the glory of russian costume

A hypothetical 50th anniversary revival of the 1976 MET exhibit: The Glory of Russian Costume. High opulence and bilingual identity create a visual system that harkens to contemporary history.

Instructor: Kelsey Elder

2023

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All patterns for this project were developed on historical Russian pieces from the MET Costume Archives, pulling from their highly ornamental embroidery. All typefaces used in this system have Cyrillic character set support.

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elise raich-chapman is a visual communicationsand interactions designer.

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elise raich-chapman is a visual communications
and interactions designer.