Studied at the School of Applied Graphics in Prague and began to work for experimental theatre, before joining a group that worked to promote culture and industry. At the end of the forties he started to be involved in the promotion of Bohemian glass art, and held exhibitions in Moscow and Montecarlo. He designed for the Brno Biennial, for exhibitions in Ostrawa, and the Czech pavilion at the Montreal Expo 1967. Worked with a group called Horizont on several international exhibitions. He also received various international awards. He was at the Icograda conference 1968 in Eindhoven when the Russian army invaded his country, to end the Prague Spring. He decided to return immediately. He refused to join the Communist Party, which did not make things easier for him and his family. As the president of the Czech AGI, he nevertheless organized a warm 1981 AGI Congress in cold, occupied Prague.