Moscow Archive

Rebranded by Ilya Kalimulin

Pin It Ilya Kalimuli is a Moscow-based designer who decided to redesign a couple of famous brands. His work is clever, funny, and practically oozing with creativity. A McDonald’s laptop, M&M bullets, Adobe beauty products, Dropbox specimen cups, Heinz blood products (still in 57 varieties), Tic Tac time bombs, a holey Crocs umbrella, and my […]

Handmade Pixels – Portraits by Alexander Khokhlov and Valeriya Kutsan

Pin It Alexander Khokhlov is a Moscow based photographer who collaborated with make-up artist extraordinaire Valeriya Kutsan to create the series “2D Or Not 2D”. The series features powerful black-and-white designs painted right into the model’s face, as well as colorful designs that pop out and fool the viewer into thinking they’re looking at a […]

A Man and His Moon – Installation by Leonid Tishkov

Pin It Leonid Tishkov is a Moscow-based doctor who has spent the last ten years traveling around with his very own crescent moon. The moon is actually just a lamp he created for a contemporary art festival. He took the moon home with him and the rest, as they say, is history. What he does, […]

Comic Caricatures by Baydakov Aleksey

Pin It Baydakov Aleksey is a Russian artist who has a wonderful way with caricatures. His cartoon caricatures of the stereotypical mobster, cop, and sailor not only captures their very essence, it also has a humorous twist. Aleksey’s may have drawn them a little out of proportion, but proportion is the last thing you’d expect […]

Living Canvas – Tattoos by Den Yakovlev

Pin It Human skin is a difficult medium as it tends to stretch and sag over time. Tattoo artists have come a long way since the art started several thousand years ago. These days, tattoos are colored, shaded, and some are even life-like. TAttoo artist Den Yakovlevhas been making waves in his native Russia with […]

Silence of the Bunnies – Wacky Illustrations by Ekaterina Frolova

Pin It Kate Frolova is a freelance illustrator from Moscow. She also goes by the name Ekaterina Frolova in some of her artistic accounts in the web. She is known for her wacky and highly cartoonish illustrations. Menacing pumpkins, worm-eating-apples and nectar-swilling bees are but a small part of her repertoire. My favorite is the […]

Moscow Cathedrals – Origami by Sergei Tarasov

Pin It Sergei Tarasov is an art teacher who spent the better part of a year origami replicas of Moscow’s cathedrals. Over ten thousand sheets of A4 paper were hand-folded to create these amazing replicas. Sergei is a perfectionist. He has disassembled his work several times when he was unhappy with the way it was […]

Ads With Attitude- Art by Max Kostenko

Pin It Max Kostenko is a character designer from Moscow. He has worked with some of the biggest brand names in the world including VISA, Wallstreet Journal, Mercedes, Volkswagen, and Chanel. Looking at his work, you can certainly see why they’d hire him. His art is fanciful and yet, goes straight to the point. It […]

Utopia vs Dystopia – Digital Landscapes by Andrey S. Obryvalin

Pin It These dramatic utopian and post-apocalyptic landscapes are the digital masterpieces of Moscow-based artist Andrey S. Obryvalin. All of them are based on the artist’s own flights of fancy, but the photo-realistic makes them feel very real indeed. Andrey has been working  in the advertising industry for years, mostly in graphic design. This experience […]

Eagle’s Eye View – Photographs by Vitaly “Skywalker” Raskalov

Pin It Vitaly “Skywalker” Raskalov is a Moscow-based photographer who has taken his craft to new heights. Literally. He loves climbing the tallest structures he can find and taking awesome shots from the top. This guy must’ve been a bird in his former life. No harnesses, no tethers, no ropes, just balls. People with vertigo […]

Trippin’ On Tea by Andrew Gorkovenko

Pin It Andrew  Gorkovenko’s packaging design for Triptea is simply tea-rrific.  TripTea is a one of the rare brands which takes a closer look at its own product. They wanted their packaging to embody the product itself in a new and creative way. Andrew, a Moscow-based advertising designer, decided to illustrate easily recognizable scenery from […]

Andre Kohn’s Figurative Impressionism

Pin It Andre Kohn is one of today’s most prominent leader of figurative impressionism. The only child of artistically gifted parents, his talent was nurtured in the halls of the University of Moscow where he studied with the last generation of Russian Impressionist. In his first year of college, Kohn’s burgeoning gift earned him a […]

Strange Human Portraits by Oleg Dou

Pin It Oleg Dou is living in Moscow, Russia. He said he was not only a photographer but rather an artist-photographer. He was awarded several times and had his work exposed in many big cities like Paris or Los Angeles.  His portraits show people dehumanized, and make us feel ill at ease. But, there is […]