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"Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge." Designed by El Lissitzky 1919.
Lissitzky hated working with the limitations of hot type and old fashioned letterpress printing and predicted (correctly) that letterpress would be replaced by photomechanical processes. He used drafting tools to draw many of his images including type. Pasteup was another part of his work. If you have ever designed publications of any kind for mass production to be printed letterpress, you know his frustration. The printer has control over the design as well as the actual printing. (Some people are nostalgic over wood cook stoves too.)
My slides are quietly disintigrating and changing color, at least the ones that are not Kodachrome. I really struggled with this one and it's still weak.
[from my archives of 2011]
Architects: Berthold Lubetkin et al of Tecton. Design: 1935, construction: 1947. Spa Green Estate received Grade II* listing in 1998 for being "the most important post-war development by the most thoughtful and inventive pioneer of the modern movement in Britain." London Borough of Islington.
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Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. Design: 1935, construction: 1947. Concrete porch over what was the main entrance to Wells House (Rosebery Avenue side). The integrated benches are also of reinforced concrete. Concrete balconies are clad with glazed terracotta tiles, along with diamond motif ironwork. Spa Green Estate received Grade II* listing in 1998 for being "the most important post-war development by the most thoughtful and inventive pioneer of the modern movement in Britain." London Borough of Islington.
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Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. Design: 1935, construction: 1947. Grade II* listed. Showing the ramped entrance loggia of Wells House and background right, the 4-storey Sadler House. The Spa Green Estate was the first and finest example of Modern Movement public housing by the eminent architectural practice, Tecton. London Borough of Islington.
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Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. Design: 1935, construction: 1947. Grade II* listed. Sadler House has a serpentine plan with exterior steps and a projecting rounded stairwell at one of the curves. The Spa Green Estate was the first and finest example of Modern Movement public housing by the eminent Tecton architectural practice. London Borough of Islington.
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Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. The original design for this housing estate was drawn-up in 1935, but construction was delayed until 1947 due to WW2. This particular sign is on the residents' meeting room. The colour scheme, which is original, and the typography are said to be influenced by the architect's Constructivist background. B. Lubetkin (1901-1990), was born in Russia and pioneered modernist design in Britain. London Borough of Islington.
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Versão construtivista da capa do album Soviet Kitsch para a matéria de História da Arte. Foto de Crackerfarm.
Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. Original design / competition winner 1935, construction 1947 after WW2. The use of reinforced concrete was a novel approach at the time and this modernist estate is widely regarded as the finest example of public housing of this type. Engineering was by Ove Arup who went on to form Arup & Partners. Grade II* listed. Image shows northeast corner of Tunbridge House, taken from St. John Street. The graph-paper effect is achieved using cream-coloured faience tiles. London Borough of Islington.
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Shhhh, Christmas gifting in progress. Scrappy patchwork scarf made from upcycled felted sweaters. Scarf is made from same sweaters I used for the wrist warmers I gave him last year. A matching set!
Arch. Berthold Lubetkin / Tecton. The original 1935 design intended 5 storeys, but the increased need for homes after WW2 saw this raised to 7 storeys when built in 1947. The use of reinforced concrete was a novel approach at the time and this modernist housing estate is widely regarded as the finest example of public housing of this type. Grade II* listed. To the right of this image, beyond the wall, is a small enclosed park for residents and the general public. London Borough of Islington.
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. . . is deepest red, and it flies atop a scale model of Tatlin's Monument to the Thirld International at the Royal Academy.
Heads up - the current exhibition "Building the Revolution" ends soon (Saturday 21 January). I got there yesterday and enjoyed it so much that I bought the book. New information has changed minds about the relationship pf Russian Constructivism and European Modernism, and the photographs taken by Richard Pare over the past twenty years or so are wonderful, especially when seen at large scale.
Painted wood and metal construction. The arm supporting the red sphere pivots. Signed on the base. From the Paul Warshaw Collection.
created for rhizom-e-xquisite
do you understand yourself?
do you really feel your skin?
when was the last time that you truly gave a thought about the space around us?
............... in search of the lost horizon
Historical Typographic Sequence - Russian Constructivism.
Investigation into Russian Constructivism as relation to modern times.
Constructed moquette of the letter "E" from Eurocentric typeface.
Inclusion of multiple sketchbook pages, handmade sketchbooks, research, timelines, and history.
Architect: B. Lubetkin, Engineering: O. Arup. 1935 design, implementation 1947-49. Ferro-concrete, glass block and ceramic tiling. English heritage Grade II* listed. London Borough of Islington.
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Tate Modern's new exhibition about two Russian Constructivism artists, Lyubov Popova and Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Chess table in the 'worker's club'.
everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/rodchenko-popo...
Tate Modern's new exhibition about two Russian Constructivism artists, Lyubov Popova and Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Room 12, 'worker's club'.
everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/rodchenko-popo...
Tate Modern's new exhibition about two Russian Constructivism artists, Lyubov Popova and Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Room 12, 'worker's club'.
everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/rodchenko-popo...
Historical Typographic Sequence - Russian Constructivism.
Investigation into Russian Constructivism as relation to modern times.
Constructed moquette of the letter "E" from Eurocentric typeface.
Inclusion of multiple sketchbook pages, handmade sketchbooks, research, timelines, and history.
Historical Typographic Sequence - Russian Constructivism.
Investigation into Russian Constructivism as relation to modern times.
Constructed moquette of the letter "E" from Eurocentric typeface.
Inclusion of multiple sketchbook pages, handmade sketchbooks, research, timelines, and history.
Historical Typographic Sequence - Russian Constructivism.
Investigation into Russian Constructivism as relation to modern times.
Constructed moquette of the letter "E" from Eurocentric typeface.
Inclusion of multiple sketchbook pages, handmade sketchbooks, research, timelines, and history.
Tate Modern's new exhibition about two Russian Constructivism artists, Lyubov Popova and Aleksandr Rodchenko.
everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/rodchenko-popo...
Shhhh, Christmas gifting in progress. Scrappy patchwork scarf made from upcycled felted sweaters. Scarf is made from same sweaters I used for the wrist warmers I gave him last year. A matching set! Has a kind of Russian Constructivist Kasmir Malevich feel to it.
You know, for those cold Russian winters......brrrrrrr.
Architect: B. Lubetkin, Engineer: O. Arup. 1935 design, implementation 1947-49 using a novel (at the time) ferro-concrete box frame. Showing the bedrooms elevation which faces the quiet central grounds. A parabolic roof was designed to encourage an air-flow for a laundry drying area — this was before washer-dryers. English Heritage Grade II* listed. London Borough of Islington.
©2011 Images George Rex | All Rights Reserved
Historical Typographic Sequence - Russian Constructivism.
Investigation into Russian Constructivism as relation to modern times.
Constructed moquette of the letter "E" from Eurocentric typeface.
Inclusion of multiple sketchbook pages, handmade sketchbooks, research, timelines, and history.
A moment of disorientation in a shopping center sends me on a trip down the art history memory lane. More at my blog Letter from Here.
I don't know how many times I've walked down these stairs in the Wisconsin Union and never really noticed much of anything. But tonight something -- the colors, the circle and the sheer angular geometry of it all -- just stopped me in my tracks and I had to take out the Coolpix and capture an image. It reminded me of Russian Constructivism.
We had just left Passenger Side, a Canadian film shot in LA that turned out to be my favorite of the six films we saw at this year's film festival -- a cool road movie about two brothers driving around LA with a great soundtrack (played on the cassette deck of a 1975 BMW). For more see Letter from Here, where I've also posted a short video clip of Festival Director Meg Hamel explaining how and why she picked the film.
Inspired by Russian Constructivism.
Reconstruction of idealized constructivism letterform E of the typeface "Eurocentric" in a three-dimensional environment.
1/4" white foam board
1/4" pure balsa wood
black medium-weight thread
12.0"Hx10.0"Dx10.0"W
The main print in a small series of prints I did that was based on Russian Constructivist theatre costumes. This is it with an acetate overlay which adds the red bits.
The full interview, where I give away my secrets (Ha!) is here:
webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1556§id=1
Press clipping from the University of Toronto Bulletin, the official U of T paper, with my citation for winning the U of T Bulletin photography contest in the Campus category. Original composition is in my set "An Ideal for Living"
Thanks to the flickr group "Unknown Pleasures: Post-Punk Aesthetic" for discovering this work and promoting it!