The Printing House of the Commune
During the Paris Commune, workers at France’s National Printing House took the same fonts once used by kings and emperors and repurposed them to print the demands of worker rule.
4 Article(s) by: Polina Godz
Polina Godz is a graphic designer at Jacobin. She is from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Ukraine Needs a Global Antiwar Movement
Jacobin‘s Polina Godz, who is from Kharkiv, describes the impact of Putin’s invasion on her home city — and explains why Ukraine needs an international antiwar movement fighting for de-escalation.
Rediscovering Vkhutemas, the Soviet Union’s Revolutionary Art School
Sometimes referred to as the “Soviet Bauhaus,” Vkhutemas featured a radical experiment in student democracy and design that went even further than its German counterpart.
The Irony of Soviet Modernism
How a 1975 blockbuster satirized the spread of a typical high-rise.