Design for the periodical Múzeumi és Könyvtári Értesítő (Museum and Library Bulletin)

Among the works of Henrik Darilek, there are three sketches made for the coverpage of the periodical Muzeumi és Könyvtári Értesítő (Museum and Library Gazette). All the three are vertical rectangles, following the form of the gazette yet Darilek managed to create innovative variants for the headline, the colophon, the pictoral decoration and arrangement. All the three sketches are drawn with clear lines and composition, using decorative, stylized elements.

On the first one, the headline consists of letters of similar size, divided by a geometrical ornament. The border consists of small squares of different elements: a winged sphynx, an acanthus leaf, folkloric woodcarving ornaments, and motifs of Islamic floortiles. The varied motifs used to express the versatility of museological relics and of the knowledge in books. Books receive an enhanced place on the coverpage, accompanied with the owl of Minerva: they are placed in a further square inside the larger one. The bottom third of the drawing bears a colophon in fonts similar to those of the headline but in a smaller size.