New Russian Design

The format is approximately 10 inches by 10 inches. 204 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Selected Bibliography. Index. The contents include Paper Architecture, Environments, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design and Design for the future. Among the designers discussed are Alexander Brodsky, Ilya Utkin, Michael Below, Yuri Avvakumov, Art-Blya, Iskander Galimov, Alexander Ermolaev, Studio TAF, Evgeny Amaspur, Evgeny Bogdanov, Stas Tchermenski, Dmitry Azikan, Tatiana Samoilova, Vladimir Telyakov, Leonid Yentus, Vladimir Chaika, Alexander Gelman, Igor Berezovsky, Arzamasove, Evzovitch, Svyatsky, Alexander Belosudsev, Andrey Sechin, Helena Kitayeva, Igor Maistrovsky, Andrey Kolosov, Valeria Kovrigina, Yuri Bokser, and Vlad Kirpichev. Constantin Boym was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1955, where he graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute. In 1984-85 he earned a Master Degree in Design from Domus Academy in Milan. In 1986 he founded Boym Partners Inc. in New York City. Contemporary designers in Russia have re-emerged from relative silence over several decades. They have established a voice that has been internationally acknowledged as a particularly Russian expression of the avant-garde. A group of men and women have diligently and often bravely worked, against all odds both creatively and economically, to the point where a new Russian design direction can be identified. With the recent revolutionary changes in the country, the atmosphere of openness and opportunity has led to further developments in areas previously seen either as subversive or as having use only as state-supported propaganda. An exciting new and independent design community has been born. This landmark volume presents to a curious world the distinctive and controversial work of graphic artists, including posters, packaging and editorial designs; "Paper Architecture," the innovative, artful, and often fantastical depictions of visionary structures; built environments for restaurants, retail stores, and exhibitions; and industrial design, including furniture, objects, and consumer products. The design work of Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Yuri Avvakumov, Tatiana Samoilova, Dmitry Azrikan, Vladimir Chaika, Alexander Gelman, Helena Kitayeva, Igor Maistrovsky, Andrey Kolosov and Valeria Kovrigina, and several other Russian design practitioners is featured. An extensive introduction devoted to the history of design in the country since 1917, identifying the heroes and precedents of this new generation of designers, is also included. Boym Partners is an American design firm, based in New York City. Boym Partners was founded in 1986 by Constantin Boym in New York City and is run by Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym, who joined the firm in 1995. The firm is a multi-disciplinary design studio. The firm designs products and environments for its clients, in addition to creating self-produced artistic works. The firm has designed tableware for companies including Authentics and Alessi, as well as watches for Swatch, lighting for Flos, and showrooms for Vitra. The company has also designed collectible objects. In 1997 it began producing a line called Souvenirs for the End of the Century, which marked iconic events from the 20th-century.[6] It also produced the Buildings of Disaster project-a series of architectural miniature souvenirs depicting buildings that were the site of a historical disaster. Objects created included the Unabomber's cabin, the Oklahoma City Federal Building, Chernobyl, and the Lorraine Motel. After 9-11, the company added more items to the line, including The Pentagon and the World Trade Center. After the 2008 financial crisis, Boym Partners produced a line of replicas based upon skyscrapers that were not built due to the crash. The projects developed by Boym Partners between 1985 and 2002 were the focus of the 2002 Princeton Architecture Press book Curious Boym: Design Works. In 2009, Boym Partners received the National Design Award. …