Soviet Critical Design
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Soviet Critical Design

Senezh Studio and the Communist Surround

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Soviet Critical Design

Senezh Studio and the Communist Surround

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Soviet Critical Design is the first book to explore the socialist design practice of 'artistic projecteering', which was developed by the USSR's Senezh Experimental Studio in the 1960s. Tom Cubbin examines the studio as a site for the development of the design discipline in the optimistic environment of the 1960s Soviet Thaw. He also explores how designers adapted to the fast-changing Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s, considering their approach to critical projects highlighting the Soviet state's treatment of citizens, urban heritage and public spaces. Drawing on previously unpublished visual material from private archives and also extensive interviews, this book presents a new history of the late socialist period in the USSR, which gives insight into the creative strategies of designers who engaged their practice as a contribution to broader discussions on alternative models for socialist existence. Cubbin shows how artistic projecteering must be read as a utopian activity which privileged the political and ideological over the functional.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2018
ISBN
9781350021976
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Design General

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Figures
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Glossary
  11. Note on Translation and Transliteration
  12. Introduction: The Communist Surround
  13. 1 Art, Technology and Design in the Soviet Thaw
  14. 2 Senezh Studio and the Emergence of a Critical Practice
  15. 3 Semiotics, Environment and the Historical Turn
  16. 4 Design and the Projective Imagination
  17. 5 A Quiet Conversation Among Th ings: Memory, Agency and Materiality at the End of History
  18. Conclusion
  19. APPENDIX I Complete List of Senezh Projects
  20. APPENDIX II Key People
  21. Index