Ale Najbrt

Ale Najbrt studied typography and book design with Jan Solpera at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design, Prague. He was an art director of the influential Czech weekly Reflex and founder of his own magazine, Raut. WithPavel Lev, he cofounded Studio Najbrt. For his film and theater posters, books, and other works, he received the Grand Prix at the 17th Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno in 1996, a Bronze Prize from the Tokyo Type Directors Club, five Czech Lion Awards, and the Czech Grand Design 2007 award. He designed Josef Koudelka: Next, a visual biography by Melissa Harris (2023), Invasion 68: Prague (2008), Theatre (2022), Returning (2018), Denky (2021), the Czech edition of Diaries and several others.