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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi

Film: Amazing look at the visual effects from Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel

Finnish Illustrators

Here 2015 Speaker: Grand Budapest graphic designer Annie Atkins!

Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Välskärinkatu 9, Sandelsinkatu 10, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 3, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 5, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 1b, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 7, Helsinki

Sandelsinkatu 4, Helsinki

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Hungarian photographer Marton Perlaki will rock your world

Scandanavia. Norway. Finland. Sweden.

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8

Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki

Vol I (41) Vienna. Buda (Budapest).

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig

U.S.S.R. Europe.

The Grand Budapest Hotel graphic designer on designing for Wes Anderson

Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

Jukeboxes, cheap shots and 90s hits: Zsófia Sivák lenses the declining tavern culture in rural Hungary

Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi

Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations

Unadulterated joy courtesy of Hungarian graphic designer Anna Kövecses

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Illustration: Learn the Hungarian alphabet with Anna Kövecses

Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Simple, adaptable Helsinki film festival identity by Pol Solsona

Baker's latest series captures the characters of the Budapest baths

Environmentally interactive swarm illuminations in Helsinki's Silo 468

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander

Photography: Tincity studies an unusual community in Hungarian wine cellars

Helsinki World Design Capital 2012

New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko

Candid photographs taken in a Hungarian children's home from Monika Merva

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Hungarian photographer/art director Mate Moro intrigues us with his Filled Field project

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Zsofia Schweger’s paintings depict her Hungarian home frozen in time

Finnish illustration brilliance goes Dutch as Agent Pekka sets up Amsterdam office

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel brought alive in paginated form

Exhibition: Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi takes weaving to psychedelic new levels

Lonely Boyz: Finnish illustrator Rami Niemi creates a specially commissioned graphic story

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Illustration: bold, brash patterns and pictures from Finland's Antti Uotila

Film: It's here! The trailer for Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

Rebeka Mór’s animated dream is inspired by the colourful cube houses of Hungary

Craig & Karl creates interchangeable identity for Finnish video platform

Yugoslavia. Hungary. Romania. Bulgaria. France.

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Tommi Musturi's keeping comics alive for the people of Finland

Tom of Finland's house, a hotbed of creativity and desire, captured by Martyn Thompson

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)