The Czech Republic has many very talented designers who are successful both at home and abroad. Among these are Jiří Pelcl, Rony Plesl, Jan Kaplický, Lucie Koldova or Bořek Šípek. 

There is also a growing number of companies that make an effort to strengthen their competitiveness through design and cooperate with a designer to discover a new inspirational view into both the existing and latest production. 

Meanwhile, in the past, design used to be linked with the fashion industry and luxury goods. Nowadays, it asserts itself increasingly in all branches of industry, including engineering. 

Many Czech companies, by far not only the large ones, have adopted cooperation with a designer into their business and marketing strategies. For instance, companies like TON, LASVIT, Preciosa, brands BOMMA (bmrc group) and Brokis succeed in the sector of interior design. Due to their design, producers of town furniture mmcité or sanitary beds by LINET are successful all over the world as well. 

The quality of Czech industrial design is recognised by the Red Dot Award or Good Design for many Czech products.

Designers database

The directories are used for international presentation of designers and also as a list of designer service providers for manufacturing businesses - http://www.designers-database.eu/