Back in print: Fuel's highly popular collection of improvised implements and homespun tools from Soviet Russia

Featuring a redesigned cover, Home Made Russia compiles over 220 artefacts of Soviet culture, each accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function and the materials used to create it. The Vladimir Arkhipov collection includes hundreds of objects created with often idiosyncratic functional qualities, made for use both inside and outside the home, such as a tiny bathtub plug carefully fashioned from a boot heel; a back massager made from an old wooden abacus; a road sign used as a street cleaner's shovel; and a doormat made from beer bottle tops.

Home Made Russia presents a unique picture of a critical period of transition, as the Soviet regime crumbled but was yet to be replaced with a new system. Each of these objects is a window, not only into the life of its creator, but also the situation of the country at this time. Shortages in stores were commonplace, while wages might be paid in goods, or simply not paid at all. These exceptional circumstances lent themselves to a singular type of ingenuity, respectfully documented in intimate detail by Vladimir Arkhipov.

来自FUEL出版社的备受欢迎的苏俄简易工具和家纺工具集。

本书采用了重新设计的封面，汇编了220多件苏联文化的工艺品，每件都附有创作者的照片、工艺品的创作故事、其功能和用于制造该物品的材料。弗拉基米尔·阿尔希波夫（Vladimir Arkhipov）的藏品包括数百件具有特定功能的物品，这些物品是为家庭内外使用而制作的，例如用靴子跟精心制作的小浴缸塞子；用旧木算盘制作的背部按摩器；用作街道清洁工铲子的路标；以及用啤酒瓶盖制作的门垫。

本书展示了一幅过渡时期的独特画面，当时苏维埃政权已经崩溃，但还没有被新的制度所取代。这些物品中的每一件都是一个窗口，展示的不仅是其创造者的生活，也是这个时期国家的状况。商店短缺是司空见惯的事，而工资可能以货物形式支付，或者干脆不支付。这些特殊情况催生了一种奇特的创造力，弗拉基米尔·阿尔希波夫对其进行了详细的记录。