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promo vid

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Walter de Maria, ‘The Earth Room’ 1977

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Gordon Matta-Clark

Art.

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A fb page with materials used in the film on Vasily Yermilob

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Yermilov’s art nouveau composition on the Kharkiv College of Design and Industry

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Potential typeface (combines art nouveau, moderne and constructivism)

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different variations of letter A (hand-lettering and metal type)

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 Archival research on Ukrainian modernists

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What do you think about the design scene in Ukraine today? In the 1920s, Russia was on top of design with Constructivism. Was there a similar movement in the Ukraine? If yes, what remains of it — were there new strong attitudes? Ukraine had interesting school of typography and book design in 1920s. It was not connected with Russian Constructivism and was rather a local hybrid version of Jugendstil and 1910s avant-garde movements. It was founded by Georgiy (George) Narbut, who tried to combine old Cyrillic types and calligraphy with new art trends. He has many followers (such as Kirnarsky, Khizhinsky, and others) who later worked for Moscow and Petersburg publishers. Also Ukraine had its original version of Constructivism with its leaders Anatol Petrytsky and Vasily Yermilov (Ermilov). As far as I know Petrytsky in the early 1930s planned to work and study at Bauhaus, but wasn’t permitted from Soviet government for ideological reasons. Unfortunately, Ukrainian typography and book design is undervalued and has no international recognition. And talking about the current situation—we (I mean the new generation of Ukrainian designers) have to rethink our legacy, multiply it by worldwide design heritage and walk our unique way—this is the way to produce things which make a difference.

Interview with type designer Dmitri Yarynych, (Terraformer Pro) http://usfonts.gestalten.com/terraformer-pro.html#