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Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism

Photographer Duong Gia Hiếu on capturing the quotidian beauty of Vietnamese street style

Photography: Nguan captures the dreamy stillness of Singapore's cityscapes

Jamie Hawkesworth’s shots of a hunt for a rare, Vietnamese cacao bean

Photographer Dave Carswell uncovers the DIY basketball culture of the Philippines

Director Angela Stephenson documents Manila's defiance for creative freedom in the narco-state

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Adam Birkan captures the diverse and juxtaposing landscape of Hanoi

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Devour the extensive design feast that is The Singapore Graphic Archive

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

Working at the intersection of graphic design and music, meet Kuala Lumpur-based creative Najmi Arifin

Huynh Khang builds bikes, plants and Vietnamese delicacies out of Lego

Product Design: Own gorgeous jewellery design with Kuala Lumpur brand Miramika

Grafis Nusantara uses the nostalgia of crackers to tell stories of Indonesian culture and design

Studio 150 wants young graphic designers in Thailand to break the mould

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

Peter Steinhauer's colourfully symmetrical Singapore apartment blocks

A chart of the East Indian Ocean from the islands of Maldivy to Cambodia.

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

Thai illustrator Tanawat Sakdawisarak has a coolly surreal aesthetic

Rebecca Chew adds handcrafts to Esquire Singapore’s art direction

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

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Food, ritual and secrecy: Anh Nguyen examines Vietnamese traditions today

Asam, East Bengal and North Burma, together with Bhutan, Munipur, Catschar.

Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein capture the “memory and legacy” of the Vietnam-American war

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

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

Feng Li “combs the streets” of Singapore in his latest obscure series

Foreign Policy's considered designs for a brand guide to Singapore

Shin Oh “preserves” traditional Malaysian spaces and places with her 3D pixel room building

Being funny and fearless with Singaporean art director Jonathan Chen

Submit Saturdays: Singapore-based architectural photographer Khoo Guo Jie on his love of spaces

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

Larry Hallegua captures sun worshippers on Pattaya Beach in Thailand

“It is a war of attrition”: Calvin Chow photographs Jakarta’s struggle to keep itself above water

Philippines. China.

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

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

Les Royaumes qui luy font Tributaires et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc.

Expressive illustration of people and places by Philippine d'Otreppe

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

Singapore studio Currency design one of the most stylish exhibition zines we’ve seen

Singapore-based illustrator Kezia Gabriella’s works are chaotic but “in a good way”

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

Bangkok as seen by one of our favourite photographers, Cait Oppermann

Extra Nice Fund recipient Cahyati Press to bring the first community Riso printer to Bali

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

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

Illustration: Beautifully tender comics from Singapore's Pixin Weng

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].

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

Far East. Malaysia.

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

Introducing... Photographer Greg Holland who captures Burmese culture with incredible flair

Jonathan Tan’s cinemagraphs capture the quiet beauty in Singaporean lift lobbies

Đức Lương’s archive commemorates the golden era of Vietnamese postage stamps

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

The Singapore-based studio behind new zine DEAR is up to something

No One Magazine is taking an underground tour of queer night life around the globe: Next stop HCMC and Hanoi

Heatherwick's 12-towered university building opens in Singapore

A rainbow-like portrait of modern Thailand from Pipatra Banpabutr

Grafis Nusantara shines a light on a forgotten part of Indonesian graphic culture

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

Far East. Indonesia. Philippines. New Guinea.

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Margaux Senlis photographs the effects of unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

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

Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism

Photographer Duong Gia Hiếu on capturing the quotidian beauty of Vietnamese street style

Photography: Nguan captures the dreamy stillness of Singapore's cityscapes

Jamie Hawkesworth’s shots of a hunt for a rare, Vietnamese cacao bean

Photographer Dave Carswell uncovers the DIY basketball culture of the Philippines

Director Angela Stephenson documents Manila's defiance for creative freedom in the narco-state

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Adam Birkan captures the diverse and juxtaposing landscape of Hanoi

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).)