At the age of 91, architect and designer Petr Tučný has died

Prague - On Friday, April 13, designer, architect, and graphic artist Petr Tučný passed away in Prague. His wife, Gita Tučná, announced this today to ČTK. The versatile artist was part of the founding generation of Czechoslovak and European industrial design. He was ninety-one years old.
    Tučný died after a short illness. The farewell ceremony will take place on Friday, April 20, at 12:00 in the large ceremonial hall of Strašnice Crematorium, his wife said.
    Tučný was born on June 26, 1920. He studied at the Czech Technical University and the AAAD (University of Fine Arts), but he also had a humanities education. He devoted himself to graphics, type design, hand tool design, and the design of heavy construction machinery. Abroad, he conceptually developed an entirely new kitchen furniture program for the German company Poggenpohl. He also created the concept for a spacious Espace-type limousine, designed the concept for the wayfinding system of the Prague metro, low-floor trolleybuses, trams, and metro trains.
    From 1952 to 1960, Tučný lectured on aesthetics and design theory in Prague and Brno, after which his lecturing activities were banned in then Czechoslovakia. He continued to engage in it in Warsaw, Halle, Ulm, and Hamburg until 1989. He also obtained a professorship abroad.
    Tučný was also a prolific publisher. His significant works include Theoretical Foundations of Technical Aesthetics and The Physiological Basis of Aesthetic Reactions.
    He exhibited in 19 countries and received several prestigious international awards, such as the Euro Design Pyramid Award in Switzerland in 1985 and the International Product Design Award in the United States in 1980. He received a domestic award in 2003 when he was presented with the Award for Significant Contribution to the Development of Design.
    In recent years, he intensely focused on type design, drawing daily until the end of his days, his wife stated.