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Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona

Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms

Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón

Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi

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

Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world

There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona

The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase

Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (18)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (20)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (12)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (31)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (19)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (11)

14 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (09)

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (08)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (50)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (03)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (52)

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

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (04)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (16)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (05)

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (09)

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Hilton

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day

Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

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].

Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign

Emily Garthwaite captures Romanian bathers in gloriously muddy detail

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

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

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana

Beautifully tessellated stools from Spanish designers Alvaro Catalan de Ocon

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

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

Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online

fol. 257b Coastline of Catalonia with the ports of Barcellona and Tarragona

Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona

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

Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona

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

Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey

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

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)

2D: No.11. Road of Salo. No. 12. Port of Barcelona. No. 15. Bay of Roses. No.16. Cadaquie

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

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

Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona

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

Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant

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].

A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer

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

Bare-bones design straight out of Barcelona

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

A Tale of Barcelona’s Design Brilliance: We talk to three studios at the forefront of the city's design boom

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