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2016Maria Gruzdeva explores the cosmonaut training facilities of Russia
2016
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2022Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design
2022
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2018Arcin Sagdic's latest cover story for Numero Homme Berlin is a meditation on surgically-enhanced beauty
2018
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2016Berlin-based Cristóbal Schmal’s naive illustrations are an intriguing mix
2016
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2025Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories
2025
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2012Graphic designer Bardhi Haliti on the design scene in Kosovo
2012
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2015Bright, playful graphic design from Russian studio A-2-O
2015
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2013Damien Poulain and some kids create awesome space rockets for a German bank
2013
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2008The Russian Club / Art Vandelay
2008
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2019Nikita Dembinski captures Bucharest’s elderly community for Kajet’s latest issue
2019
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2025This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds
2025
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2020Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine
2020
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2013Lovely, strange and stained illustrations from Woodcum in Moscow
2013
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2014The futuristic world of Russian avant-garde theatre explored at V&A
2014
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2022“Our fight goes on. On battlefields and online” – Kyiv-based design writer Lena Kozar shares her story from inside the war
2022
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2017German illustrator Stephanie Wunderlich’s ode to papercut collage
2017
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2011Interview Project Germany
2011
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2014Kieran Kesner's stunning portraits of people and protests in Ukraine
2014
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2022No Running! Pia Henkel shines a light on Berlin’s 62 public pools
2022
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2017Photographer Tomer Ifrah captures Moscow's commuters
2017
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2014Illustration: Paula Troxler's incredible blend of crayon colours and German folklore
2014
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2015Scott King's nice new campaign claims all pop culture in the name of Berlin
2015
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2024The View from Berlin: meet the defiant and resourceful creatives leading the city’s DIY culture explosion
2024
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2023Marco Gehlhar photographs an annual gathering in the remote mountains of Bulgaria
2023
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2014Photography: Marco Kesseler documents fear and waiting in Ukraine
2014
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2019Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland
2019
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2014Art: Thierry Noir – the first man to paint the Berlin Wall – opens first ever solo show in London
2014
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2015A polished and sophisticated update from German studio Bureau Progressiv
2015
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19281928 German Medal commemorating WWI Admiral Rheinhard von Scheer's Death, reverse
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Schuke-Orgel, Berlin-Temmpelhof
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19281928 German Medal commemorating WWI Admiral Rheinhold von Scheer's Death, obverse
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Meilenwerk Berlin
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1701Crutch Dagger (Zafar Takieh, "Cushion of Victory")
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (18)
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4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (20)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (12)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (31)
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4 Strada Anastasie Simu, Bucharest (19)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (11)
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23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (09)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (03)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (04)
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28 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (05)
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23 Strada Ion Brezoianu, Bucharest (08)
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15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (16)
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15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (50)
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Romanian Revival Bacalaureat Diploma from 1941 of Tatomirescu D. Teodor, designed by A. Bordenache in 1931 and engraved by V. Grigoriu (11)
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15-17 Strada Jules Michelet, Bucharest (52)
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14 Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu, Bucharest (09)
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1531 CARAFES HUTA NIEMEN 1926 STOLLE Brzozówka Biarozaŭka Belarusian Private COLLECTION of Tanya Markina
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1531 CARAFES HUTA NIEMEN 1926 STOLLE Brzozówka Biarozaŭka Belarusian Private COLLECTION of TANYA MARKINA
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1534 CARAFES HUTA NIEMEN 1926 STOLLE Brzozówka Biarozaŭka Belarusian Private COLLECTION
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Wurlitzer 1100 jukebox, designed by Paul Fuller, 1948, metal, glass, wood, plastic - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln - Cologne, Germany - DSC09472
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
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Weimar Republik 50 Pfg 1919 D Al- Coin. Obverse
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Electric hair dryer, Handy Industries, Racine, Wisconsin, 1934, chrome, bakelite, plastic - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln - Cologne, Germany - DSC09516
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Weimar Republik 50 Pfg 1919 D Al- Coin. Reverse
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Iron, Model W410, Petipoint, designed by Clifford Brooks Stevens, Waverly Tool Company, Sandusky, Ohio, 1940, chrome-plated steel, bakelite - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln - Cologne, Germany - DSC09525
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1837A Ship in a Stormy Sea
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1928Brooch
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1929Bracelet
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1920Button
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1929Necklace
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1920Button
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2017Watches, including Kienzle and Systeme Glashutte - Karl Gebhardt Horological Collection - Gewerbemuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC01888
2017
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2014Pair of Inexpensive Manual-Wind Men's Wristwatches (Kienzle - Circa 1965, Made in Germany & Swiss-Made CustOmtime) (8505591694)
2014
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2007Russian-Aviation-chronograph
2007
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202518th-century German pocketwatch 01
2025
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2014Vintage Junghans Trilastic Men's Manual-Wind Watch, 17 Jewels, Made in Germany (9763626844)
2014
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2014Vintage Garon Watch Company 23 Jewels Men's "Titan" Automatic Watch, Assembled in the U.S. - Virgin Islands from Parts Made in West Germany (8514612012)
2014
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2017Watches, Roamer Stingray and Kienzle - Karl Gebhardt Horological Collection - Gewerbemuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC01839
2017
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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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2010LOUIS GEORGE Berlin Taschenuhr montre de poche pocket watch 01
2010
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2010LOUIS GEORGE Berlin Taschenuhr montre de poche pocket watch 02
2010
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2011Wooden pocket watch Russia stamp 2010
2011
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2026Russian Sun and Moon Hands Mechanical Watch by Raketa Paкéтa (14465782273)
2026
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2012German - Enameled Watch with Cameos - Walters 58120 - Closed
2012
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2014Vintage Vantage 17 Jewels, Manual-Wind Men's Goldtone Watch, Day-Date, Made in West Germany (9721445153)
2014
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2014Vintage Vantage 17 Jewels, Manual-Wind Men's Goldtone Watch, Made in West Germany (9721380565)
2014
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2012German - Enameled Watch with Cameo and Jewels - Walters 5811
2012
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2012German - Enameled Watch with Cameos - Walters 58120 - Open
2012
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (31332323253)
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (32142950025)
2018
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2014Vintage Timex Electric Watch, Model 67, Made in West Germany (8663522689)
2014
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2014Dazzled by the eye-catching work of Berlin-based studio 44flavours
2014
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2017Laura Callaghan depicts how Germany would look if women were in charge
2017
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2017Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017
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2016Ricardo Ferrol reinterprets the work of influential German designer Otl Aicher
2016
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2018Benedikt Rugar’s illustrations for the German Design Glossary use elements of the surreal to tell a visual story
2018
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2015Presenting Wurstbande, or "sausage gang" – a Berlin-based illustration duo
2015
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (36434827051)
2018
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (36555817601)
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2015Textural, expressive illustration from Berlin-based illustrator Beth Walrond
2015
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2018Charlotte Wales and Chopova Lowena combine 80s wrestling and Bulgarian folklore in Kukeri
2018
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2018Michal Chelbin's photography is an unusual insight into Ukraine's military boarding schools
2018
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2018Ukrainian collective Join The Cool recreate an Eastern European school graduation album
2018
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2020Dima Komarov on how “I finally found my style” and the depiction of young people in Russia
2020
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2014Vibrant, pebble-like paintings from Berlin-based artist Frau Grau
2014
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2012Glorifying the suberb portfolio of German graphic designer Alexander Lis
2012
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2013Fun record sleeve design and illustration from Hamburg's Human Empire
2013
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2012Russian art gallery guardians take centre stage in Andy Freeberg's photos
2012
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2020Blending fiction and reality, Julie Poly’s new series presents the colourful characters of the Ukrainian railway
2020
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2018“The beauty of abstraction”: Christoph Niemann on his new mural for a Berlin train station
2018
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2016Flaneur explores the magic of Moscow in its biggest issue yet
2016
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2018Moscow-based Masha Demionova’s portraits capture the multi-faceted personalities of women
2018
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2013Graphic Design: Fantastic design for the Berlin Art Prize 2013 from designers HelloMe
2013
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2017Photographer Kathryn Hurni’s images capture an alternative perspective of Russia
2017
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2019Camera Arhiva is an archive of printed matter from Romania’s communist era
2019
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2016Go Go Kosovo! A nation's Olympic odyssey, as shot by Jane Stockdale
2016
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2012John Diebel's stunning geometric collages ooze Bauhaus perfection
2012
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2013One German pedestrian becomes a sartorial celebrity thanks to What Ali Wore
2013
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2013Product Design: Gay icons as Russian dolls in ace LGBT rights campaign
2013
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2016Emily Garthwaite captures Romanian bathers in gloriously muddy detail
2016
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2014Photography: Rafal Milach photographs the winners of competitions in Belarus
2014
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2013Photography: Come and meet the restaurant singers of Russia's Sochi region
2013
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2015A minimalist building that moves: Penda’s dynamic entry for Bauhaus Museum design competition
2015
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2019Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution
2019
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2020Berlin’s Contemporary C**t Collective shine a light on Drag Syndrome in the latest issue of King Kong Garçon
2020
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2019When Work Becomes Play: What We Can Learn from the Bauhaus 100 Years On
2019
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2012Impressive Iraq speeches project from new German publishers Cake
2012
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2015Young Berlin illustrator Ruohan Wang's charming work belies her youth
2015
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2016What does it mean to work in the arts? One Berlin-based artist shuts a gallery for five weeks to find out...
2016
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2015Unnerving photographs of a youth military camp from Ukrainian Maxim Dondyuk
2015
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2018Aron Klein's captivating images of the Bulgarian demon chasers
2018
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2013Graphic Design: Russian entrepreneurs have got it good thanks to Knopka and NB
2013
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2013A treasure trove of graphic riches on offer thanks to Berlin studio Stahl R
2013
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2013Photography: Albert Elm captures Russia and China with a rose-tinted lens
2013
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2014Beautiful paintings of the drunkards and typists of the Russian ballet
2014
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2017Alexander Chekmenev’s compelling photographs of elderly citizens in the newly independent Ukraine
2017
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2018Partying in the Weimar Republic with the Archive of Modern Conflict
2018
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2019Richard Kovacs’ experimental images of Albania reflect the ambiguity of the country
2019
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2013Graphic design: German design studio Stellavie create prints for stargazers
2013
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2021Teodora Georgieva’s documentation of industrialisation in Bulgaria hints to a large-scale, global issue
2021
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2015Cool graphic design from Germany-based Cabinet Gold van d’Vlies
2015
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2019Photographer Joe Newman documents a boxing gym for young people in a Ukrainian war zone
2019
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2015Jane Stockdale’s lush, personable photographs of the Kosovo Olympic team
2015
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2018Photographer Dima Komarov captures a sense of freedom in Russian youth culture
2018
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2020Maria Babikova documents the drag scene of Novosibirsk, exploring fear and joy in Russia
2020
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2020“We like to experiment, so many clients may find our work bizarre”: White Russian Studio on its unique practice
2020
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2012Ioana Cîrlig and Marin Raica get under the skin of post-communist Romania
2012
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2015Hamburg-based studio Karl Anders wishes you a Heavy Birthday
2015
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2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
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2019Patrick Wassmann photographs the youthful existence in Mukachevo, Ukraine
2019
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2018From green summertimes to harsh winters, Pascual Martínez and Vincent Sáez document Romania
2018
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2013Opinion: Why the most interesting creative festival is to be found in Serbia
2013
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2016Ill-Studio’s short film plays with reflections and odd perspectives in Berlin
2016
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2013Architecture: Wowserino! ROK install 22,000 unique wooden sticks in German boutique
2013
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2019Tilman Brembs’ mammoth archive captures the early Berlin techno years
2019
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2016Minsk's Jouri Toreev's unusual abstract graphic design work
2016
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2014Fascinating portraits of stars by German photographer Olaf Heine
2014
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2014Illustration: You just don't get much more joyful than the work of Berlin's Golden Cosmos
2014
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2016Russian illustrator Katerina Voronina's angular characters captured in sumptuous tones
2016
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2013Dan Witz is back showing off some stunning light paintings at the Gestalten space in Berlin
2013
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2012Sami Kallio
2012
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2015Slick moving typographic designs for Moscow design festival from Universal Everything
2015
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1140Plaque with Doubting Thomas
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2015Banging designs for a Berlin techno club by Serbian creative Vanja Golubovic
2015
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2017Meet Berlin-based studio Büro Bum Bum
2017
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1140Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2019Land in Sonne explores the young generations now living in former East Berlin and its impacts
2019
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201771-year-old, formerly homeless Romanian collage artist Ion Bârlādeanu opens first UK show
2017
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2014Manuel Birnbacher's weird and wonderful look for a German house festival
2014
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2012Ukrainian artist Lewel makes unashamedly crazy illustration
2012
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2017Local Characters: Anna Kulachek typographically depicts her hometown of Moscow
2017
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2018Yang Qi’s work expresses a strong Chinese and German cultural background
2018
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2014Isabella Moore photographs the victims of Russia’s war on homosexuality
2014
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2016Frank Herfort explores the contrasts and contradictions of life in contemporary Russia
2016
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2012Paul Leichtfried produces a drastic redesign for Berlin refugee charity
2012
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2015Artist Andrey Remnev’s hypnotic Russian Medieval-style paintings
2015
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2025Grilli Type’s GT Era brings an early Bauhaus chic back to the sans serif
2025
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2019Photographer Ioana Cirlig's Post-Industrial Stories looks at Romanian life after work
2019
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2014Illustration: We love these detailed prints by Berlin illustrator Jeong Hwa Min
2014
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2008The Russian Club
2008
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2019Clifford Jago returns with a bizarre, confusing but altogether joyful trip through Ukraine
2019
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2018Photographer Tom Skipp documented an annual peace march in Bosnia
2018
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2020Solene Gün examines men in Turkish banlieue communities in Berlin and Paris
2020
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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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2021JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine
2021
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2019Lucia Sekerkova documents the rituals of Romania’s social media savvy witches
2019
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2015Confident, minimal designs from Berlin studio Neubau prove less is more
2015
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2019Moscow-based illustrator Katya Dorokhina chats through her new zine Chill Pill
2019
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2019Aga Giecko tells us about her first solo exhibition, Bauhaus 100
2019
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2014Graphic Design: A bunch of great guys designing incredible stuff in Berlin, meet Eps51
2014
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2016Photographer Lola Paprocka presents a love letter to Belgrade’s Brutalist estates
2016
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2014Colourful dancing ladies captured by German photographer Andrea Grützner
2014
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2010Juno Hamburg
2010
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2019German photographer Miguel Brusch documents Blackpool like you've never seen it before
2019
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2013Art: Superb satires of 1920s Berlin from the inimitable George Grosz
2013
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2014Chris Nunn immerses himself in the turbulent regions of Ukraine
2014
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2012An eye-poppingly insane Slovenian hair salon from the Kitsch Nitsch design duo
2012
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2016Peacocks, 70s baroque and Wes Anderson vibes in Berlin for Gucci’s AW16 campaign
2016
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2015Berlin studio Yukiko talks us through the good-looking new issue of Flaneur
2015
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2013Graphic Design: Russian cassette tapes of yesteryear were super cool
2013
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2015Anastasia Tsayder captures enormity of 1980's Moscow Olympics decades later
2015
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2014Illustration: Lovely portraits from German illustrator Florian Bayer
2014
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2021Challenging documentary norms, Nolwenn Le Flanchec and Marie Godt artfully capture the German island of Langeoog
2021
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2015Playfully tongue-in-cheek illustrations from Germany-based Cécile Dormeau
2015
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2012The Barbican's Bauhaus: Art as Life shines a light on design's biggest influencers
2012
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2018Bex Day photographs the beaming smiles and fading tans of Berlin's bodybuilders
2018
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2014Bureau Mirko Borsche's amazing redesign for Munich freesheet Super Paper
2014
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2019Icon, Artist, Photosexual: Peter Berlin reflects on a lifetime of erotic self-portraiture
2019
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2024Neale Johnston’s graphic design work is at one with Berlin’s techno scene
2024
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2015Poppy, unpretentious work from Hamburg-based illustrator Johanna Noack
2015
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Ireen Sheer – “Goodbye Mama” / “Jemand wartet auf dich” German single cover
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2015Look lively! German illustrator Sebastian Schwamm will light up your eyeballs
2015
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2014Event: A run-down of our very best bits of Belgrade's Resonate festival 2014
2014
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2014Photography: Mikhail Mishainik reveals the wonders of Russia's salt mines
2014
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2015Serban Savu's wry realist renderings depict Romania's melancholic splendour
2015
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2018Celebrating 100 years of the Bauhaus, Printed Pages AW18 is available to order now
2018
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2014Illustration: Cheeky magic from German illustrator Nadine Redlich
2014
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2017Can Dagarslani personifies serenity in photographic series at Bauhaus
2017
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2025Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground
2025
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2012Let Things indulge you with this week's delectable treats – from the Bauhaus to eggs to the Middle East
2012
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2014Graphic Design: Tip top record sleeve design from German duo Schultzschultz
2014
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2015Olafur Eliasson on tech in art and Berlin's "exceptional people"
2015
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2024This charity photo project gave Ukrainian children disposable cameras to capture life through their eyes
2024
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2015The bizarre, twilight world of Berlin-based photographer Maxime Ballesteros
2015
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2019Elena Subach shoots Ukrainian grannies to bridge the generation gap
2019