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

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The founders of Porto Rocha on making work that “has a presence”

Portuguese Royal Studio makes Adobe tutorials look good (and simple!)

Rita Matos attempts to bridge the gap between Lisbon's art and design circles

Hip ornament with Portuguese head

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

Pendant with Portuguese equestrian

Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish

Box with Portuguese Horseman

Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish

Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants

Seated Portuguese figure

Lidded Box with Portuguese Face

Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas

Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

Altar bell with Portuguese heads

Spoon

Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54762870492)

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Alcântara - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54663633606)

"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes

Clock collection with an erotic pocket watch in the foreground (false 'Breguet et fils' signature), António Medeiros e Almeida Museum, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Fantastic Man’s unexpected cover story on the surfers and fisherman of Peniche, Portugal

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA

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

Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo’s plump little characters are oddly charming

And Atelier’s graphic designs for Porto’s Gallery of Architecture is informed by the space

Sensitive and versatile designs by Portuguese designer Catarina Dantas

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

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

The Caribbee Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Isle of Porto Rico.

Mantraste’s illustrations draw on the culture of his childhood in rural Portugal

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

Porto Design Biennale 2023 puts out an open call for projects on the theme of ‘Being Water’

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

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

180 Creative Camp: a week of making, chatting and exploring in the Portuguese countryside

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

Sami Kallio

Porto Rocha are here to challenge industry standards and create seats at the table for designers

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

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

“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).)

Joana Avillez’s A Sardinha Zinha is an illustrated ode to Portuguese idioms

L'Espagne diviseé en plusieurs estats et provinces au Roy Catholique, et au Roy de Portugal.

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

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

Miguel Proença on his photo series capturing Portugal’s spiritual healers

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

Illustration: Lisbon-based illustrator Lapo's series In Paris is almost too lovely

Title: Portugal : O que todo o português deve conhecer ...

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].

Watch Portuguese designers the Royal Studio turn graphic design on its head

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

Spain. Portugal. Italy.

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

Spain. Portugal.

Porto Rocha, Jennie Baptiste, Boomranng Studio and Alice Isaac: Tickets now available for November’s Nicer Tuesdays!

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

Folio 1 Recto Circular World Map of the Portuguese Hemisphere

Ana Paganini captures the grand spectacle of religious procession in Portugal

U.S.S.R. Economic.

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

The founders of Porto Rocha on making work that “has a presence”

Portuguese Royal Studio makes Adobe tutorials look good (and simple!)

Rita Matos attempts to bridge the gap between Lisbon's art and design circles

Hip ornament with Portuguese head

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

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).)