There's something about Aleksandr Rodchenko in the graphics created for Moscow-based cult cafe Enthusiast by Russian designer Dima Pantyushin.
The cafe is known for its colourful interior design and its trendy clientele of creative minds, but also for Pantyushin's posters celebrating different events organised in the venue.
The posters are characterised by bold colours, motifs and shapes arranged in a visually striking yet minimalist way that quite often calls to mind the Russian Telegraph Agency (Rosta) propaganda posters of Soviet Russia.
A while back Pantyushin collected the images in a limited edition book, Posters for Motocafe "Enthusiast" 2013-2016, released in 250 copies and featuring 299 of the posters that have become collectors' items for the cafe regulars.
The poster colours and shapes are the inspiration for the A/W 18 collection of Russian design duo Nina Donis. Nina Neretina and Donis Pupis are well-known for favouring clean lines and practical and functional clothes based on a palette of strong and bright colours.
Blue and black, beige and red or white and azure stripes and large dots characterise the new collection: Moscow-based creative minds and fashionistas may see echoes of the Enthusiast posters in the dots (that seem to have become a Nina Donis trademark as well), but the stripes seem to be a combination of the main geometrical motifs in Varvara Stepanova's unisex sport uniforms and the interior decor of Manchester's Haçienda.
One dress collaging a selection of stripes in a variety of colours will definitely call to mind in older fashion fans with a passion for music the Haçienda pillars painted in hazard stripes.
The French terry knee-length dresses and shirts, trousers and tops forming the backbone of the collection feature an artisanal element - elbow pads in contrasting colours hand-painted on the fabric.
There's a bold yet balanced minimalism in the collection, that proves simplicity is often the key to look more striking, but maybe the best thing about the designs is that they are conceived as a Lego building set: you can get different items from the collection and combine them to create a more personal look and style via contrasting and clashing patterns.
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