In the summer of 1959, then-Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stood in a model of American domesticity and debated the merits of washing machines. It was the first high ...

BRUSSELS — In 1931, the Russian Futurist poet Vasily Kamensky enlisted the help of Konstantin Bor Ramensky to illustrate the cover of his latest book, Youth of Mayakovsky. It was a complicated ...

Soviet design was influenced to some extent by early Soviet Constructivism (the beveled glass); by the space race (vacuum cleaners were especially prone to this); by the Western designs of which so ...

Young Russian brand Roma Uvarov Design reinterprets the past. Back in Soviet kindergartens, children had bright, fluffy felt blankets. Over time, they wore out and got chucked away. Now, 24-year-old ...

A history of former Eastern Bloc homes, as told by the wallpaper. From photos of Soviet Union shop windows to Eastern Bloc ruins, there’s no shortage of imagery that preserves Soviet-era architecture ...

Across Indonesia’s Capital, a Legacy of Soviet-Inspired Design JAKARTA, Indonesia — When hard-line Islamists marched on Indonesia’s parliament to protest what they consider the growing influence of ...

Previously unseen objects in a cultural studies book show a Russian preference for ruggedness over elegance, and a knack for self-parody One of this year's most remarkable cultural studies books is ...

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