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2012Introducing... The seriously minimal graphic design of Icelandic studio GUNMAD
2012
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2025Years in the making, Juan Brenner’s Genesis is an archive of life in the Guatemalan Highlands
2025
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2017Photographer Chantal Anderson explores youth culture in remote Iceland
2017
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1200Celt-Form Pendant
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1200Chisel
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200Head Pendant
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1200Celt
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410Mirror-bearer
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400Ornament
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1200Celt
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400Deity Head Pendant
400
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1200Celt
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Pendant
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575Pendant with Seated Lord
575
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Cloth
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1200Stone Chisel
1200
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1200Celt
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1801Flute
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Ornament
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1200Polishing Stone (?)
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1200Celt
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200Ornament
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1785Calvary
1785
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1800Cloth
1800
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600Cylindrical Vessel
600
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1700Kneeling woman with a basket (from a nativity)
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1200Celt
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Chisel
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1825Marimba
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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800Feline head hacha
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1700Standing woman with a bowl on a plate from a nativity
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1200Celt
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Cloth
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600Ornament in the shape of a mammal
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1200Celt
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1200Stone Chisel
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1200Stone Chisel
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1200Celt-Form Pendant
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Fragment of Hatchet
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1200Celt
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200Pair of earflare frontals
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Hatchet
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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-50Engraved spouted jar
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1200Celt
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1200Stone Chisel
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1200Celt
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1700Standing youth with dove
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
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1700Kneeling woman with a bowl (from a nativity)
1700
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Wedge-Shaped Cutting Tool
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1200Celt
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600Bird ornament
600
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1200Gouge
1200
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Cloth
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1200Celt
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1800Cloth
1800
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1850Drum
1850
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1850Drum
1850
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1200Stone Chisel
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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770Relief with enthroned ruler
770
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Ancient worked fragment
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1200Celt
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Blade
1200
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Cloth
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1801Coc
1801
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2018Ryan O’Toole Collett’s portrait series in Kenya bridges the gap between photographer and subject
2018
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2016Ike Edeani records the moments in between during a trip to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
2016
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2012Simply stunning illustrations for Icelandic bank by the superb Siggi Eggertsson
2012
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2013Photography: Osma Harvilahti turns his camera on Kenya with extraordinary results
2013
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2015Great graphics for an Icelandic bar by Karlssonwilker
2015
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2015Spiritual dimensions – a visit to the site of Iceland's new Pagan temple
2015
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2023Kenya Parry Josiah’s folk-inspired artworks create a joyful space for Black women
2023
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2019Meet Universal Thirst, the Bangalore and Reykjavik-based foundry offering a dual perspective on type
2019
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2012Andre Ermolaev captures Iceland's natural beauty in tremendous style
2012
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2014Scintillating new work from Icelandic illustrator Siggi Odds
2014
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2019Juan Brenner documents the 500-year-old scars of war and colonisation in Guatemala
2019
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2013Introducing...The wild and native illustration and design of Iceland's Siggi Odds
2013
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2012Icelandic/Danish architects KRADS complete the American inspired Stöðin panaromic drive-in
2012
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2018Photographer Sophie Green lenses Kenyan communities for charity Just A Drop
2018
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2012Alejandro Chaskielberg's powerful nocturnal pictures of Kenyan villages
2012
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2015Cool graphic design from Iceland in the shape of Maena #5
2015
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2015Iceland's Studio Studio: so good they named it twice
2015
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2019Men of Maize explores the preservation of Mayan culture in Guatemala
2019
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2019Jack Latham’s Sugar Paper Theories explores Iceland’s most infamous double murder
2019
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2014Photography: Unbelievable photos taken beneath Iceland's biggest glacier, by Kate Friend
2014
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2024Kennedy Mirema’s creative direction shines a light on Kenya’s cultural richness
2024
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2016Icelandic design grad Helga Dögg's experimental zines are a delight
2016
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2013Opinion: What we can learn from Iceland's creative community
2013
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012