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Design in the Fight for a Better World
Granularity of Origin: Berlin Theses on Identity
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Design in the Fight for a Better World
Granularity of Origin: Berlin Theses on Identity
Summer in Design Museum
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Exhibitions
I Can’t Get It Out of My Mind: Contemporary Slovak Design in Vienna
Summer Exhibition at the Design Museum
DESIGN FORUM 2026: New Materialists
Events
Lecture by Spanish designer Curro Claret at Slovak Design Center
Slovak Design Awarded Internationally 1.
Slovak Design Awarded Internationally 2.
Design Work
QOD typeface for car licence plates
The QOD typeface, derived from geometrically constructed sans-serifs, features uniform stroke thickness and equally spaced characters. License plate typefaces must have easily distinguishable characters, so QOD letters are more angular, and numbers are rounded. Easily confused characters like B, S, and 8 or O, D, and 0 are emphasized for distinctiveness. Selective use of serifs (C, G, I, J, L, S, T, 1, 7) enhances uniqueness. QOD has three styles (A, B, C), each designed for different plate sizes. The typeface was created at the Department of Visual Communication, AFAD in Bratislava.
People of Design
Juraj Marth
Juraj Marth študoval keramiku na Strednej škole umeleckého priemyslu v Bratislave (1954 – 1958) a v Špeciálnom ateliéri keramiky a porcelánu profesora Otta Eckerta na Vysokej škole umeleckopriemyselnej v Prahe (1959 – 1964). Po ukončení školy sa stala primárnou líniou jeho diela hlavne monumentálna sochárska tvorba určená do interiéru i exteriéru architektúry. Početné dizajnérske dielo však dokazuje, že ani úžitkovú keramiku neodstavil na druhú koľaj. Táto vetva jeho tvorby nebola diktovaná zadaním výrobcu, ani obmedzená technologickým vybavením fabriky.
