Draft committee of magazine Deleatur member
from 1999 chairman of the Steering committee of Graphic Design Biennial Brno
Another activities:
Stage player at the theatre Sklep
Member of couple Thomas & Ruhller
Singer in M.T.O. Universal Prague
Tros Sketos member
The older coffin bearer in B.K S.
Wine lover and expert
solo exhibitions
Three exclamations, Dům umění Ostrava, 18/7/2009
Life, Surprise, Happiness, Sydney, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, 4/3/2009
Life Happiness Surprise, Prague Kolektiv, New York, 2/6/2007
mojemoje LTB Snowboards, Dynamo, Praha, 2/11/2006
Studio Najbrt, Ljubljana, 24/11/2005
Rest, Gallery Thun - Lesov at Karlovy Vary, 1/7/2004
Der Mensch/Man, Czech centre in Vienna, 1/11/2003
Město/City, Gallery Tunnel Praha, 1/11/2001
City/Město, Czech centre London Gallery, 1/6/2001
Film posters 1988 - 2000, University Gallery Plzeň, 1/1/2000
SCOR in Brno, Design centre CR, Brno, 1/1/2000
Prague Design without subtitles, Radio House Gallery, New York, 1/1/1999
Exhibits of Aleš Najbrt works, Washington, 1/1/1999
SCOR in Prague, French Institute in Prague, 1/1/1998
Aleš Najbrt 1992–1995, National Technical Museum of Prague, 25/1/1996
Aleš Najbrt - posters, Gallery Budvar České Budějovice, 1/1/1996
Raut, Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary, 1/1/1996
Aleš Najbrt - posters, Šíma’s Hall GVU Benešov, 1/1/1996
From A, Gallery Fronta Praha, 1/1/1991
Paintings, Galerie mladých Brno 1988
Posters, Gallery Ambrosiana Brno 1992
group exhibitions
Exhibition Czech Grand Design 2007, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 5/3/2008
The 2nd Visual communications Biennial of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 28/11/2005
(selection)
Konfrontace (Confrontation) I.–VII., Prague 1984–1987
XI. bienále užité grafiky (XI. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1984
The Fate of the Earth, New York 1985
XIII. bienále užité grafiky (XIII. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1988
Současné čs. plakáty (The present Czechoslovak posters), Raleigh, USA 1988
Mladí pro mladé (Youth for young people), Roztoky at Prague 1989
Vinohradská tržnice (Vinohrady market), Prague 1989
10 pražských grafiků Holme (10 Praguer graphic designers), Arhus, Denmark 1989
Copyright, Academia Prague 1990
XIV. bienále užité grafiky (XIV. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1990
Le tas de Prague, Paris 1990
Les V artistes de l’affiche tcheque, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 1990
XIII. biennale plakatu (XIII. Poster Biennial), Warszawa 1990
Česká kniha (Czech book), Mánes Prague 1991
XV. bienále užité grafiky (XV. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1992
Gitanes a výtvarná inspirace (Gitanes and art inspiration), Prague 1992
Písmo v obraze (Letters in painting), Brno 1992
Art as Activist, USA 1992
Galerie Tvrdohlaví: Aleš Najbrt, Stanislav Diviš, Stefan Milkov, Prague 2001
Represented in collections:
Arts and Crafts Museum of Prague
Moravian Gallery in Brno
Dansk plakat museum Abyhoj, Denmark
publications
Cacao, In Our Time/Prague vol. 10, Cacao Intelligence, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013, 1/4/2013
Gallery Vol. 19, Chois Publishing, China, Shanghai, 1/11/2012
Posters of the Velvet Revolution, Nakladatelsví XYZ, 20/11/2009
Realizace, Era 21 5/09, 10/11/2009
31graphistes, Galerie Anatome Grand Journal Manifeste, 1/9/2009
Designing the Brand Experience, Sandu Publishing, 22/1/2009
Studio Najbrt vydalo "učebnici" grafiků, Hospodářské noviny, 27/3/2007
Má to styl, má to šajn, Týden No. 13, 26/3/2007
Humor in sproščenost odpirata pot ustvarjalnosti, Delo, Slovenia, 1/12/2005
Film and studio Najbrt, Font 82, 1/10/2005
Layout Workbook, Rockport Publishing USA, 66–67, 101, 119, 224–227,, 1/9/2005
Act the part, Design Week, 13/6/2004
Why Not Associates? 2, Thames & Hudson, 146–149, 1/5/2004
"Jak se dělá značka" (How to make a mark), ABC č. 10 May, 1/5/2003
Made in Tchéque (Made in Czech Republic), Étapes 89, 1/10/2002
Inspiration = Ideas, Rockport Publishing USA, 2002, page 78-83, 1/6/2002
"Bleskově s Alešem Najbrtem" (Aleš Najbrt in a flash), Strategie 6/2002, 1/6/2002
"City/Město, Vize Londyna a Prahy" (Vision of London and Prague), Era 3/2002, 1/3/2002
Aleš Najbrt, Designum 2/2002, 1/2/2002
"Poškozené město" (Damaged City), Reflex 46, November 2001, 1/11/2001
Sprinter, Reflex 29/2001, 1/7/2001
City/Město London/Praha, Atelier 23/2001, 1/6/2001
"Krok správným směrem" (A step in right direction), Font 5/01, 1/5/2001
Icons of Graphic Design, Thames and Hudson, 171, 191, 1/1/2001
Město/City, Blok 01/2001, 1/1/2001
Young Czech designers, Design Exchange 14/99, 1/4/1999
Aleš Najbrt SCOR, Ateliér 4/18. 2. 1999, 18/2/1999
"Kouzlo výroční zprávy" (Magic of annual report), Magazine of French cultural Institute in Prague, 1/9/1998
Young Czech designers, Baseline 25/98, 1/6/1998
"Aleš Najbrt po 4 letech” (Aleš Najbrt 4 years later), Font 1/98, 1/1/1998
Aleš Najbrt – y los ecos de la vanguardia, Lúdica 1 December 1997, 1/12/1997
Best of the Best, High Quality 37/97, 1/9/1997
Aleš Najbrt, Nikkei Design 7/97, 1/7/1997
Soirée vo Fabrike, Designum 4/97, 1/4/1997
Aleš Najbrt, Design trend 9/96, 1/9/1996
Out the time warp, Blueprint, 1/9/1996
"Aleš Najbrt: Praagse protagonist" (Prague protagonist), ITEMS 3, May, June,1999, 1/5/1996
A Soirée with the Best and the Brightest, Zed 1995, 1/8/1995
Soirée in the ruins, Eye 17/95, 1/6/1995
Dana Bartelt: „Czech design in the new era", Print 1/91
Michal Cihlář: „Na bambusové věži" (On bamboo tower), Reflex 20/91
Dana Bartelt: „Art as activist, revolutionary posters of central and eastern Europe", Communication Arts 33/Jan/Feb92
Josef Javůrek: „Aleš Najbrt", Print & Publishing 1/93
awards
The most beautiful czech book 2011, 25/4/2012
Czech Movie and TV Academy Award for the best film poster Protektor, 6/2/2010
The most beautiful czech book 2008, 22/4/2009
Czech Movie and TV Academy Award for the best film poster The Karamazovs, 30/1/2009
Czech Grand Design 2007, 9/2/2008
Best Book Design from all over the World 2007 – Honorary Appreciation, 23/3/2007
Grand Prix XVII. Graphic design Biennial Brno, 1/1/1996
Bronze medal The Tokyo Typedirectors Club Annual, 1/1/1996
Prize of the Director of the Design Centre CR – XV. Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, 1/6/1992
Arno Sáňka Award – The most beautiful book of the year, 1988
lectures
Najbrt, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania, 25/4/2013
Najbrt na FUA TUL, Fakulta umění a architektury TU Liberec, Fakulta umění a architektury TU Liberec, 3/4/2013
PIAF 2012: Má to vůbec smysl?, Praha, Veletržní palác, Praha, Veletržní palác, 26/4/2012
Seminář UGD – Studio Najbrt a České dráhy, Hub Praha, Hub Praha, 31/10/2011
Works of Studio Najbrt, Meet the Masters, Beijing, China, Meet the Masters, Beijing, China, 28/10/2009
Life, Surprise, Happiness, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 4/3/2009
Studio Najbrt, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 20/11/2007
The lecture in the hight-secondary graphic school (SPŠG), Prague, Prague, 15/3/2006
Meeting with students of AVU, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, 5/3/2006
Life, happiness, surprise, The 2nd VC Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, The 2nd VC Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28/11/2005
Art Gallery, Karlsbad, Karlsbad, 6/9/2005
Corporate design, Bratislava, 3/12/2002
The present state of design and corporate identity in Czech Republic, Icograda conference, Brno, Icograda conference, Brno, 1/6/2002
Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, Netherlands, 7/12/2000
Symposium XIX. Graphic design Biennial, Brno, 22/6/2000
Art Center, Los Angeles, 11/11/1997
CCAC, San Francisco, U.S.A., U.S.A., 8/11/1997
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, U.S.A., U.S.A., 6/11/1997
Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden, 31/10/1995
ales@najbrt.cz
art director and graphic designer
Cooperates with the Studio since 1994
*3/5/1962, Prague
Co-founder of the studio (1994)
Education:
1977–1981 Graphic Technical High School in Prague
1982–1988 Arts and Crafts College in Prague
Professional activities:
1990–1993 art director of magazine Reflex
from 1992 general editor and art director of magazine Raut
from 1996 Typo Design Club member
from 1997 Draft committee of magazine Deleatur member
from 1999 chairman of the Steering committee of Graphic Design Biennial Brno
Another activities:
Stage player at the theatre Sklep
Member of couple Thomas & Ruhller
Singer in M.T.O. Universal Prague
Tros Sketos member
The older coffin bearer in B.K S.
Wine lover and expert
solo exhibitions
Three exclamations, Dům umění Ostrava, 18/7/2009
Life, Surprise, Happiness, Sydney, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, 4/3/2009
Life Happiness Surprise, Prague Kolektiv, New York, 2/6/2007
mojemoje LTB Snowboards, Dynamo, Praha, 2/11/2006
Studio Najbrt, Ljubljana, 24/11/2005
Rest, Gallery Thun - Lesov at Karlovy Vary, 1/7/2004
Der Mensch/Man, Czech centre in Vienna, 1/11/2003
Město/City, Gallery Tunnel Praha, 1/11/2001
City/Město, Czech centre London Gallery, 1/6/2001
Film posters 1988 - 2000, University Gallery Plzeň, 1/1/2000
SCOR in Brno, Design centre CR, Brno, 1/1/2000
Prague Design without subtitles, Radio House Gallery, New York, 1/1/1999
Exhibits of Aleš Najbrt works, Washington, 1/1/1999
SCOR in Prague, French Institute in Prague, 1/1/1998
Aleš Najbrt 1992–1995, National Technical Museum of Prague, 25/1/1996
Aleš Najbrt - posters, Gallery Budvar České Budějovice, 1/1/1996
Raut, Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary, 1/1/1996
Aleš Najbrt - posters, Šíma’s Hall GVU Benešov, 1/1/1996
From A, Gallery Fronta Praha, 1/1/1991
Paintings, Galerie mladých Brno 1988
Posters, Gallery Ambrosiana Brno 1992
group exhibitions
Exhibition Czech Grand Design 2007, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 5/3/2008
The 2nd Visual communications Biennial of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 28/11/2005
(selection)
Konfrontace (Confrontation) I.–VII., Prague 1984–1987
XI. bienále užité grafiky (XI. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1984
The Fate of the Earth, New York 1985
XIII. bienále užité grafiky (XIII. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1988
Současné čs. plakáty (The present Czechoslovak posters), Raleigh, USA 1988
Mladí pro mladé (Youth for young people), Roztoky at Prague 1989
Vinohradská tržnice (Vinohrady market), Prague 1989
10 pražských grafiků Holme (10 Praguer graphic designers), Arhus, Denmark 1989
Copyright, Academia Prague 1990
XIV. bienále užité grafiky (XIV. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1990
Le tas de Prague, Paris 1990
Les V artistes de l’affiche tcheque, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 1990
XIII. biennale plakatu (XIII. Poster Biennial), Warszawa 1990
Česká kniha (Czech book), Mánes Prague 1991
XV. bienále užité grafiky (XV. Commercial Art Biennial), Brno 1992
Gitanes a výtvarná inspirace (Gitanes and art inspiration), Prague 1992
Písmo v obraze (Letters in painting), Brno 1992
Art as Activist, USA 1992
Galerie Tvrdohlaví: Aleš Najbrt, Stanislav Diviš, Stefan Milkov, Prague 2001
Represented in collections:
Arts and Crafts Museum of Prague
Moravian Gallery in Brno
Dansk plakat museum Abyhoj, Denmark
publications
Cacao, In Our Time/Prague vol. 10, Cacao Intelligence, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013, 1/4/2013
Gallery Vol. 19, Chois Publishing, China, Shanghai, 1/11/2012
Posters of the Velvet Revolution, Nakladatelsví XYZ, 20/11/2009
Realizace, Era 21 5/09, 10/11/2009
31graphistes, Galerie Anatome Grand Journal Manifeste, 1/9/2009
Designing the Brand Experience, Sandu Publishing, 22/1/2009
Studio Najbrt vydalo "učebnici" grafiků, Hospodářské noviny, 27/3/2007
Má to styl, má to šajn, Týden No. 13, 26/3/2007
Humor in sproščenost odpirata pot ustvarjalnosti, Delo, Slovenia, 1/12/2005
Film and studio Najbrt, Font 82, 1/10/2005
Layout Workbook, Rockport Publishing USA, 66–67, 101, 119, 224–227,, 1/9/2005
Act the part, Design Week, 13/6/2004
Why Not Associates? 2, Thames & Hudson, 146–149, 1/5/2004
"Jak se dělá značka" (How to make a mark), ABC č. 10 May, 1/5/2003
Made in Tchéque (Made in Czech Republic), Étapes 89, 1/10/2002
Inspiration = Ideas, Rockport Publishing USA, 2002, page 78-83, 1/6/2002
"Bleskově s Alešem Najbrtem" (Aleš Najbrt in a flash), Strategie 6/2002, 1/6/2002
"City/Město, Vize Londyna a Prahy" (Vision of London and Prague), Era 3/2002, 1/3/2002
Aleš Najbrt, Designum 2/2002, 1/2/2002
"Poškozené město" (Damaged City), Reflex 46, November 2001, 1/11/2001
Sprinter, Reflex 29/2001, 1/7/2001
City/Město London/Praha, Atelier 23/2001, 1/6/2001
"Krok správným směrem" (A step in right direction), Font 5/01, 1/5/2001
Icons of Graphic Design, Thames and Hudson, 171, 191, 1/1/2001
Město/City, Blok 01/2001, 1/1/2001
Young Czech designers, Design Exchange 14/99, 1/4/1999
Aleš Najbrt SCOR, Ateliér 4/18. 2. 1999, 18/2/1999
"Kouzlo výroční zprávy" (Magic of annual report), Magazine of French cultural Institute in Prague, 1/9/1998
Young Czech designers, Baseline 25/98, 1/6/1998
"Aleš Najbrt po 4 letech” (Aleš Najbrt 4 years later), Font 1/98, 1/1/1998
Aleš Najbrt – y los ecos de la vanguardia, Lúdica 1 December 1997, 1/12/1997
Best of the Best, High Quality 37/97, 1/9/1997
Aleš Najbrt, Nikkei Design 7/97, 1/7/1997
Soirée vo Fabrike, Designum 4/97, 1/4/1997
Aleš Najbrt, Design trend 9/96, 1/9/1996
Out the time warp, Blueprint, 1/9/1996
"Aleš Najbrt: Praagse protagonist" (Prague protagonist), ITEMS 3, May, June,1999, 1/5/1996
A Soirée with the Best and the Brightest, Zed 1995, 1/8/1995
Soirée in the ruins, Eye 17/95, 1/6/1995
Dana Bartelt: „Czech design in the new era", Print 1/91
Michal Cihlář: „Na bambusové věži" (On bamboo tower), Reflex 20/91
Dana Bartelt: „Art as activist, revolutionary posters of central and eastern Europe", Communication Arts 33/Jan/Feb92
Josef Javůrek: „Aleš Najbrt", Print & Publishing 1/93
awards
The most beautiful czech book 2011, 25/4/2012
Czech Movie and TV Academy Award for the best film poster Protektor, 6/2/2010
The most beautiful czech book 2008, 22/4/2009
Czech Movie and TV Academy Award for the best film poster The Karamazovs, 30/1/2009
Czech Grand Design 2007, 9/2/2008
Best Book Design from all over the World 2007 – Honorary Appreciation, 23/3/2007
Grand Prix XVII. Graphic design Biennial Brno, 1/1/1996
Bronze medal The Tokyo Typedirectors Club Annual, 1/1/1996
Prize of the Director of the Design Centre CR – XV. Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, 1/6/1992
Arno Sáňka Award – The most beautiful book of the year, 1988
lectures
Najbrt, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania, 25/4/2013
Najbrt na FUA TUL, Fakulta umění a architektury TU Liberec, Fakulta umění a architektury TU Liberec, 3/4/2013
PIAF 2012: Má to vůbec smysl?, Praha, Veletržní palác, Praha, Veletržní palác, 26/4/2012
Seminář UGD – Studio Najbrt a České dráhy, Hub Praha, Hub Praha, 31/10/2011
Works of Studio Najbrt, Meet the Masters, Beijing, China, Meet the Masters, Beijing, China, 28/10/2009
Life, Surprise, Happiness, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 4/3/2009
Studio Najbrt, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 20/11/2007
The lecture in the hight-secondary graphic school (SPŠG), Prague, Prague, 15/3/2006
Meeting with students of AVU, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, 5/3/2006
Life, happiness, surprise, The 2nd VC Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, The 2nd VC Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28/11/2005
Art Gallery, Karlsbad, Karlsbad, 6/9/2005
Corporate design, Bratislava, 3/12/2002
The present state of design and corporate identity in Czech Republic, Icograda conference, Brno, Icograda conference, Brno, 1/6/2002
Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, Netherlands, 7/12/2000
Symposium XIX. Graphic design Biennial, Brno, 22/6/2000
Art Center, Los Angeles, 11/11/1997
CCAC, San Francisco, U.S.A., U.S.A., 8/11/1997
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, U.S.A., U.S.A., 6/11/1997
Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden, 31/10/1995