Overview

The Russian avant-garde of the 1920s is broadly recognised to have been Russia's first truly original contribution to world culture. In contrast, Soviet design of the post-war period is often dismissed as hack-work and plagiarism that resulted in a shabby world of commodities. This book offers a new perspective on the history of Soviet design by focusing on the notion of the comradely object as an agent of progressive social relations that state-sponsored Soviet design inherited from the avant-garde. It introduces a shared history of domestic objects, hand-made as well as machine made, mass-produced as well as unique, utilitarian as well as challenging the conventional notion of utility. This is a study of post-avant-garde Russian productivism at the intersection of intellectual history, social history and material culture studies, an account attentive to the complexities and contradictions of Soviet design. -- .

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Author:   Yulia Karpova
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.739kg
ISBN:  

9781526139870

ISBN 10:   1526139871
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   26 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Soviet things that talk 1 The aesthetic turn after Stalin 2 Technical aesthetics against the disorder of things 3 Objects of neodecorativism 4 From objects to design programmes 5 A new production culture and non-commodities Epilogue Select bibliography Index -- .

Reviews

'Through exploring everyday objects, Karpova offers an accessible means of understanding the complex world of late Soviet design.' Museum Worlds -- .

Author Information

Yulia Karpova is assistant archivist at Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives, Budapest

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