
Soviet Design
From Constructivism To Modernism. 1920-1980
Hardcover | 24 January 2020
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Soviet design is often discredited as massive, non-ergonomic and monotonous. Yet a remarkable variety of original styles have emerged behind the iron curtain. The 1920s were marked by bold exploration and experiments at Vkhutemas and by constructivism, rationalism, and suprematism. Early in Stalin's reign constructivism was heavily criticised and post-constructivism and Soviet neo-classicism appeared alongside what became known as 'agitational furniture', inspired by the regime's propaganda. The 1930s brought Soviet Art Deco and eventually Stalinist Empire, which has produced some of the Soviet Union's most iconic buildings. In the late 1950s, after Stalin's death, the last Soviet 'big style' originated modernist and functionalist furniture, mass-produced to fit the small apartments in the Khrushchyovka multi-unit housing developments that were built in cities on a large scale. The 1960s mark the Golden Age of Soviet interior design, showing again influences by the early Soviet Avant-Garde and the Bauhaus, while most of the visionary work of a new generation of designers in the 1970s and 1980s remained unrealised.
About the Authors
Kristina Krasnyanskaya is an art historian and founder of Heritage Gallery in Moscow. She curated the 2015 exhibition Soviet Design: From Constructivism to Modernism: 1920s-1960s in collaboration with Moscow's Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow.
Alexander Semenov is an expert in the field of Soviet design and a research associate at Saint-Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. He has written extensively on Soviet furniture and interior design.
Industry Reviews
"The sumptuous book's sketches and photos of objects and interiors, drawn from little-known archives, show how government-approved design parameters evolved."--Eve M. Kahn "The New York Times"
ISBN: 9783858818461
ISBN-10: 3858818461
Published: 24th January 2020
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 448
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Antique Collectors Agencies
Country of Publication: CH
Dimensions (cm): 30.0 x 24.5 x 4.45
Weight (kg): 2.86
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- Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentArchitectureProfessional Interior Design
- Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentHistory of Art & Design StylesArt from 1900 to Current
- Non-FictionLifestyle & FashionInterior Design
- Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentArt Forms
- Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentDesign, Industrial & Commercial Arts, IllustrationFurniture Design