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The catalogue shows through the texts of Lada Hubatová-Vacková, Daniela Kramerová, Hana Machková, Pavla Pauknerová, Klára Pelou?ková, Radek Sidun, Ji?í Suk and Jind?ich Vybiral that the term Czech design hides a number of remarkable products and works. It traces the relationship between the transformation of society and design production. It does not focus only on beautiful objects, but tries to approach the background of their creation through the stories of companies whose fates document the specifics of the Central European situation - centuries-old cultural and craft traditions, as well as the constant changes in state formations, economic and political frameworks. The book was published on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and accompanies two exhibitions of the same name.00Exhibition: Design Museum, Brussels, Belgium (07.09.2022 - 08.01.2023) / Prague House, Brussels, Belgium (08.09. - 02.10.2022).