Designer Harry Nuriev Finds Inspiration in the Fanciful Downspouts of His Russian Hometown

These handcrafted, intricate downpipes offer a wellspring of ideas.
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I grew up in a rural town in southwest Russia, Stavropol. We didn’t have magazines. We didn’t really have any art museums. We didn’t have Internet. I got my first computer in my twenties. But my sense of curiosity was always very strong, and I would create my own version of reality and intertwine it with "normal" reality.

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