Revolutionary Design in Russia

Communism......sharing the wealth produced by a country between every person. Wildly optimistic, too good to be true.

1917. 

October revolution, led by Lenin.

led to propaganda images aimed at educating the people in the 'correct' revolutionary way of thinking.
The colour Red was particularly symbolic as being the blood of the oppressed people.






These two images are Modern in the way they are characterised by their cutting-edge, freshly original designs, a step up from Commercial artwork towards the realms of Graphic Design. A re-thinking in the way communication relates to form, assisting the Russian Revolution in offering a model for an entirely new society. Techniques similar to those used here are still widely used in today's design work.