Behind the iron curtain, the final frontier: Soviet space art – in pictures

With more than 250 artworks sourced from cold war-era Russian magazines, Alexandra Sankova ’s bookSoviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR (Phaidon £24.95), produced with the Moscow Design Museum, explores “the dream of conquering space”.One of the most vibrant publications wasTekhnika Molodezhi (Technology for the Youth) its “unearthly palettes of pink-violet and ochre-scarlet colours”, saysSankova, pulling readers into stories of “inventions and innovations, the mysterious and unknown”.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 4, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kadish Morris Tags: Illustration Art and design books Graphic design Space Russia Culture Source Type: news