Imagine Moscow: Architecture Propaganda Revolution

Catalogue Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution

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Marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution explores Moscow as it was envisioned by a bold generation of architects in the 1920s and early 1930s. Featuring rarely seen material, this book – and the exhibition of the same title – portrays an idealistic vision of the Soviet capital that was never realised. Focusing on six unbuilt architectural landmarks, the book explores how these schemes reflected changes in everyday life and society following the revolution. Large-scale architectural plans, models and drawings are placed alongside propaganda posters, textiles and porcelain, contextualising the transformation of a city reborn as the new capital of the USSR and the international centre of socialism. The book also includes essays by Richard Anderson, Jean-Louis Cohen and Deyan Sudjic, which address a range of important themes in early Soviet architecture that remain relevant today. This book accompanies Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution open at the Design Museum 15 March 2017 – 4 June 2017  Pages: 159 Dimensions:18 x 12.5 cm

Imagine Moscow Postcard RKP

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RKP Gustav Klutsis Photomontage, lithography on paper, 1924 Ne boltai! Collection Gustav Klutsis was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. He is known for the Soviet revolutionary and Stalinist propaganda he produced with his wife and collaborator Valentine Kulagina Klutsis taught, wrote, and produced political art for the Soviet state for the rest of his life. As the political background degraded through the 1920s and 1930s, Klutsis and Kulagina came under increasing pressure to limit their subject matter and techniques A6 portrait postcard, 10.5 x 14.8cm Digital print on smooth natural white 400 gsm

Imagine Moscow Postcard The International Day of Working Women

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The International Day of Working Women Poster paper, 1930 from the Ne boltai! Collection Valentina Kulagina was a Russian painter and book, poster and exhibition designer. She was a central figure in Contructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century alongside El Lissitzky, Alexander Rodchenko and her husband Gustav Klutsis She is known for the Soviet revolutionary and Stalinist propaganda she produced in collaboration with Klutsis Though Klutsis and Kulagina are known for these official pieces for the government, they also ran a personal art and photography practice, utilising styles such as superimposition and photomontage A6 portrait postcard, 10.5 x 14.8cm Digital print on smooth natural white 400gsm

Minimal Geometric necklace

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Striking statement necklace composed of a bright red resin ball, black corian half circle segment and white stepped concrete-effect triangle on blue cord Ball and shape segment can be separated and repositioned along the cord Cord can be lengthened or shortened using moveable wooden ball at the back of the neck allowing the necklace to be worn high or low depending on the neckline of your top Cord drop: 45cm Handmade in our London studio. Comes packaged in a branded kraft tube

HIGH LINE by Whitebeam Studio

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From the Vertex collection inspired by Russian Constructivism A dynamic freeform design reflecting light and shadow Handmade in brushed stainless steel Dimensions: 2.5 x 7cm on a sterling silver chain 42.5cm

Soviet Bus Stops

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Photographer Christopher Herwig first noticed the unusual architecture of Soviet-era bus stops during a 2002 long-distance bike ride from London to St. Petersburg. Challenging himself to take one good photograph every hour, Herwig began to notice surprisingly designed bus stops on otherwise deserted stretches of road Twelve years later, Herwig had covered more than 18,000 miles in 14 countries of the former Soviet Union, travelling by car, bike, bus and taxi to hunt down and document these bus stops The result is an astonishing variety of styles and types across the region, from the strictest Brutalism to exuberant whimsy Soviet Bus Stops is the most comprehensive and diverse collection of Soviet bus stop design ever assembled, including examples from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia Dimensions: 20.1 x 2.5 x 16.5cm 191 pages