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Barbora Toman Tylová

Barbora Toman Tylová, Ph.D.

Principal Lecturer

Barbora teaches in the Graphic Design programme at PCU and is an experienced, award-winning Graphic Designer with an interest in the overlap of typography and image. 

Barbora gained her PhD from UMPRUM in Graphic Design, under Prof. Rostislav Vaněk. In 2008, she received the Good Design Award at the Czech National Awards for Student Design for her visual identity created for the cultural festival Nethworks.cz. In 2011, she furthered her design research by delving into the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami.

She is an active member of the creative team at Toman Design who specialise in branding, books, packaging, websites and apps for Czech and foreign clients.

Education

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, CZ — Doctor's Degree
Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, CZ — Master of Arts (MgA.)

Professional Activities

2012 - present — Prague City University, Lecturer

2007 - present — Toman Design, Art Director

Research & Creative Practice

Selected Projects:
2021: regular articles on design for Host magazine.
2021 - 2020: member of the committee for the selection of the best book design "The most beautiful book of the year" (organised by the Czech Ministry of Culture and Monument of the national literacy organisation
2020: cooperation with Moravska gallery in Brno for the exhibition "Civilised woman" - a book and complete graphic identity for the exhibition. 
2018: cooperation with gallery and publication house OSMIČKA, for the book series on Josef Čapek.

Selected Exhibitions:
2020: The most beautiful books of the Czech Republic.
2018: 28th international biennial of graphic design, Brno. 
2013: “ZA SLOVEM/BEYOND WORD“ - solo exhibition at DOX, Centre of Contemporary Art, Prague.
2010: International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno.
2010: DOX Gallery, group exhibition, project “9“, cooperation with Věra Marešova.

Awards:
2020: The most beautiful book of 2020, Ministry of Culture ČR and Monument of National Literacy.
2017: Nomination - German design award.
2015: The most beautiful book of 2015, Ministry of Culture ČR and Monument of National Literacy.
2015: Award from Typo-Design club for Graphic Design.
2015: Award by the Union of Polygraphic Entrepreneurs, The most beautiful book in the ČR.
2015: Vojtěch Preissig Award.