Soviet Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/soviet/ Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:12:08 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Soviet Saturn vs. Hoover Constellation vacuum https://ounodesign.com/2013/10/12/soviet-saturn-vacuum-hoover-constellation/ https://ounodesign.com/2013/10/12/soviet-saturn-vacuum-hoover-constellation/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:12:08 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=16273

From “Soviet Life“, via Google Translate: “Hoover “Saturn.” In production since 1962 in Lithuania. His prototype – American «Hoover Constellation» 1955. Soviet engineers gave the American a spherical shape, and added features (the ability to use a blow-off mode) and mobility.

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Utopian soviet architecture, futuristic and sci-fi, photographed by Frederic Chaubin, editor of French magazine Citizen K. Interview and photos from Ping Mag. The architect who designed the building below was influenced by a sketch of an imaginary city drawn by a Russian artist.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/11/17/soviet-architecture-from-the-60s-and-70s-by-frederic-chaubin/feed/ 4 Spomenik: The End of History, by Jan Kempenaers https://ounodesign.com/2009/11/14/jan-kempenaers-spomenik-the-end-of-history/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/11/14/jan-kempenaers-spomenik-the-end-of-history/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:01:40 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=7153

Photo essay of post-war Yugoslavian monuments and architecture by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers, from the Crown Gallery site. “Spomenik” means monument, and all of these structures were meant to commemorate WWII losses and point to progress and a generally utopian future.

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I found this on the consistently entertaining blog deletia. It was taken from Rolcats, a site featuring fake English translations of an Eastern Bloc version of Lolcats.

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