Składanie tygodników. Projekty graficzne Janusza M. Brzeskiego dla koncernu „Ilustrowanego Kuryera Codziennego”
Janusz M. Brzeski’s “montage of magazines”. The graphic design for “Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny” publishing house

Summary/Abstract: A basic attempt in this article is to analize graphic projects of Janusz Maria Brzeski for the polish publishing house “Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny”. Brzeski, one of the most unconventional artists in the interwar period in Poland, created layouts of two important magazines for mass public. 0e earlier one, a controversial weekly “Tajny Detektyw” (“Secret Detective”), concerned a schematic, crude content. 0e extremely dynamic and modern layout, based mainly on the photomontages and photocollages, emphasized short articles and created an effect of the organic unity with text. After magazine’s cancellation caused by the protests of the conservative elite of these days, “Tajny Detektyw” was replaced by “As” – the illustrated weekly magazine for women. 0is Brzeski’s second project was a polish equivalent to the french photojournal “Vu”. This evidential inspiration, the connection of visual strategy of the Avantgarde and popular culture points toward new perspectives for the interpretations of Janusz M. Brzeski’s artwork.

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