Constructivism began in Soviet Russia in the early 1920s as a deliberate rejection of art for art's sake. Designers like Alexander Rodchenko argued that visual work should serve a social purpose, and the result was a style built on bold diagonals, flat color, and typography treated as a graphic element. That visual language spread well beyond the USSR, shaping commercial and political design across Europe for decades. The period originals here draw from that full range.