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The purpose of my study is to inquire into the Czech modern design between the wars. I researched the idea of an artist Karel Teige (1900-51) who contributed to the development of the avant-garde group 'Devetsil' (1920-3 1 ). Karel Teige advocated 'Art for life' in his idea of art 'Poetism'. He tried to change the position of poetry into visual expression through his term 'Picture-poem'. His graphical works in 1920's were representative of this idea of 'Poetism'. Furthermore, the theory of 'Poetism' extended not only to the field of arts but also to technological works like film, airplane, radio and the environmental art in the city space.