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The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi

Finnish Illustrators

World Cup 2014: Tom Jenkins photographs inside São Paulo's Panini sticker factory

Standing Stone Figure

Tubular Stone Bead

Stone Plummet (?)

Rectangular Stone Pendant

Shell Lime Container in the Shape of a Lizard

Brazil Classics (7172475789)

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

Rody Oliveira’s photography gives a voice to the queer BIPOC community of Rio de Janeiro

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Brasilândia is a multidisciplinary platform for the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities of São Paulo

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

The View from São Paulo: exploring the city through Andrés Sandoval’s evocative maps

World Cup 2014: Christoph Niemann goes in search of Brazil's World Cup curse

Scandanavia. Norway. Finland. Sweden.

The results of Anthony Burrill's Sao Paulo workshop to be shown in London

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Brazilian studio Monga wants to inspire positivity and respect throughout the graphic design industry

The complexities of life in Rio de Janeiro from photographer Stefanie Moshammer

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].

Nice work from Brazilian design graduate Fernando Chaves

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

It's Nice That is heading to Brazil, and we'd love to hear from local creatives

São Paulo label Cotton Project is re-inventing a cool, contemporary Brazil

Maxwell Alexandre’s large-scale paintings are infused with Brazilian pop culture and hip-hop

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

Mico Toledo's Velho Chico, illustrated by Sophy Hollington, augments Brazilian folklore

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

Product Design: JWT Brazil's superhero rebrand of cancer treatments

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

Immersive sculptures of giant intestines from Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira

Tom Cockram's photographs of Brazil’s street culture in the lead up to last year’s World Cup

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.

Jane Stockdale went to Brazil to photograph the crowds watching the World Cup

Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

The coast of Yucatan from Campeche to Bahia del Ascension; with the west end of Cuba.

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

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

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

Photography: Benoit Fournier documents the beach-lovers of Brazil from out in the ocean

Brazilian illustrator Victor Liborio AKA Quimera celebrates the power of queer artistry

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

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

Hick Duarte uses his camera to document the plurality of Brazilian youth culture

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

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

Cachetejack celebrates the colourful spirit of Brazil in this series

Helsinki World Design Capital 2012

New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko

Folio 5 Recto, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean with Brazil.

“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.).

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

Introducing: São Paulo-based designer Rodrigo Sommer on procrastination

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].

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