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Made in Russia
Unsung Icons of Soviet Design
2011
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This irreverent survey celebrates the more populist and enduring work in graphic and industrial design that was a product of the Soviet era - a period that remain politically sensitive and under-explored, yet whose influence on the objects and aesthetics of Russian life and thought has been profound. Made in Russia presents fifty such masterpieces, from pioneers of Soviet technology such as the Sputnik, the Buran snowmobile, and the LOMO camera to icons of quotidian culture such as the fishnet shopping bag, the beveled glass, a Cold War-inspired arcade game, and Misha the Olympic bear. Edited by the journalist and author Michael Idov - a Soviet product himself - and including essays from Boris Kachka, Vitaly Komar, Gary Shteyngart, and Lara Vapnyar, the collection explores the provenance of these objects in the forgotten Soviet culture and the unique climate for design from which they could only have emerged.

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Michael Idov
Michael Idov
Author · 4 books
Михаил Идов - журналист, публицист, писатель. Начинал печататься еще в род­ной Риге, в газете "Советская молодежь". Потом с родителями уехал в США, где, отучившись в Мичиганском университете на сценариста, публиковался в изданиях The Village Voice, New York Magazine, GQ и других. Стал трижды лауреатом премии National Magazine Award. В 2012 году переехал в Москву, чтобы стать главным редактором российской версии GQ. Одновременно с журналистскими материалами Идов пишет прозу на английском и русском.
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