Editor: Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell, Peter Miles
Publisher: The Royal College of Arts
Publication: 1992, Limited (Estimated under 1000)
Binding: Softcover folded, loose binding
Pages: 8 plus cover board
Size: 295 x 380 opening to 590 x 760
Text: English
FUEL was a seminal, rule-shattering independent magazine created by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell and (initially) Peter Miles & Nick Oates while students and immediately after the Royal College of Art. Now regarded as one of the most important British graphic design artefacts of the early 1990s, it pioneered raw, deconstructed typography and visual anarchy that directly influenced Ray Gun, Designers Republic, Tomato and the entire grunge/grunge movement.
Issue #3 USSR was created on location in Moscow in the chaotic winter of 1991–92, mere months after the Soviet collapse. Murray, Sorrell and Miles smuggled a photocopier into Russia, scavenged local presses and shot crumbling Lenin statues, bootleg ads and newborn street capitalism. Printed black + red on cheap newsprint, it mixed decaying propaganda with explosive new commercial graphics. With no text beyond fragmented Cyrillic and English slogans, USSR transformed FUEL from pure formal experiment into urgent visual anthropology—directly foreshadowing the obsessive Russian-themed books that would define the later FUEL publishing house.
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover/edges.
Standard Postage: Provides 'limited cover' for loss/damage only up to £30GBP. Please select the alternative ‘full cover' option at checkout for more valuable items! Excess shipping charges will be reimbursed. Any import charges/taxes, if incurred, to be covered by the buyer.
5548
