Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Spaces at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin

It is, we’d argue, fair to say that most people in western Europe still have a very stereotypical, skewed, if not prejudiced view of late 20th century design in and from those nations that form the eastern half of the European continent.

With Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Spaces the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, in cooperation with numerous museums and institutions from across eastern Europe, provide an introduction to post-War 20th century architecture and design in and from Croatia, the Czech Republic, East Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine, and in doing so invite us all to begin to approach more probable and more meaningful positions……

(smow) blog compact design tourism special: Croatian Design Superstore, Zadar

In our post from the excellent exhibition Croatian Holiday at Vienna Design Week 2012 we questioned the curators assertion that