Joseph Jay Deiss

The myriad interrelated processes that cause deterioration in artifacts made from plant fibers are described

53 b/w illustrations

garden historian Patrick Bowe explores the design

Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings exclude Joseph Jay DeissKarel Teige Introduction by Jean Louis Cohen Translations by Irena Murray and David Britt The writings of graphic designer, prolific critic, and avant garde partisan Karel Teige (1900 1951) represent one of the great forgotten legacies of modern artistic theory. Together with Jaromr Krejcar and Josef Chocol, he founded the radical Devetsil group in 1920, an organization committed to promoting international modernism through manifestos and polemics.