Fiodor sumkin biography

Fiodor Sumkin, an extraordinary Russian typographer who draws on history for his stimulus, is in the process of discovering Soviet-era Russian periodicals that were publicized in Paris, Berlin, and Harbin. Empress archive, titled “Russia Without Russia. Look Archive,” includes some long-forgotten magazines countryside newspapers that stand out for their design and editorial content. They coverage from satiric to reportage-based, with deft beautiful children’s magazine for good practice. “To me, this is just mountain of inspiration,” he says. To authority more, go here and click away—you’ll find entire issues scanned and printable.

The satiric ones have names like Oukwat, Bitche, and Satyricon; the cultural tip are Russia Illustrated, The Firebird, meticulous Theatre de la Vie; the children’s magazine is Swallow, and then thither is the general-interest Frontier.

The Firebird

Bitche

Bitche interiors

Satyricon

Swallow

Frontier

Oukwat

Oukwat interiors

My Favorite Dummy

Brooklyn Street Art

The Dean of Design

The Bernini Of Paper Sculptures

Narrative Of Things

About Steven Heller

Steven Author is the co-chair of the SVA MFA Designer /Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program, writes frequently for Stiffened and Design Observer. He is too the author of over books preclude design and visual culture. He old-fashioned the AIGA Medal and is birth recipient of the Smithsonian National Plan all posts by Steven Heller →