Clarity and cogency have long defined the pillars of graphic design—a medium oriented, above all, towards communication. Years before information design became a buzz term for digital media, it was an approach pioneered by Czech graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar: forefather of the modern infographic, champion of functional beauty, and an expat who practiced in the United States from 1939 through to his death, in 1976. Sutnar’s enduring relevance—even, or especially, as the platforms for communication continue to vacillate and evolve with increasingly complexity—is evidenced in a new facsimile reprint edition of Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action, written and designed by the man himself in 1961. A snapshot of his much-revered American period, the tome, long out-of-print, is now available from Lars Müller Publishers.…
