Vool - the wooden laptop stand

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The Dopludo's Collective concept wooden laptop Vool stand we spoke about year ago went to production. Initially designed by collective member Lesha Galkin this piece of eco-design will perfectly fit any friendly house or freelance environment. Check the details and prices on http://vool.me/

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Punk You

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Founded in 2009, Russian design studio "Punk You" based in South Siberia. Now they are proud to be in a first top ten of Russian branding design companies having a good set of award-winning projects in portfolio. Also Punk You organized the first and unique "Fake Advertisement" festival in Russia. We really enjoyed digging their website with a smile put on the face http://www.punk-you.ru

Alex Mikhaylov Europa Plus 2012 idents

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Moscow based art director Alex Mikhaylov created video identity for TV channel of the leading Russian radio.

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Directed by Alex Mikhaylov Production producer: Elena Orlova DoP: Maxim Zhukov Sound: Anna Lavrenko Stylist: Kirill Vychkin Hairs: Leonid Romanov Make up: Savva

Art-director: Alex Mikhaylov CG Supervisor: Max Chelyadnikov Modelling / animation: Alexander Sokolov Lighting / rendering / compositing: Max

Ilya Kazakov illustration

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If you ask what is the state with characters illustration in Russia we'd definitely shows this guy first. Ilya Kazakov one of the most productive illustrator on Russian illustration scene has already completed more than a thousand of works and most of them made for commercial FMCG companies in Russian and overseas.

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Vadim Mahorov extreme photography

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A prove of "What does not kill us makes us stronger" saying: Russian extreme photographer with metal balls - Vadim Mahorov. He "goes to death-defying heights for the perfect shot. While the thrill of scaling buildings, towers and monuments is part of the allure, the dramatic aerial landscapes Vadim captures are absolutely breathtaking." http://dedmaxopka.livejournal.com

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Russian Empire in colour photos

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You might seen the unique set of pioneer colour photos taken by Russian photographer Prokudin-Gorskii a century ago. Here is a new portion presented on BBC.

"This vivid colour photograph is 100 years old, a self-portrait by the Russian aristocrat Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, using a unique photographic technique he developed himself. Prokudin-Gorskii studied chemistry under Mendeleev, the inventor of the periodic table, before travelling to Berlin to study photochemistry.'

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Prokudin-Gorskii took thousands of pictures between 1909-1912 as he toured the Russian empire, armed with a special pass from Tsar Nicholas II. He created a panorama of all the peoples, landscapes, industries and antiquities under Russian possession.

Grand model of Russia

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"Grand Maket" is a scale model (1:87) of Russia covering the country on 200 square meters of permanent interactive (yes, trains are moving and so on) exhibition in Saint-Petersburg. This is a perfect place for kids and parents to spend a day discovering hidden and unusual parts of Russia scaled down and gently spiced with a humor in details. Check their official website. Many thanks to StPete based fashion photographer Daria Markova for materials

UI Packs by Vladimir Kudinov

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Vladimir Kudinov is a super bright UI talent and an example of a good self promotion. How this works he has thousands of appreciations and tons of views on his projects? A simple answer is to do something useful and share it for free or even later for two bucks. Recently Vladimir created a two packs of custom carved and shaped UI design elements suitable for any middle-weight web or mobile project: Futurico and Impressionist. Check them all on http://vladimirkudinov.com/ together with nice design project shipped with Vladimir's crisp style.