Substrate

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

86 works match

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

Nikita Dembinski captures Bucharest’s elderly community for Kajet’s latest issue

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

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

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

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (31)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (12)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (18)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (11)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (20)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (19)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (16)

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (09)

Romanian Revival Bacalaureat Diploma from 1941 of Tatomirescu D. Teodor, designed by A. Bordenache in 1931 and engraved by V. Grigoriu (11)

14 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (09)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (50)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (05)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (04)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (52)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (03)

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (08)

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

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

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Vol I (17) Anverpia. (Antwerp)

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch

Camera Arhiva is an archive of printed matter from Romania’s communist era

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

Emily Garthwaite captures Romanian bathers in gloriously muddy detail

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

U.S.S.R. Europe.

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.

Ioana Cîrlig and Marin Raica get under the skin of post-communist Romania

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

From green summertimes to harsh winters, Pascual Martínez and Vincent Sáez document Romania

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

Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company

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

71-year-old, formerly homeless Romanian collage artist Ion Bârlādeanu opens first UK show

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

Belgium. Netherlands. Luxembourg.

Photographer Ioana Cirlig's Post-Industrial Stories looks at Romanian life after work

Text Page: Valachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania

“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

Lucia Sekerkova documents the rituals of Romania’s social media savvy witches

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].

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

Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public

Serban Savu's wry realist renderings depict Romania's melancholic splendour

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

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

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