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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 [[School_of_Arts_and_Crafts,_Bratislava|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>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]]
 
* [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]]
  
==External links==
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==Links==
 
* http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=8254
 
* http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=8254
 
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsospots/sets/72157615849796593/  
 
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsospots/sets/72157615849796593/  
 
* http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/czechbooks/cf/czech_allbooks_design.cfm?label=Zdenek%20Rossmann
 
* 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
  
[[Category:Constructivism|Rossmann, Zdenek]]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rossmann, Zdenek}} [[Category:Constructivism]] [[Category:Graphic design]] [[Category:Bauhaus]]

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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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