Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

All images courtesy of Nikita Anokhin

St. Petersburg-based designer Nikita Anokhin references the industrial, streamlined architecture that populated much of Soviet-era Russia in his functional home goods. Based on the iconic Brezhnevka complexes, Anokhin’s plywood and concrete lamps are comprised of multiple stories of conformist features, including angular balconies and rows of tall windows. Each contains tiny, multi-colored LED lights that illuminate the individual apartments and reveal miniature domestic scenes unfolding within. Similarly bulky and constructivist, the small, concrete planters are based on Khrushchevka and the round buildings on Nezhinskaya Street in Moscow.

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Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

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