The Soviet Design Era (1950-1989)

This book collects more than 350 Soviet design works selected from Moscow Design Museum in the past 40 years from 1950 to 1989. From big head doll chocolate candy wrappers to Olympic mascot Misha bear, from tetrahedron milk cartons to vodka bottles, from spray perfume to clockwork razors, from metal mesh pockets, Tula sewing machines to coffee grinders, Saturn vacuum cleaners, From Genna the crocodile and Cheburashka the big-eared monkey to mechanical chess clocks and remote-controlled cars, from vacuum tube radios to desk phones, from flying watches to Kiev miniature cameras, from social awareness posters to fashion film magazines, life in the USSR is revealed all aspects. Different from the common design books in the past, this book takes a different approach and arranges the content according to the three major themes of "people", "country" and "world". It is a special sensory journey showing the social changes in the Soviet Union from the perspective of product design.