Substrate

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

77 works match

Gaming Die

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Qairaq (stone castanets)

Dutār

Dagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath

Knife Blade

High-Tin Bronze Bowl

Plaque with Loving Couple (Mithuna)

Carpet

Coin

Fragment of an Ivory Comb

Festive Dress of a Hazara Woman

Carpet

Ewer with Lid

Sheep bell

Ritual Basin

Khyber Knife

Glass Medallion with Molded Decoration

Knife (Khyber) with Sheath

Bowl

Tent Door Hanging

Shield

Chang (jaw harp)

Chang (jaw harp)

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Mirror

Box with Lid

Ewer

Dinar of Mahmud

Textile with Processions of Rams

Bowl

Bowl

Inscribed Pen Box

Textile with Boar's Head Roundels

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Text Page: The Marqviship of Moravia

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Johnson's Turkey in Asia. Johnson's Persia, Arabia, Beloochistan and Afghanistan

Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek photographs a holiday resort, seemingly only open to Afghan Hounds

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

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

How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds

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

Czech matchbox designs inspire An Chen’s angular still-life illustrations

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

We speak to Ruvan Wijesooriya about his documentation of a Kabul school

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

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

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

Prill Vieceli Cremers create stunning work for a cultural project in Afghanistan

Photographer Jack Latham investigates the hidden conspiracies of Bohemian Grove

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).)

Turkey, Arabia, Persia, Hindostan, Afghanistan &c. Egypt, Nubia, Abysinia, &c.

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

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].

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

Sublime and sophisticated updates from Czech designer Jan Horčik

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

Colourful but refined graphic design work by Prague-based Anymade Studio

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

Playful and bright design from Czech Republic-based Anymade Studio

Germany. Poland. Czechoslovakia. Austria.

U.S.S.R. Economic.

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

Gaming Die

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Qairaq (stone castanets)

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).)