New East Digital Archive

Design

Eastern European design is forward-thinking. What is holding it back?

Eastern European design is forward-thinking. What is holding it back?

To combat Poland’s culture of shame, one designer is creating educational sex toys

To combat Poland’s culture of shame, one designer is creating educational sex toys

Reviving Czechoslovakia’s Super Special Sneakers

Reviving Czechoslovakia’s Super Special Sneakers

Prison tattoo playing cards and pre-revolutionary Russian antiques: the vintage shop scouting for rarities

Prison tattoo playing cards and pre-revolutionary Russian antiques: the vintage shop scouting for rarities

How 3D printing is turning yoghurt pots in furniture

How 3D printing is turning yoghurt pots in furniture

Meet the architect turning Estonia into a skateboarder’s paradise

Meet the architect turning Estonia into a skateboarder’s paradise

Wunderwerk: the experimental architects reimagining the future for Tbilisi

Wunderwerk: the experimental architects reimagining the future for Tbilisi

The colourful, modern illustrations of Eastern Bloc matchboxes

The colourful, modern illustrations of Eastern Bloc matchboxes

The Future of Living: Slovenia’s designers find solutions for the post-consumption era

The Future of Living: Slovenia’s designers find solutions for the post-consumption era

A Slovenian design collection takes its inspiration from an 18th century novel to reflect on self-isolation

A Slovenian design collection takes its inspiration from an 18th century novel to reflect on self-isolation

Concrete reverie: from furniture to origami, this is Brutalism as you’ve never seen it before

Concrete reverie: from furniture to origami, this is Brutalism as you’ve never seen it before

Off the wall: discover Georgia’s lost cinematic legacy through these rare film posters

Off the wall: discover Georgia’s lost cinematic legacy through these rare film posters

At London’s Design Biennale, Polish artists use carpets and curtains to adapt to climate change

At London’s Design Biennale, Polish artists use carpets and curtains to adapt to climate change

A purple and cream doughnut-inspired cafe in Voronezh is a sweet-tooth paradise

A purple and cream doughnut-inspired cafe in Voronezh is a sweet-tooth paradise

This Prague nursery design is dedicated to children’s hidey-holes and natural materials

This Prague nursery design is dedicated to children’s hidey-holes and natural materials

Andrzej Klimowski: the master of the Polish Poster School on his dark and lurid vision of cinema

Andrzej Klimowski: the master of the Polish Poster School on his dark and lurid vision of cinema

What is the post-Soviet? An essay on the term that caught the world’s attention

What is the post-Soviet? An essay on the term that caught the world’s attention

Revive your home with prints, cushions and decor by young Moldovan artists

Revive your home with prints, cushions and decor by young Moldovan artists

Kunst ja Kodu: the Soviet-era design magazine that paved the way for independent Estonian ingenuity

Kunst ja Kodu: the Soviet-era design magazine that paved the way for independent Estonian ingenuity

Polish designer imagines a sustainable workspace on Krakow’s river

Polish designer imagines a sustainable workspace on Krakow’s river