Why do modern designers still fetishize Soviet Constructivist Art? Why does text gain a certain air of authority when tweaked to appear Cyrillic-esque? Come investigate up close with an exhibit of Soviet, avant-garde film posters that revolutionized design in the ’20s and ’30s. That festive order! Those commanding lines! Now you want to see a bunch of Soviet movies you never heard of, just like an obedient comrade. “Revolutionary Film Posters: Aesthetic Experiments of Russian Constructivism, 1920-33,” May 6 – Jul 29, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NYC
Why does Soviet propaganda look so much cooler than its' western counterpart? I'd have to check but I think the futurists were a major influence on the aesthetic. It looks better than almost any graphic design, and was over a century old, so awesome.