In 1920, Vladimir Lenin signed a decree that was to have a monumental effect on artists in post-revolutionary Russia. This decree set out “to prepare master artists of the highest qualifications for industry, and builders and managers for professional-technical education” through the formation of a new art school in Moscow: Vkhutemas (or the Higher Art and Technical Institute). Often referred to as the Soviet Bauhaus, the lesser-known Vkhutemas was to become a center for creative experimentation and debate—and the site of a groundbreaking approach to graphic design pedagogy led by none other than the artist Alexander Rodchenko.
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