Meet the design duo giving new identities to remote Russian cities
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Concrete reverie
Brutalist architecture still dominates many New East cityscapes, a controversial heritage of the socialist past. Now young designers are using these stark, concrete forms as inspiration for a fresh wave of products, from furniture to origami
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