Vintage Design Gift Mug 

This mug honors the 1989 publication of "Collection of Materials on the Ukrainian Problem", which addressed practical issues of how cultural appropriation and subjugation of Ukrainian identity could be addressed after liberation from Soviet constraints. This collection was published in POLAND, where Ukrainians had more freedom to contemplate such issues. Interesting to note that is was published at the height of "Glasnost" a period of easing restrictions in the U.S.S.R. Bring a splash of Ukrainian history home and help support a cultural revival.

Literature and books of all kinds are sacred for many Ukrainians as their language was banned on their land for centuries by imperialist policies designed to eradicate their national identity. Ukrainians did not give up, instead working with diaspora communities to produce books that would document their culture and quest for freedom. Being aesthetically inclined, Ukrainians viewed book covers as art and many of the finest examples have been documented in archives available publicly. I have selected a few designs to create souvenirs of this noble effort.