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

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

The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi

Finnish Illustrators

Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (18)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (19)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (11)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (31)

4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (20)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (12)

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

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (08)

14 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (09)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (50)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (03)

23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (09)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (05)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (52)

28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (04)

15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (16)

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Välskärinkatu 9, Sandelsinkatu 10, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 3, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 5, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 1b, Helsinki

Välskärinkatu 7, Helsinki

Sandelsinkatu 4, Helsinki

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

Scandanavia. Norway. Finland. Sweden.

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen

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].

Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8

Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight

Emily Garthwaite captures Romanian bathers in gloriously muddy detail

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

Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner

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

David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki

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

Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland

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

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

Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi

Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations

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

Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius

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

Simple, adaptable Helsinki film festival identity by Pol Solsona

71-year-old, formerly homeless Romanian collage artist Ion Bârlādeanu opens first UK show

Environmentally interactive swarm illuminations in Helsinki's Silo 468

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

Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander

Helsinki World Design Capital 2012

New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko

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)

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

Romanian art director Bogdan Ceausescu creates retro-inspired posters for music and film

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

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].

Finnish illustration brilliance goes Dutch as Agent Pekka sets up Amsterdam office

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

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