Concrete Reverie

Designers and creatives across the New East are now reclaiming socialist-era Brutalism as a driving force behind their work. This raw concrete architecture has been demonized by many but others draw inspiration from its bare essence and uncompromising form.

St Petersburg-based artist Katia Tolstykh draws inspiration from the
Brutalist cityscapes that surround her. Decorated with pastel hues,
her MEME vases showcase unfinished surfaces and the
 unusual use of conventional forms.

Slovak designer Marián Laššák's Panelák furniture is inspired by the country’s
pre-fab  tower blocks which sprouted up across communist Czechoslovakia
after the Second World War

Artist Guido Zimmerman fuses the traditional cuckoo clock with post-war buildings.
(Previously) 

Read more: The Calvert Journal