Design studio Zupagrafika has recreated Brutalist history in paper cut-outs. From Belgrade to Sporto Rumai, the firm's Brutal East craft kit can now be taken home. It lets everyone play and rebuilds the most controversial post-war architectures.
Europe's Brutalist Architectural period has been one of the most questionable construction styles in history. Many agree that it's made to be forgotten, though, the structures' influence on the current designs today isn't something to leave behind.
According to Creative Boom, seven Brutalist Eastern Europe's architectures are being revived now through Zupagrfika's Brutal East art. It is a kit that illustrates paper models of Belgrade, Wroclaw, Chisinau, Kaliningrad, Prague, St. Petersburg, and Vilnius.
Brutal East kit consists of 7 precut papers and cardboards that should be folded to achieve the controversial architectural buildings look. It is a do-it-your-own project that anyone can take over.
The design studio also lets everyone refresh their thoughts regarding the still debatable functionalist design of the buildings. It is through Zupagrafika's bright idea of eco-friendly paper print and cardboards. The places' histories are likewise being revisited through the notes along with the kit.
As stated by Calvert Journal, the Poznan-based design studio has been known for its fondness of notable architectural structures. Just last year, Zupagrafika along with its heads David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka also launched its modernist architectural Matryoshka craft kit.
The same as the Brutal East, the Matryoshka is a sum of paper cut-outs that can be folded and transformed into stunning architectural constructions. To take note, Zupagrafika always has history labels on their recycled crafts. It seems that it also their aim to reacquaint people with it.
To conclude, Zupagrafika's Brutal East and other projects encompass the fun it brings. It just took the job of reliving the architectural structures histories to make people celebrate architecture at its finest, this is simply a work of art.
