RUSSIAN MUSEUM FILM POSTERS

After the break-up of the USSR in 1991, many artefacts associated with Soviet life from posters to gadgets were discarded, desti ned to be forgotten. Founded in 2012, the Moscow Design Museum collects objects from the era, which form the basis of a new book, De signed in the USSR: 1950-1989 (Phaidon, £24.95). These film posters, made between 1957 and 1966, roughly coincide with the Khrushch ev thaw, a period of increased liberalism that followed Stalins death. They reflect their time well, says the museums director, Alexandra Sanko...[Read more]