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More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom

Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Vintage Timex Men's Red LED Digital Wrist Watch, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1970s (16982486662)

Vintage Timex Ladies Goldtone Digital Quartz Watch With Original Band, Red LED Display, Watch Assembled In Taiwan (227), Band Made In Hong Kong, Circa 1970s (30482640914)

Vintage Timex Heinz Ketchup Promotional Wrist Watch, Manual Wind, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1971 (16323697074)

Vintage Timex Ladies Goldtone Digital Quartz Watch (227) With Original Band, Red LED Display, Watch Assembled In Taiwan, Band Made In Hong Kong, Circa 1970s (31182702991)

Vintage Timex Men's Electronic Digital Watch With Red LED Display, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1970s (26793781945)

Vintage Timex Electronic Digital Watch, Red LED Display, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1970s (39865916552)

Vintage Timex Men's Red LED Digital Wrist Watch, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1970s (16797658239)

Vintage Timex Electronic Digital Watch, Red LED Display, Assembled In Taiwan, Circa 1970s bbbbbbb (39188548744)

This Is Antwerp commissions animated portraits of the city’s young creatives

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Gomatsu didn’t plan to illustrate 80 cats of Taiwan in one day... but he did

Vol I (17) Anverpia. (Antwerp)

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch

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

Off the Grid explores how a mixture of cultures informed historical Belgian design

This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city

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

Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts

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

Jeppe Hein's Modified Social Benches are on show at Belgium's Beaufort04

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

Experience the joy of the Congolese Belgian community in Rebecca Fertinel's photographs

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp

Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar

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

Miscellaneous: Point and laugh in disbelief with blog Ugly Belgian Houses

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

Li Ya Wen on growing up in Taipei, beauty standards, and European influences

Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company

Anime, graphic design and multiple narratives collide in Taipei-based illustrator Saitemiss’ work

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

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

Belgium. Netherlands. Luxembourg.

“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).)

A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town

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

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

Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens

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].

The Best Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of: An in-depth interview with Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken

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

Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public

Join a four day creative innovation and city exploration “bootcamp” in Antwerp

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

Taiwanese graphic designer Wang Zhi-Hong’s sublime cover designs

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

Brussels Sprout: Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia

We check in with fun Antwerp-based illustrator and designer Sam Vanbelle

U.S.S.R. Economic.

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

More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom

Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

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).)