Craft & ethnic influences in contemporary Russian design

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Costume and Textile Design at Ivanovo State Polytechnic University (ISPU)

-Member of the Union of Designers of Russia;

-Member of the Union of Artists of Russia;

 

Kenya is engaged in fashion design, easel graphics, book illustrations.

She was educated as a graphic designer, and gained qualification of an artist-stylist at the Department of Textile Design at the ISPU. She received the master’s degree at the Department of Fashion Design. At the moment he is continuing her postgraduate studies.

Co-author of a youth fashion brand “Other Shores” which is a story of friendship between people with mental disabilities, members of the “White Pomegranate” club and professional designers, where the results of collaboration are creative exhibitions and fashion collections designed from original fabrics, based on drawings by unusual artists.

Ksenya represented Russia at the HEMPEL International Competition as part of China Fashion Week in Beijing. Winner of the all-Russian competition PROfashion masters 2020 and 2021, with “Biomaterial” and “Snow Roses”collections. Winner of the international competition “Admiralty Needle”, St. Petersburg, Grand Prix for the “Biomaterial”collection.

 

 Speech brief:

 “National style in the drawings of Ivanovo cotton chintz. Traditional motives in modern fashion design.”

 

The speech is dedicated to the preservation of folk traditions in the Ivanovo textiles, the school of textile design. The study of the works of young designers based on Russian traditional national motives used in clothing is revealed. The work of individual, most recognizable and striking designers is considered with the analysis of the national motives used, their adaptation and combination with the current trends

Professor of Fashion Design Institute SPbSUITD, Member of the Union of Artists of Russia; Creative director of the «Admiralty Needle» international contest for young designers, fashion designer, graphic designer. 

Winner of Russian and International competitions, laureate and participant of more than 100 exhibitions and fashion shows in Russia, France, Norway, Germany, England, China, Italy, Japan, Finland and Denmark;
Chairman of the jury at «History of Northern identity» (Murmansk, Russia), «International fashion Management forum» (Novosibirsk, Russia), «Siberian brands» (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), jury member of “EFU” European Fashion Union (Budapest – Milan), BUNKA FASHION WEEK (Tokyo), HEMPEL AWARD CONTEST (Beijing). Liubov had implemented more than 60 graphic master-classes, tutorials and lectures on fashion design and project development for students and teaching staff members.

PhD in Cultural studies, associate professor at Built Environment Design Department SPbSUITD.

Deputy director for Project Design at the International Contest for Young Designers “Admiralty Needle”, has implemented design concepts for the Contest events – catwalks and exhibitions.

Concept manager of the Russia-South-East Finland Cross-Border Cooperation Project – Contents for Cross-Cultural Events (С3Е KS 1280), where has implemented joint pedagogical and creative projects with partner universities: hackathons for creative industries, the project “Synesthesia” for the Mikkeli Music Festival, the project “Movable accommodation” – Sea Days in Kotka, International school ProDesign curriculum and others.

Laureate of the St. Petersburg Government Prize (as part of a creative team) for outstanding achievements in the field of higher and secondary vocational education in 2020, the nomination “For special achievements in the field of training creative workers for cultural and art organizations”.

Director of the Institute of Applied Arts,

Head of the Department of Technology of Artistic Processing of Materials and Jewelry,

Member of the Academic Council,

Doctor habil. of Technical Sciences, Professor

Honored Worker of Higher Education.

Member of the Union of Designers of Russia

Member of the Academic Methodological Association in design and technology of artistic processing of materials.

Area of expertise: design of art products, innovative technologies in design, nanotechnology in objects design, decorative and applied arts.

The Institute of Applied Arts chaired by closely cooperates with the city’s museums in the field of restoration of art objects. Students have a unique opportunity to embody their creative ideas in stone and bone carving workshops, mosaics, weaving, jewelry workshops, etc. Their relevance is ensured by the fact that they can create a product project and execute it in the material from idea to implementation.