KOPI: minimal jewellery from Warsaw that’s bursting with character
Romanian design: discover a new generation of designers driving a minimalistic trend
Ivan Mitin: the man rethinking leisure, from pay-per-minute cafes to cottages in the woods
Oldushka: the over-45 modelling agency bringing the glamour of age to the fashion world
Kirill Savchenkov: the Russian artist exploring existence in the post-Soviet city
J. Kim: the fashion designer channeling cultures from Korea to Uzbekistan
Masha Demianova and Stacey Batashova: the duo challenging the conventions of fashion
Multiverse Architecture: the Georgian architects regenerating Tbilisi, one building at a time
Young Russia: this online film project focuses short documentaries on young Russian women
Beat Films: the upstart Russian heirs of documentary cinema
Poly Chain: from shoegaze to solo synth, meet the Ukrainian artist ruling electronica
Aida Sulova: Bishkek’s pioneering art impresario
Glintshake: avant-garde Muscovite post-pop for the masses
MATÉRIEL Tbilisi: the fashion factory behind Georgia’s stylistic evolution
Boutique bookshops: slices of literary paradise across the New East
Nazira: 6 Kazakh electronic artists as picked by Almaty’s prominent DIY promoter
Sofia Tchkonia and Grigor Devejiev: the driving forces behind Georgia’s fashion boom
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