5/2012
slečny/misses: Book
The book slečny/misses is comprised of eight literary adaptations of open
confessions of unmarried women in the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia,
ranging from 1920’s to the present. The resulting book is a combination of
documentary work, journalism, sociological research, creative writing,
historical, political and economic reflections, gender subjects, art and
photographs. Photography by Dita Pepe.
Awarded the 3rd Price of The Most Beautiful Czech Books 2012 organized
by The Ministry of Culture.
# 346 pages, 148x210 mm, edge coloring, cover title and jacket debossed
2-5/2012
in-between points of view: Master Thesis Book, Graduate Thesis II.
"As a designer I am committed to creating graphic narratives that encourage
readers to adopt shifting perspectives within a single subject or theme. (...)"
Thesis book summarizes 2 years of study at RISD. It contains short essays,
an interview with Radim Peško and projects which explore graphic design´s
ability to provide diverse perspectives. Original display typeface called "In-
between" has been designed and used for the book cover. It mimics the idea
of physical gaps, drawing attention to the in-between moments inside of
individual letterforms.
# 208 pages, 8x10 in, various paper formats, softcover, perfect binding
9/2010–5/2012
MISPRINTS SKETCHBOOKS
3/2012
The Atlas of Google Street View Dead Ends, Book: Graduate Thesis I.
The Atlas of Dead Ends is a collection of fifty photographs taken through Google Street View application from the United States of America. These photographs are always from places where Google Street View car stopped to shoot for more images. These virtual dead ends are usually just in the middle of the road. They have no geographic value or history. I find road
as a metaphor for progress. But in this case these places symbolize the end, a limit. They are witnessing the expansion of digital technology. Yet as technology will keep moving towards new horizons these places will sooner or later disappear. This book is a documentation of this never-ending evolution.
# 130 pages, 8x11 in, spiral binding, 2 postcards attached
[http://g.co/maps/dnm9f]
1-5/2012
Pomsta Font
Revenge. Vendetta. Die Rache. Vengeance. Pomsta.
Font is available only through this website.
4/2012
SUPER SUPERFICIALITY
During the weekend workshop with Leonardo Sonnoli at RISD our task was to promote the thing we hate. In collaboration with Yejin Cho we wanted to promote the superficiality. Even cliché has its own value. It saves time. Audience is familiar with cliché and it helps them to recognize the original context. Based on the study of the most popular words in advertising we created a simple online application that allows us to combine these words. The combination of these words could create only more superficial meaning. But in my work is always a piece of criticism. In this piece there is more or less a position to bring the notion of value. For the best view resize your browser to 900x1280 px. [http://milann.info/super-superficiality/]
10/2011
Damian Ortega at RISD Museum of Art
Damian Ortega’s installation in the space are deploying the principle
of fragmentation and spatial dispersion of forms. How would he
fragment letter forms? How would he allow viewers to experience this
process of deconstruction and perception? And how does it feel to
transfer three dimensional forms onto a flat surface? Even we’re looking
at the two dimensional poster, we can experience tension between the
three dimensional letterforms and the flatness of the canvas, between
colors, clarity and experiment, information and interpretation.
3/2012
Road Iceland Skull of Design
"I didn´t know you´re studying in Iceland! That´s great. Is your
school on the road?" As non-english native speakers we tend to
mishear and mispell english words and grammar. Unintentionally
we create new forms and meanings.
[http://www.risd.edu/]
10/2011
building blocks: contemporary works from the collection at RISD Museum of Art: Poster
5/2011
Missed Connections–Something has disappeared: Book, Graduate Studio II.
This project was originally inspired by photographs of abandoned places. This places evoke abandoned stories. Similar abandoned stories appear every day in category "Missed connections". My intention was to create a chronologically ordered documentation that will show interaction with these people. These messages will never find the intended recipient and remain abandoned in the virtual space. Yet thanks to this virtual space they can be shared with others.
# 18,5x27 cm, 72 pages, french fold with die cutting
3-5/2011
Babel Font
Babel is intended for display purposes. Inspired by the polorhythms, syncopation and improvisation of jazz music, it consists of 1 regular and 2 alternate alphabets (along with numbers and symbols) for mixing and matching, allowing you to create spontaneous typographic forms. Originally developed for British jazz label "Babel Label".
Font is available only through this website.
11-12/2010
Chilean Miners Accident: Book, Graduate Studio I. From Database To Narrative
This book documents the entire story of trapped Chilean miners using only the
titles of the articles published by the only one media source – Reuters – which
provides news reports from all around the world. Advisors Bethany Johns
and Nancy Skolos.
# 245 pages, 7.5x9 in, prong fastener
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident]
11/2010
Stein, Gertrude. 1914. Tender Buttons: Video
Video visualization of Gertrude Stein’s writing. She emphasizes the sounds and rhythms rather than the sense of words. By departing from conventional meaning, grammar and syntax, she attempted to capture “moments of consciousness,” independent of time and memory.
Text used: "Go red go red, laugh white. Suppose a collapse in rubbed purr, in rubbed purr get. Little sales ladies little sales ladies little saddles of mutton. Little sales of leather and such beautiful beautiful, beautiful beautiful."

10-11/2010
El. Max. Dan.: Brochure
3 essays about typography written by El Lissitzky, Max Bill and Dan Friedman.
3 voices. Triangle.
10/2010
Object Poster: Graduate Studio I.
"All the things we experience in life can be separeted into two realms,
the realm of the senses and the realm of the concept." – Scott McCloud

1-5/2010
Michal Kuzemenský architektura
This video shows experimental book format presenting the key projects and personality of a contemporary Czech architect Michal Kuzemenský. Every project is represented by various paper sizes/formats. Binding solution with cooperation and kind help of Jan Činčera.
— Bronze Award in category “Student Project” of the European Design Awards 2011.

[http://www.myarchitekti.cz/]
12/2008—4/2010
Website for Yvonne Christen Vagner
Yvonne Christen Vagner is a conceptual and multimedia artist currently living in Zurich, Switzerland.
[http://www.christenvagner.ch]
12/2009
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: Chart Alphabet
Typeface system experiment.
9-12/2009
AAAARG? FFFFOUND!
A self-initiated project – series of 10 magazines.
Mixing my favourite text and image inspiration
sources into a single pocket brochure.
11/2010
Book cover "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"
Submision for Penguin´s contest to design a new cover. My intent was to reinvent Watteau´s Jupiter and Antiope painting, which was a bit over-used in older versions of the book cover. Instead of to continue this cliché trend I rather used an aggressive liquid water spray to damage texture of Watteau´s painting to express murderer´s frustration.
1-3/2009
Managing The Design and The Production Process: Process Book
Summary of work over 3 months when I worked on projects
for various studios and clients in Prague and London.
HŠH architects website
A number of joint projects implemented since 1995 allowed Petr Hájek, Tomáš Hradečný and Jan Šépka to establish the architectural and design office HŠH architekti in 1998.
[http://www.sepka-architekti.cz]
6-12/2006
DITA PEPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Website for contemporary Czech photographer Dita Pepe. She uses self-portrait photography to explore ideas of how personal identity can seem to change dramatically in relationship to the other people in our lives, and the surrounding circumstances.
[http://www.ditapepe.cz]
Curriculum
* 1978, Prague, Czech Rep.

Milan has +10 years of experience with web design, user interfaces, art/creative direction and graphic design. Since 2000 has worked for various clients, studios and advertising agencies. In 2012 pursued an MFA in graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design (USA).

http://www.linkedin.com/in/milannedved/