Zdeněk Rossmann
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.
