By the Head and by the Hands The School of Arts and Crafts in Brno 1924–2024

How did modern art and design emerge in Brno, and what were the methods for arts-and- crafts education? This publication captures the century-long story of one Central European school that combined local folkloric traditions with the experimental artistic avant-garde, servility to political establishments with daring intellectual freedom, traditional craft skills with new media. The outcome of a project of team research and presents many original scholarly studies along with previously unknown visual materials.