When we released the first limited-edition print by leading Czech and Slovak artists back in 1996, we had no idea we were starting a tradition that would eventually carve out its own niche in design history. Although Jan Hampl, one of the founders of the project, often says that it all began rather by chance, the reality is simpler: it is the result of dedicated work of everyone involved. By bringing together former CEO Jiří Kejval and the renowned painter of Prague, Karel Chaba, the company (then known as Techo, now Ahrend) began creating original graphic prints that became a signature gift for employees and business partners.
The very first print was created in 1996 by the painter Karel Chaba using the colored drypoint technique. This marked the beginning of the successful Techo Art Collection - a collector's series that, alongside highly valued lithographs, later came to include T-shirts with original prints. Over the past thirty years, the collection has featured an impressive lineup of artists, including Oldřich Kulhánek, Michael Rittstein, Jiří Načeradský, Theodor Pištěk, Jiří Sopko, Jiří Georg Dokoupil, Krištof Kintera, and many others.
