Editors: gestalten & Lucia Bondar
Features: Full color, hardcover, stitch bound, 320 pages
Format: 21 × 26 cm, 8 ¼  × 10 ¼  inches
Price: € 39.90 (D)  £ 35  $ 50 (US)
ISBN: 978-3-96704-118-7

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EU PUBLICATION DATE: July 27, 2023
UK PUBLICATION DATE: August 8, 2023
INT PUBLICATION DATE: September 19, 2023
EMBARGO DATE: July 6, 2023

Discover the richness of contemporary creative culture from Ukraine with the best in interior design, architecture, art, photography, and fashion. In the last decade, Ukraine has emerged as a hotbed of contemporary creativity, showcasing impressive contributions in fields such as interior design, fashion, architecture, photography, and art. The young Ukrainian creatives blend traditional crafts, materials, and aesthetics with a modern, cosmopolitan outlook. 

Ukraine Rising showcases the work of top creatives and features expert essays that offer a glimpse into the vibrant people, projects, and innovation the country has to offer. This collaboration with Ukrainian publisher Lucia Bondar is a testament to the creative spirit and energy of Ukrainians and a promise for a better future.

Lucia Bondar is an experienced media manager and publisher, and the founder of CP Publishing. She has been working as a journalist and author for various professional publications for over 10 years. She is the author of numerous books about contemporary Ukrainian culture – design, interior design, art, illustration, photography

To support artists like those featured in Ukraine Rising, gestalten will donate a share of profits from the sale of the book to Ukrainian creative communities.

ABOUT gestalten

gestalten is an international publishing house collaborating and engaging with the world’s most interesting creatives to document and anticipate vital movements in architecture and interiors, design and fashion, escape and mobility, travel, food, and beverage, as well as visual culture.

Exploring creativity in every form, gestalten is known and loved by millions around the globe for its unique lens across print and digital mediums. gestalten also publishes illustrated books for children through its imprint Little gestalten.