Discovering Utopia: Lost Archives of Soviet Design offered a glimpse into an idealised world created by Soviet designers that, for the most part, never left the space of their workshops. In the Soviet Union, designers developed daring projects that were inspired by 'utopian' visions of the future. The Russian installation, presented as a rediscovered archive, told the story of the forgotten projects created at the All-Union Soviet Institute of Technical Aesthetics (VNIITE) and Soviet Design Studios (SHKB) between the 1960s and 1980s. The institute brought together designers, sociologists, philosophers, cultural and art historians, working at the forefront of design theory and research.
- Administering Body: Moscow Design Museum
- Design Team: Stepan Lukyanov (designer); Olga Druzhinina, Natalia Goldchteine, Ekaterina Shapkina (administrators)
- Curator: Alexandra Sankova
- Supporting Bodies: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; ROSTEC Corporation; United Engine Corporation; TASS Russian News Agency; The Art Newspaper Russia; Russia Beyond the Headlines