page_title: František Kardaus
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: František Kardaus / Life
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Tatra T3R.PV mezi zastávkami Červený Vrch a Sídliště Červený Vrch, Vokovice, Praha 6 English: Tatra T3R.PV between Červený Vrch and Sídliště Červený Vrch tram stop, Vokovice, Prague 6
context_page_description: František Kardaus was a renowned Czech industrial designer and graphic artist.
context_section_description: Kardaus  attended schools in Kolešovice, Bohemia. Later he studied in the atelier of Alois Mudruňka, Professor at Uměleckoprůmyslová škola in Prague.  In 1927 he worked for  Eduard Böhm & Co., in Berlin.  Between 1928-30 he studied graphic art and industrial design at  Academie de la Grande Chaumiére in Paris.  Till 1934 he worked there at Leon Boue, architect.  In 1934 he returned to Prague and worked as an independent designer gaining a number of prizes for his poster designs. Kardaus collaborated with Czech automobile manufacturers Tatra, Škoda, Josef Walter a spol. and Československá zbrojovka. After the war in 1947 he was a graphic artist for B a R (Josef Burjanek a Remo - Reklama a móda), and worked again for  the nationalized Tatra, Tesla and other state enterprises. He collaborated on the design of Tatra 87 Diplomat, Tatra 600 and Tatra 603 cars, Tatra trolleybuses T400, and T401 and Tatra trams T1, T2, T3, KT4 and T5. Kardaus designed a number of film posters and produced graphic designs for Motokov, Strojexport, Mototechna, Staropramen companies.
caption: Iconic Tatra T3
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