Ушац / Ushats Today I'm going to share with you a fun story about one brand, which was born in the walls of my architectural institute in Moscow. It was about half a century ago, when one student with a surname Ushats came quite early to his drawing class. Of course, he chose the best easel of all available in the room (and I need to mention that easels in my institute are and, seems like always were, very old and shaky) and then left the class to walk in the institute. When he came back, by the beginning of the class, he realized that someone occupied his easel. Ushats approached to the person, who set at it and told: "This is my easel, I've chosen it before you". The other student responded: "Why is it yours? Is it written somewhere on the easel? It is not your easel, and I won't give it to you." So, Ushats failed to return it back and had to be content with a decrepit easel. Ok, the next time Ushats again was the first person for the drawing class, and again he had chosen the best easel; however, this time he wrote his name on it, so that no one could "steal it"… and left the room. When he came back by the time of the beginning of the class, he noticed that all the easels in the room were signed by his surname, and again his easel was occupied. I don't know, what happened later that day, but since that time it became popular among the students of my Institute to write "Ushats" ( in Russian - Ушац) everywhere: on walls, tables, chairs, diverse buildings around the world. As Wikipedia states, these signs are on the Eiffel tower in Paris and many other famous buildings and structures. I personally saw it in a small Russian city, written on a stair in a park. So, if you ever see this name somewhere in an unexpected place, you are already aware of the history of its appearance! Ushatz died in 2012; he worked as an architect, but not many people know it; everybody knows the legend, which is linked with his surname. Thank you for this fun and romantic tradition, Mikhail Ushats!