doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich
E-mail:   rajlich@fme.vutbr.cz 
Dept.:   Institute of Machine and Industrial Design
Dept. of Industrial Design
Position:   Associate Professor
Room:   A3/709

Education and academic qualification

  • 1968, maturita, High school, Brno - Lerchova, natural sciences specialization
  • 1974, Ing. arch., Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, school of architecture, diploma project (akad. arch. O. Döbert)
  • 1995, doc., Academy of Applied Arts and Design Prague, graphic design

Career overview

  • 1974-1975, military service - designer, Projekční správa Vojenských staveb, Prague-Horní Počernice
  • 1974-1981, interior architect, State Project Institute for Commerce in Brno
  • 1981-1994, painter and graphic artist, registered by Czech Fund of Visual Arts (1981-1983 and 1989-1994 free-lanced)
  • 1983-1989, high school teacher (graphics, type, design), Arts and Crafts school (SŠUŘ, in present SŠUD) in Brno
  • 1994-to date, academic staff, Department of Industrial Design, Institute of Machine and Industrial Design FSI VUT in Brno

Pedagogic activities

  • He is concerned with the theory and history of design, and the theory and practice of visual communications design at the Department of Industrial Design. He envisages the design as an art for the 21st Century, which incorporates all the segments of human culture: i. e. art, technique and science. He emphasizes an analysis of worked-in tasks, a harmony of all functions of design and a hold time of design.
  • He teaches subjects: Fundamentals of Design, Arts and Crafts, Type, Typography, and Workshops – Graphic Design, Diploma Project, etc.
  • He is a director of doctor level studies focused on the industrial design and visual communication design within the Constructional and Process Engineering specialization.
    Defended PhD. students disertations:.
    1) Methods of including ergonomics in the design project - Ing. Dana Rubínová, PhD., / 2003
    2) Unified visual style in the field of industrial design - Ing. Jaroslav Nachtigall, PhD.,  / 2006
    3) Readability in industrial design – Ing. Filip Plešinger, Ph.D. – supervisor Prof. Ing. Přemysl Janíček, DrSc., / 2009
    4) Assessment of industrial products in terms of industrial design – Ing. Roman Kozubík, Ph.D., / 2009
    5) Brand identity in design of industrial product - Ing. Martin Ondra, Ph.D. /2017
    6) Vizuální řeč ovladačů a sdělovačů obráběcích strojů v Československu z let 1947–1990 - Ing. Eva Fridrichová, Ph.D. / 2017

Scientific activities

  • He is focused on graphic design (posters, symbols, CIP, orientation graphics, layout of printed matters), graphic arts (serigraphs, computer graphics) and painting (in present: a collage) in his own design and art creattions.
  • He has participated in over 400 collective exhibitions both in the Czech republic and abroad.
  • He has held 37 one-man shows:, e. g.:
  • 1987, Jan Rajlich ml., grafický design; Kabinet designu, Brno
  • 1988, Serigraphy and computer graphics; Divadlo hudby, Olomouc
  • 1991, Jan Rajlich jun., grafičeskij dizajn; Dizajn centr VNIITE, Moskva (Russia)
  • 1992, Rajlich (1920) + Rajlich (1950) (with J. Rajlich Sr.); Galerie Chagall, Ostrava
  • 1994, Jan Rajlich Jr. – Serigraphien; České centrum, Vídeň (Austria)
  • 1995, Jan Rajlich jr – plakaty/serigrafie; Galerie Českého centra, Varšava (Poland)
  • 1995, Jan Rajlich Jr. – grafika; Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Galéria aktualít, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • 1998, Rajlichs (with J. Rajlich Sr.); Plakatmuseum am Niederrhein, Emmerich (Germany)
  • 1999, Jan Rajlich Junior Exhibition, Millhouse of the Times; ddd (DNP Duo Dojima) Gallery Osaka (Japan)
  • 2001, Generations of Posters – The Rajlichs in Colorado (s J. Rajlichem st.); Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins (USA)
  • 2008, Stairs with codes, The day of open doors of art/design studios in Brno
  • 2009, Jan Rajlich ml. - Slova; Galerie ČAK, Praha
  • 2010, Jan Rajlich - 150 years (with J. Rajlich Sr.); Galerie HaDivadlo, Brno
  • 2011, Jan Rajlich Jr. - Posters; Aquarium Gallery, NID Ahmedabad (India)
  • 2018, Jan Rajlich jr. - Invisible Borders; Ján Koniarek Gallery Trnava (Slovakia)
  • 2020, Jan Rajlich 70 - Intervence do expozice Art is Here, Moravian Gallery Brno
  • 2020, Jan Rajlich jr. - 70 posters; Muzeum Vyškovska, Vyškov
  • 2020, Jan Rajlich Jr. - 70 posters; Terry Posters Gallery, Světozor Praha
  • 2020, Jan Rajlich jr. - Posters; Rosenfeldov palác Žilina (Slovakia)
  • 2021, Jan Rajlich jr. - Maikrosvět; Václav Chad Gallery, Zlín

University activities

  • 1996–2014, head of the Dpt. of Industrial Design, Institute of Machine and Industrial Design, FSI VUT in Brno
  • Member of the board of the study program Industrial Design

Prizing by scientific community

  • 1991, honorary member of the Masaryk Academy of Arts, Prague
  • 1995, honorary member of ISGD - International Society of Graphic Designers, USA
  • 2002, City of Brno Prize for 2001 in applied arts
  • 2018, IPA Award, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2019, Silver Medal VUT Brno
  • 2019, Merit Award SIPF Shenzhen, China

Projects

  • Department for creation of mock-ups and finalization of students design projects, Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, 2010
  • Students workshop for manufacturing of prototypes from plastics, Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, 2009 (spoluřešitel)
  • Inovation of Industrial design subjects. Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, 2005
  • Design - creation of posters. Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, 2000
  • 20 – International Exhibition of the Brno Biennale Association – original posters - illustration on the theme of a number 20 (20th International Biennale of Graphic design Brno 20002). Ministry of Culture of the Czech republic, foreign dpt., Dpt. of Culture of the City of Brno, 2001-2002
  • České a slovenské umění plakátu 1993-2003. Ministry of Culture of the Czech republic, foreign dpt., 2002-2003
  • Graphic design Taiwan - Czech rep. Ministry of Culture of the Czech republic, foreign dpt., 2007-2008
  • Brno – Capital of Graphic design 1999-2011 (Grafický design / Graphic Design 2000/2001, Srolls of Fire – Dan Reisinger 2000, Svět přátel / World of Friends 2000, Ekoplakát 2001, 2006 and 2009, Pařížský salón plakátu Unesco 2001, Novoročenky 2003-2004, Horizonty ilustrace 2004, Identita/Identity 2006, Theatre World 2007, TW/CZ 2008, SBB AD 2011 etc.), Dpt. of Culture of the City of Brno, 1999-2011
  • Rajlich Sr. (grave stone, memorial plaque, intenational exhibition event Rajlich 100). Dpt. of Culture of the City of Brno, 2019-2020

Supervised courses:

Publications:

  • RAJLICH, J.:
    2 colors posters: The Rajlichs in Colorado, Solidarita,
    2 colors - Low Budget, High Impact, pp.22-23, ISBN 978-981-245-657-1, (2009), mao mao publications
    book chapter
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Humor Plakate: Pan Pimpipán, Rajlichs,
    Humor - Plakate aus aller Welt, pp.62-68, ISBN 978-3-928696-94-4, (2009), Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk
    book chapter
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Almanach Q10/40,
    Almanach Q10/40, pp.1-144, ISBN 978-80-87167-03-8, (2008), Sdružení Q
    book chapter
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Skutečný svět,
    Mechatronika, vybrané problémy, pp.39-40, ISBN 978-80-214-3804-0, (2008), VUT Brno, Tribun
    book chapter
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Jan Rajlich Jr. - Why I design posters?,
    10a BICM, pp.38-39, (2008), Trama Visual
    book chapter

List of publications at Portal BUT

Abstracts of most important papers:

  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Skutečný svět,
    Mechatronika, vybrané problémy, pp.39-40, ISBN 978-80-214-3804-0, (2008), VUT Brno, Tribun
    book chapter
    Essay on a future of human being contra robotization, artifical world, and role of design in it
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Jan Rajlich Jr. - Why I design posters?,
    10a BICM, pp.38-39, (2008), Trama Visual
    book chapter
    Text on a both a present situation and future of an advesrtising medium of poster; Illustrated by a sample - so called "artists" poster: Jan Rajlich Jr. "Serigraphies".
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Contemporary Echo of Czech Graphic design,
    Echo of Graphic Design Taiwan / Czech Republic, pp.6-40, ISBN 978-80-86830-08-7, (2008), Sdružení Bienále Brno
    book chapter
    Article about development of graphic arts and of Czech graphic design in last 20 years. Illustrated by a selection of graphic design works - mostly posters - by outstanding Czech contemporary graphic designers, included samples of authors own works.
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    Bienále Brno jako centrum grafického designu,
    Bullettin Moravské galerie v Brně, pp.215-227, ISBN 978-80-7027-174-2, (2007), Moravská galerie
    book chapter
    The article describes 15 years of the Brno Biennale Association, which aim was to support directly the International Biennale of Graphic Design in Brno, organized by the Moravian Gallery in Brno in the beginning . One of the aims of the BBA was also a propagation of the "graphic design" field as well as a prezentation of the City of Brno in the World as an international centre of graphic design. It describes a history of the BBA, and the most important its organizational, publication, and exhibition activities (a. g. a cycle of the Brno - the Capital od Graphic Design exhibitions, or a co-ordination role of the BBA in the IBCC - International Biennales Coordination Committee). In spite of these actvities therea global development of the Graphic design subject is commented . The article is completed by a complete list of publications and exhibitions of the BBA in SBB 1993-2007.
  • RAJLICH, J.:
    All men are Brothers, Designers Edition,
    All men are Brothers, Designers Edition, pp.460-465, ISBN 3-9810544-0-7, (2006), Hesing
    book chapter
    Interview, biography, and nine reproductions on a graphic design theme by the designer/artist