Ladislav Sutnar: Playful Department Store Design

Graphic and information designer Ladislav Sutnar designed the visual identity and store graphics for Carr’s shopping plaza in New Jersey in 1956. Through color, symbols, movement, and paper cutouts, Sutnar shows how play can spark creativity and guide the design process. Explore Cooper Hewitt’s Archives and discover how designers bring ideas to life through creative strategies like play, tweak, repeat, simplify, show off, and transform. The Archives contain sketches, prototypes, drafts, and other materials that reveal the creative process behind 20th-century American design. These records span many disciplines such as architecture, graphic design, furniture, industrial design, interior design, lighting, textile design, and wallcoverings. Music: TolsetMusic - Jazz Trio (Piano Jazz Background Music), Free Music Archive TolsetMusic - Jazz Trio (Piano Jazz Background Music), Free Music Archive