Country: Russia

Russian graphic design history documented through artefacts, posters, and publications documenting visual culture and contributions to graphic design development.

Russia’s contribution to graphic design history is concentrated in one of the most explosive periods of visual invention of the twentieth century. The Constructivist decade following the 1917 Revolution, when El Lissitzky, Alexander Rodchenko, and Varvara Stepanova created poster and typographic work of radical originality that influenced virtually every subsequent design movement in Europe and beyond.

Graphic Design from Country: Russia

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Key Designers Associated with Country: Russia

Explore designers connected to Austrian graphic design including Joseph Binder, Herbert Bayer, and Stefan Sagmeister. See also Bauhaus and 1920s graphic design history.

Artefacts Associated with Russia

Seasons of the Year, Winter, Soviet Matchbox Labels, 1958

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Seasons of the Year, Winter, Soviet Matchbox Labels, 1958

  • Format: Matchbox Labels
  • Year: 1958
Ice Hockey – World Championship 1966, Russian Matchbox Label Set

From the graphic design archive:

Ice Hockey – World Championship 1966, Russian Matchbox Label Set

  • Format: Matchbox Labels
  • Designer/s: Unknown
  • Year: 1966
Fly to Our Country!, Russian 1968 Matchbox label set

From the graphic design archive:

Fly to Our Country!, Russian 1968 Matchbox label set

  • Format: Matchbox Label
  • Designer/s: Unknown
  • Year: 1968
The path to the stars!, Russian 1963 Matchbox Label

From the graphic design archive:

The path to the stars!, Russian 1963 Matchbox Label

  • Format: Matchbox Label
  • Year: 1963
Factory and City 1969, Russian Matchbox label

From the graphic design archive:

Factory and City 1969, Russian Matchbox label

  • Format: Matchbox Label
  • Year: 1969
Russian 1968 Matchbox Label Fly to Our Country

From the graphic design archive:

Russian 1968 Matchbox Label Fly to Our Country

  • Format: Packing Matchbox Label
  • Year: 1968

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A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.