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From the Collection: Sylvie Vodáková’s Book Covers for Květy Poezie. Meet the Czech designer who shaped how generations of readers encountered poetry. A new blog post by @tanyatypes. https://letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-vodakova-book-covers/

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From the Collection: Sylvie Vodáková’s Book Covers for Květy Poezie

Meet the Czech designer who shaped how generations of readers encountered poetry.

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“The series immediately drew me in—a row of colorful spines, uniform in height and typography, with a hint at the hand-drawn variety that awaits you on the covers. … Every little tome charms you. While the books are a regular fixture in Czech households, they are rarely seen in the U.S.. I knew we had to bring some home to the Archive.” — Stephen Coles @stewf
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Vodáková’s last design for the Květy Poezie series was published in 2008 and she died on Sep 23, 2016.

If we have any followers in Prague who want to visit local libraries and get us snapshots of these two articles, we would be most grateful!

https://vufind.ucl.cas.cz/Record/001452533
VODÁKOVÁ, Sylvie. O básnické edici - tentokrát z hlediska výtvarníka. Nové knihy. 1961, 07 13, s. 4. ISSN 0322-922X.

https://mus.knihovny.cz/Record/celitebib.KNA01-001399481
VODÁKOVÁ, Sylvie. Rozhovor u knihovny s výtvarnicí Sylvií Vodákovou. O knihách a autorech. 1974, s. 29. ISSN 0231-5939.

Show threadKent LewDec 21
@letterformarchive @stewf Interesting that you all characterize that one title container as “goblet shaped”. My first impression was of a stylized lyre, which I certainly associate more with poetry.
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@kentlew You’re right. That was since corrected, but we missed an instance.