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Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories

Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona

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

Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine

Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón

Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi

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

“Our fight goes on. On battlefields and online” – Kyiv-based design writer Lena Kozar shares her story from inside the war

Kieran Kesner's stunning portraits of people and protests in Ukraine

Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland

Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona

Photography: Marco Kesseler documents fear and waiting in Ukraine

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

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

A Ship in a Stormy Sea

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

Michal Chelbin's photography is an unusual insight into Ukraine's military boarding schools

Ukrainian collective Join The Cool recreate an Eastern European school graduation album

Blending fiction and reality, Julie Poly’s new series presents the colourful characters of the Ukrainian railway

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

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

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

Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution

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

Unnerving photographs of a youth military camp from Ukrainian Maxim Dondyuk

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

Alexander Chekmenev’s compelling photographs of elderly citizens in the newly independent Ukraine

U.S.S.R. Europe.

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

Photographer Joe Newman documents a boxing gym for young people in a Ukrainian war zone

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.

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

Patrick Wassmann photographs the youthful existence in Mukachevo, Ukraine

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

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

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.

Ukrainian artist Lewel makes unashamedly crazy illustration

Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey

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

Clifford Jago returns with a bizarre, confusing but altogether joyful trip through Ukraine

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

JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine

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).)

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

Chris Nunn immerses himself in the turbulent regions of Ukraine

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

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

Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground

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

This charity photo project gave Ukrainian children disposable cameras to capture life through their eyes

Elena Subach shoots Ukrainian grannies to bridge the generation gap

Yelena Yemchuk’s photo series Odesa documents a Ukrainian city undergoing momentous change

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

It’s Nice That’s print sale for Ukraine includes artworks by Jean Jullien, Anthony Burrill, Kelly Anna and lots more

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).)