Well-Designed Relations”
Cold War Design Exchanges between Brussels and Moscow in the Early 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12922269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katarina Serulus (0009-0008-8967-5835, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-165 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Design and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-7075 • E-ISSN: 1754-7083 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17547075.2017.1326231 |
| OpenAlex | W2739998538 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
The importance of design in Cold War diplomacy is widely acknowledged in historical accounts. High-profile international exhibitions and industrial shows were prominent battlegrounds where the United States and the Soviet Union locked horns on living standards and consumption regimes. Instead of examining these sites of confrontation, this article examines the lesser-known design exchanges between Brussels and Moscow in the early 1970s. Not only were the commercial prospects of the Cold War détente of paramount importance to this interaction beyond the Iron Curtain, but also the far-flung network of prominent design personalities beyond governmental structures. It was especially through the transnational network of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) that the East and West design scenes could meet
Archaeology · Cold war · Diplomacy · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Exhibition · Iron Curtain · Political science · Politics · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Law · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
Selling the American Dream
The Domestic Information Machine
From Enigma to Enemy
Go-Between
Accommodating ‘design’
Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West
Sputnik Goes to Brussels
The American Design Adventure
Irresistible Empire
Cold War on the Home Front
Soviet Design
The Weakening of Ideological Influences upon Soviet Design
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |