Ladislav Sutnar

Ladislav Sutnar (1897 – 1976) was a graphic designer from Plzeň, Czechoslovakia who was a pioneer of information design and information architecture. He received design commissions from a variety of employers, including McGraw-Hill, IBM, and the United Nations. He also worked as art director for Sweet’s Catalog Service for almost twenty years. Sutnar held many one-man exhibitions, and his work is on permanent display in MoMA.