\u00daBOK was founded in 1959 as a scientific institute dealing with modern housing. The department of spatial design was headed by Emanuela\u00a0Kittrichov\u00e1 (1909\u201389). Other key members of the Institute included Ivana \u010capkov\u00e1 (born 1942) and Helena Bukovansk\u00e1 (1942\u20132021).
An important activity of \u00daBOK was the creation of purpose-driven interiors and furniture, often in interdisciplinary cooperation with sociologists. A remarkable summary of the institute\u2019s work can be found in the 1978 book ‘N\u00e1bytek, Mu\u017e, Bydlen\u00ed’ (Furniture, Man, Housing), which defines interior design in a modular, scientific way, following the German architect Ernst Neufert and his theory of building design. \u00daBOK transformed the methods of interior design in the 1972 exhibition ‘Furniture for 500,000 New Apartments’, which featured furniture designed by Jind\u0159ich Halabala (1903\u201378) for market release in 1971 by Universal Prost\u011bjov. The exhibition highlighted the impracticality of Monobloc chairs and sofas, as well as the limited range of products, especially for children and the elderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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