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Jaroslav Ježek (designer)
Jaroslav Ježek (26 January 1923 – 2002) was a Czech industrial designer. He was one of the founders of the ''Brussels style'', an important development in Czech design in 1950s and 60s. Ježek created 52 complete porcelain sets and more than one hundred designs for porcelain sculptures. Biography Jaroslav Ježek, nephew of the Czech composer Jaroslav Ježek, was born in 1923 in Podlesí near Příbram. Between 1945 and 1949 he studied Art Education under Professor Sejpka, Cyril Bouda and Karel Lidický at Charles University in Prague but on the recommendation of Professor Eckert, of the ''Atelier of Porcelain and Ceramics'' (a department of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts) he decided to concentrate instead on industrial production. Ježek left Charles University for a scholarship place in the art department of the ''Thun'' porcelain manufactory in Klášterec nad Ohří, and remained there until 1954. In 1955 he was recruited by the new state-run industrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka
ELKA, Elka, or Elkas may refer to: * Aspioti-ELKA, Greek publishing and printing firm, active 1873–1997 * An Italian synthesizer manufacturer, now defunct; brand now owned by Generalmusic, used for their amplifier products ** Elka Synthex, a synthesizer produced from 1981–1985 * ELKA, a Bulgarian manufacturer of calculators ** Elka 22, the most famous model * Elka (singer) (born 1982), Ukrainian singer * Elka de Levie (1905–1979), Dutch gymnast *Elka Gilmore (1960–2019, American chef (of eponymous San Francisco restaurant Elka) * Elka Graham (born 1981), Australian swimmer * Elka Nikolova, Bulgarian-American film director * Elka Ostrovsky, a fictional character from the TV show ''Hot in Cleveland'' * Elka Todorova, Bulgarian sociology, psychology, and social work researcher * Edward Elkas (fl. 1862–1926), American silent film actor * Peter Elkas (born 1976), Canadian singer-songwriter {{Disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
