{"product_id":"soviet-critical-design-senezh-studio-and-the-communist-surround-9781350353480","title":"Soviet Critical Design: Senezh Studio and the Communist Surround","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Cubbin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoviet Critical Design\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explore the socialist design practice of 'artistic projecteering', which was developed by the USSR's Senezh Experimental Studio in the 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Cubbin examines the studio as a site for the development of the design discipline in the optimistic environment of the 1960s Soviet Thaw. He also explores how designers adapted to the fast-changing Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s, considering their approach to critical projects highlighting the Soviet state's treatment of citizens, urban heritage and public spaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on previously unpublished visual material from private archives and also extensive interviews, this book presents a new history of the late socialist period in the USSR, which gives insight into the creative strategies of designers who engaged their practice as a contribution to broader discussions on alternative models for socialist existence. Cubbin shows how artistic projecteering must be read as a utopian activity which privileged the political and ideological over the functional.","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036056215703,"sku":"9781350353480","price":2407.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350353480.webp?v=1769212657","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/soviet-critical-design-senezh-studio-and-the-communist-surround-9781350353480","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}