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<onlyinclude>Czech architect, graphic designer, scenographer, photographer and teacher at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1932-1938) and Brno (1939-1943). Member of the [[Devětsil]] in Brno. Studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau (along with his wife Marie Rossmannová also a photographer). Designed Czech magazines 'Pásmo', 'Disk' and 'Index'. When he came to Bratislava in 1931 directly from Dessau, he brought the functionalist conception of typographic design to a downright ascetic form. A constructivist diagonal was replaced by a horizontal and the bearer of optical information became the square or the oblong of photographic detail. Worked at 'Slovenská grafia' and 'Nová Bratislava' journals. With him, the Vydra school's impact had grown considerably and within two years its influence had penetrated several Slovak printing presses. During his stay in Bratislava he prepared a book on the utilization of lettering and photography in advertising, published as ''Písmo a fotografie v reklamě'', Index, Olomouc, 1938.<includeonly> [http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=8254] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsospots/sets/72157615849796593/] [http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/czechbooks/cf/czech_allbooks_design.cfm?label=Zdenek%20Rossmann]</includeonly></onlyinclude>
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<onlyinclude>Czech architect, graphic designer, scenographer, photographer and teacher at the [[School_of_Arts_and_Crafts,_Bratislava|School of Arts and Crafts]] in Bratislava (1932-1938) and Brno (1939-1943). Member of [[Devětsil]] in Brno. Studied at [[Bauhaus]] in Dessau (along with his wife Marie Rossmannová, a photographer). Designed the magazines ''[[Pásmo]]'', ''[[Disk]]'', ''Index'', ''[[Slovenská grafia]]'' and ''[[nová bratislava]]''. Lived in Bratislava from 1931. Published a book on the use of typography and photography in advertising, ''Písmo a fotografie v reklamě'' (Index, Olomouc), in 1938.</onlyinclude>
  
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=8254<br>
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==See also==
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsospots/sets/72157615849796593/<br> http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/czechbooks/cf/czech_allbooks_design.cfm?label=Zdenek%20Rossmann
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* [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]]
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==Links==
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* http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=8254
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* http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsospots/sets/72157615849796593/  
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* http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/czechbooks/cf/czech_allbooks_design.cfm?label=Zdenek%20Rossmann
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* https://sur.scd.sk/sk/detail/777_Zdenek-Rossmann
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Czech architect, graphic designer, scenographer, photographer and teacher at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava (1932-1938) and Brno (1939-1943). Member of Devětsil in Brno. Studied at Bauhaus in Dessau (along with his wife Marie Rossmannová, a photographer). Designed the magazines Pásmo, Disk, Index, Slovenská grafia and nová bratislava. Lived in Bratislava from 1931. Published a book on the use of typography and photography in advertising, Písmo a fotografie v reklamě (Index, Olomouc), in 1938.

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