Kosmograd
@kosmograd.bsky.social
Mostly thinking about: Suprematism, Disurbanism, speculative design, UX, landscape painting, electronica, board games, music, the Wolves.
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🚨 My latest blog post is on Bergpolderflat, Rotterdam - the 1934 modernist scheme that revolutionised social housing and provided the prototype of the postwar slab block:
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November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨 My latest blog post is on Bergpolderflat, Rotterdam - the 1934 modernist scheme that revolutionised social housing and provided the prototype of the postwar slab block:
municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/h...
municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/h...
I explained very clearly to the dog that the clocks were going back last night, but there she goes whining at 7 o’clock
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I explained very clearly to the dog that the clocks were going back last night, but there she goes whining at 7 o’clock
I used to think the line in the nursery rhyme Row, row, row your boat was “life’s a butter dream” and I’m still convinced it’s vastly superior
September 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I used to think the line in the nursery rhyme Row, row, row your boat was “life’s a butter dream” and I’m still convinced it’s vastly superior
The irony of having a loyalty card for every single supermarket
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The irony of having a loyalty card for every single supermarket
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Ten days to reach our goal. Pledge to our crowdfunder and help bring this important book to life. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/modernist-...
August 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ten days to reach our goal. Pledge to our crowdfunder and help bring this important book to life. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/modernist-...
The spiders in our house come for the flies, but stay for the tunes
July 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The spiders in our house come for the flies, but stay for the tunes
What no Valentina Kulagina?
June 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What no Valentina Kulagina?
Hertzog and de Meuron
June 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hertzog and de Meuron
“oranges and lemons” starts off with a quaint fruit/church rhyming couplet and ends with a brutal beheading. WTF? #nurseryrhymes
June 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“oranges and lemons” starts off with a quaint fruit/church rhyming couplet and ends with a brutal beheading. WTF? #nurseryrhymes
BBC Sport website consists almost entirely of articles about Man Utd.
June 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
BBC Sport website consists almost entirely of articles about Man Utd.
The image accompanying this article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... on the BBC website about Swinfen Hall prison has either got an amazing trompe-l'œil decoration, insane light and shadow casting, or got some kind of Suprematist watermark overlay. Any ideas?
Swinfen Hall prison lockdowns harming rehabilitation - families
The BBC speaks to families of criminals in a prison where there have been serious outbreaks of violence.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The image accompanying this article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... on the BBC website about Swinfen Hall prison has either got an amazing trompe-l'œil decoration, insane light and shadow casting, or got some kind of Suprematist watermark overlay. Any ideas?
Giro d'Italia will go right past Villa La Rotonda on way into Vicenza today. Bellissimo! #giroditalia #palladio
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Giro d'Italia will go right past Villa La Rotonda on way into Vicenza today. Bellissimo! #giroditalia #palladio
Ah, the 7 o’clock sound of wheelie bins being trundled down driveways #soundofthesuburbs
May 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ah, the 7 o’clock sound of wheelie bins being trundled down driveways #soundofthesuburbs
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Following the next BBC charter review, each series of a house through time will end with a chance to pay to win the house.
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Following the next BBC charter review, each series of a house through time will end with a chance to pay to win the house.
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30 days volume 6 №3
soviet illustrated monthly
1930
#art
#avantgarde
#constructivism
#illustration
#graphicdesign
#typography
#literature
#fiction
#science
soviet illustrated monthly
1930
#art
#avantgarde
#constructivism
#illustration
#graphicdesign
#typography
#literature
#fiction
#science
April 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
30 days volume 6 №3
soviet illustrated monthly
1930
#art
#avantgarde
#constructivism
#illustration
#graphicdesign
#typography
#literature
#fiction
#science
soviet illustrated monthly
1930
#art
#avantgarde
#constructivism
#illustration
#graphicdesign
#typography
#literature
#fiction
#science
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April 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Malevich's Arkhitektons and Planits finally getting the attention they deserve: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254890.... #suprematism
The Additional Element in Architecture
Among the Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich’s most intriguing works, the arkhitektons are also the most enigmatic, as these quasi-architectur...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Malevich's Arkhitektons and Planits finally getting the attention they deserve: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254890.... #suprematism
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Burning City, 1920's by Gerardo Dottori (1884 – 1977) an Italian Futurist painter. Dottori's principal output was the representation of landscapes and visions of Umbria, mostly viewed from a great height.
#futurist #ArtHistory #art
#futurist #ArtHistory #art
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Burning City, 1920's by Gerardo Dottori (1884 – 1977) an Italian Futurist painter. Dottori's principal output was the representation of landscapes and visions of Umbria, mostly viewed from a great height.
#futurist #ArtHistory #art
#futurist #ArtHistory #art
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I've been meaning to do this for some time, and it's probably a very niche subject, but here's a Warrington-Runcorn bibliography for you. warringtonruncorn.com/news/a-warri...
A Warrington-Runcorn bibliography – Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
warringtonruncorn.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I've been meaning to do this for some time, and it's probably a very niche subject, but here's a Warrington-Runcorn bibliography for you. warringtonruncorn.com/news/a-warri...
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Header image choice is so very sweet
"The only way to guarantee real housing abundance is deep public support, adding state capacity to build+maintain a home for everyone. Something analogous goes for health care+food clean air+water parks schools transit news universities science museums+worthwhile art"
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
What’s the Matter with Abundance? | Malcolm Harris
“Abundance” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is new packaging for a tried-and-failed attempt to escape from history on a rocket ship.
thebaffler.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Header image choice is so very sweet
A delicious breakfast of crunchy nut paracetamol
March 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A delicious breakfast of crunchy nut paracetamol
The next edition of Lost Edges, my newsletter about my journey as an artist (Suprematist landscapes, mostly) is going out tomorrow. Sign up here: martingittins.eo.page/z3vsm
#suprematism #painting #landscapeartist
#suprematism #painting #landscapeartist
March 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The next edition of Lost Edges, my newsletter about my journey as an artist (Suprematist landscapes, mostly) is going out tomorrow. Sign up here: martingittins.eo.page/z3vsm
#suprematism #painting #landscapeartist
#suprematism #painting #landscapeartist
Next year’s Super Bowl half time show performer: William Basinski #disintegrationloops #Superbowl
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Next year’s Super Bowl half time show performer: William Basinski #disintegrationloops #Superbowl
Good haul from Mrs Lofthouse’s Emporium in Scarbs this weekend, including these two #pietoudolf #constructivism www.mrslofthouse.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Good haul from Mrs Lofthouse’s Emporium in Scarbs this weekend, including these two #pietoudolf #constructivism www.mrslofthouse.co.uk
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January 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM