Soviet desk lamps from 1970s-1980s
via Moscow Design Museum
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Soviet design
1. Elekma - food processor (meat grinder, dough kneader, mixer, coffee mill) (1986)
2. Electric spinning weel (1978)
3. Ob - home radio receiver (1980s)
(via Moscow Design Museum)
Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Portable radio receivers made in the USSR (via Moscow Design Museum)
“Space” wall lamp (USSR, 1980s)
Soviet vintage notecard (1984)
It reads “7 October - the Soviet Union Constirution Day”
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Tech design of the Soviet Union (via)
If you’re in Belgium, you must check this out. The Moscow Design Museum and the ADAM (Brussels Design Museum) present: Soviet Design. Red Wealth, the first of its kind retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR in the past century.
Open until 21.05.2018. Info: http://adamuseum.be/expositions-soviet-design-red-wealth/
Now wouldn’t it be great to do a meet-up in Brussels! I wish, I wish :)
Early 1980s attire for a ski walk (USSR)
(via Moscow Design Museum)
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)