The Incredible Lightness of Being: Jiří Pelcl – Czech Design, University of Brighton Gallery, Brighton, Brighton

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This exhibition is a major British premiere of the recent work of ­­­­­­­­­­­Jiří Pelcl, one of the foremost Czech designers today. Over recent years he has had close links with the University of Brighton and in 2006, the same year in which he was awarded the Czech National Design Award and the Form 2006 award in Germany, received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of his international contribution to design and to design education. At the time he was Rector of the Prague Academy of Art, Architecture and Design that had, in the previous year, celebrated its 120th Anniversary which was attended by colleagues from Brighton.

Pelcl’s furniture, product design, interiors and architectural design have been widely recognised in international cultural and creative circles since he first attracted attention as founder of the radical Atika design group in 1987, which had reacted against the restrictive nature of design in the socialist state of Czechoslovakia.