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Graphic Design: Norwegian studio Heydays make wood look really good

More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom

Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt

This Is Antwerp commissions animated portraits of the city’s young creatives

Sublime and surreal updates from Oslo-based illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsten

Exhibition: The tenth 100% Norway opens tomorrow and is BRILLIANT!

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Scandanavia. Norway. Finland. Sweden.

Vol I (17) Anverpia. (Antwerp)

Gorgeous forest stairways to nowhere from Norway's Saunders Architecture

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Snøhetta's designs for Norway's new banknotes are a pixellated haven

Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch

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

Off the Grid explores how a mixture of cultures informed historical Belgian design

This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city

Graphic Design: Amazing Norwegian archive on show after 50 years in an attic!

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

Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts

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

Jeppe Hein's Modified Social Benches are on show at Belgium's Beaufort04

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

Experience the joy of the Congolese Belgian community in Rebecca Fertinel's photographs

Norwegian illustrator Erlend Peder Kvam embodies distinctive silliness

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Grandpeople updates show Norwegian design studio still smashing it

Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp

Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar

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

Miscellaneous: Point and laugh in disbelief with blog Ugly Belgian Houses

Immerse yourself in the world of MVM at his latest show in Oslo

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

Graphic Design: Simple, functional, Norwegian graphics from Oslo's Bielke + Yang

Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company

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

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

Belgium. Netherlands. Luxembourg.

A flesh-pink catalogue designed by Snøhetta for Mapplethorpe+Munch exhibition in Oslo

Introducing... Kai Nodland, a Norwegian illustrator with cosmic leanings

“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).)

A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town

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

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

Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens

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

Lovely new passport design among Norwegian studio Neue's top portfolio

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

The Best Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of: An in-depth interview with Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken

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

Things this week celebrates Norwegian skateboarding, Rob Ryan's imagination and lovely greeting cards

Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public

Join a four day creative innovation and city exploration “bootcamp” in Antwerp

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

Try Design uses sliding type to represent one of Norway’s oldest museums “opening up”

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

Brussels Sprout: Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia

We check in with fun Antwerp-based illustrator and designer Sam Vanbelle

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Norwegian studio Grandpeople knock out one seriously beautiful annual report

Fantastic Norway

Illustration: Unadulterated joy courtesy of Oslo illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsen

The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future

Graphic Design: Norwegian studio Heydays make wood look really good

More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom

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).)