Preparatory design courses for teenagers. Communication design. Available programs and costs

The school of design thinking and industrial design Make School is a children's educational project of the industrial design studio Make Fabrication Studio. The studio provides industrial design, prototyping and small-scale production services using modern digital technologies, develops and launches products of its own design, is a regular participant in festivals dedicated to innovation and modern technologies (Geek Picnic, Maker’s Fair, Science Festival). The “Make” Center for Youth Innovative Creativity operates on the basis of the studio.

The Make Fabrication Studio team conducts training courses and master classes on object design and digital production at the Flacon design factory, and participated in the development and implementation of educational programs for the Detail School of Design, Lomonosov Schools, and a summer camp at Bauman University.

“Grandfather is the editor-in-chief of Yeralash, dad is a famous director, but no one has cast me in a movie.”

Make Fabrication Studio is the first and only Certified Inventor Club Leader in Russia of the LittleBits company (www.littlebits.cc) - one of the leaders in STEAM education. The partnership provides an opportunity for School students to become members of the global LittleBits community. Students can share their inventions on the company’s international online platform, learn from practitioners in their field, share their projects with people from all over the world and participate in design challenges.

Why is industrial design promising?

The main task of industrial design is to “package” complex and increasingly complex technologies into an object that is understandable and easily used by users.
Changes are constantly taking place in this area. Modern technologies(artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of things, biomimicry) give designers the opportunity to practically limit their imagination when creating new things. In the future, the world will move from the traditional linear economy (resources-production-use-disposal) to a circular economy (more rational, reuse of resources, the concept of use instead of the concept of ownership). Examples of such innovative companies are Uber, AirBnb, etc.

And in the future, when creating a new product (or redesigning an existing one), the industrial designer, already at the beginning of development, will need to think about how the product will be used after it fails or becomes obsolete. This affects the choice of materials, design elements, packaging, and user experience design. Therefore, today it is necessary to rethink the design of almost all existing objects and systems.

What is design thinking and why is it needed?

Design thinking is a method of creating new products and services that are centered on people and their needs. This approach allows you to effectively create new products that will not gather dust on the shelves like unnecessary inventions, but will be in demand by the market.
During classes at Make School, students:
— get acquainted with design thinking techniques and try to apply them in practice while working on their projects;
— create prototypes of inventions from scrap materials and using rapid prototyping tools (LittleBits electrical blocks), which are used today by well-known international companies such as Google X, Ideo, SAP, TechStars, etc.;
— how real industrial designers use sketchbooks to record their ideas and search for inspiration; they keep Invention Journals, which reflect all stages of work on projects;
— participate in international design challenges from the LittleBits company and learn to present their projects.

Classes take place:
design factory "Flacon", B. Novodmitrovskaya str. 36, building 26
Junior School, Ostrovityanova str., 5
Library No. 91, Entuziastov Highway, 78k1

The International School of Design invites teenagers who want to get an education in the field of Design to study in order to subsequently connect their life and professional activities with this field.

All disciplines taught at our school are related to design and are aimed at obtaining basic skills in this area and developing creative thinking.

Who can become a listener

Most of the School's programs are designed for adults, but there are also special classes for teenagers over 12 years old. These are intensive courses and master classes for school-aged children who are already thinking about their future profession and are actively interested in questions about:

• what do professional designers do?
• what areas of design are especially in demand in the modern market;
• how to develop artistic taste and learn to combine colors;
• how to stylishly decorate your room;
• how you can visualize your ideas using layouts, drawings and computer programs.

Even unprepared students who are just beginning their journey of getting to know this field will feel comfortable in design courses for teenagers. The main thing is an interest in design and a desire to learn new things in a creative team of like-minded people.

How the training works

For teenagers, the School’s teachers have developed several interesting programs, including one-time master classes and full-fledged courses, including 10–20 two-hour lessons.

During the summer holidays, high school students (10 and 11) will be able to take part in the Summer Intensive, which is designed specifically for creative teenagers who want to get to know the design profession and its main areas. Guys in class:

• gain an understanding of composition, color theory and the history of styles;
• master design drawing skills;
• learn to make collages;
• will take part in master classes on developing creativity.

All lessons are conducted at our School in Moscow. The course includes theoretical and practical blocks, as well as live broadcasts from London, during which our teacher, designer and creative director of the WK School of Art & Design, Elena Lazareva, will tell the students how to increase their creative potential and become a real generator of ideas.

As you know, the word design has been quite firmly established in the Russian language for a long time. It denotes both the process of activity and its result. The fact is that English translation This word has very many meanings: design is a drawing, a sketch, and a plan, and this word can also be translated as a verb - to draw, to invent, and so on. Be that as it may, this term denotes something creative, something that is clearly aimed at improving or decorating reality.

Studios, houses and schools of creative development invite interested boys and girls to classes, lectures and master classes, where competent and experienced teachers will share the secrets of the profession, teach children to create and design things with their own hands, and cultivate aesthetic taste. Even the youngest children are happy to join in the process and develop fine motor skills, thinking, and creativity.

Designers are in demand in many areas of modern society: it’s not for nothing that many universities train professionals who can work in various fields - for example, designers of interiors, clothing, industrial premises, landscapes, etc. Often, the skills acquired in childhood help children to better understand all the intricacies and the secrets of this direction of creativity according to the laws of beauty.

Landscape design of a kindergarten: thinking about safety

The courtyards of kindergartens, as a rule, should not only be beautiful, but also safe for children. One of the main tips for those who are designing their territories is that instead of filling the area with concrete, it is better to sow it with grass. Preschoolers often cannot stand on their feet during active games, and the grass will soften their fall. In addition, it is an environmentally friendly material, the costs of which are quite low. Outdoor team games (basketball, volleyball) require wooden flooring - this is also an environmentally friendly and inexpensive way to improve the design of the territory. You shouldn’t get carried away with planting a large number of flowers: children can accidentally damage them and disrupt the integrity of the composition. And, of course, you cannot plant plants that can prick children (for example, roses, but this is of little use in the northern latitudes of Russia). Rubberized or plastic figures, as well as artificial grass, are also safe objects. But it is important that these materials are of high quality and non-toxic.

How to develop design skills in a preschooler with applied tasks

When performing applied tasks, children must realize that the fruit of their labor must be noticeable and implemented in real life. Therefore, the goals become specific: for example, to create a poster for a festival, a business card or an interior design element. It would be wrong if what a boy or girl creates simply lies on the shelf. At the same time, children can independently arrange elements and apply new knowledge and skills. Moreover, experiments and flights of fancy are encouraged - many adults can be amazed at the creative thinking of kids!

What are closed and open compositions?

Not only the future artist and graphic artist, but also the designer should be familiar with the basics of composition. What are they? There are closed and open. The first (which can also be called static or closed) embodies the ideas of solidity, steadfastness, stability and immobility. It is characterized by the main directions of lines directed towards the center, construction according to the shape of popular geometric objects, taking into account symmetry. The closed composition has a clear external contour. And the open composition gives a feeling of space, freedom, “air”. The lines in this case are directed not towards the center, but away from it. Often there is not one compositional node, but several, and a peculiar rhythm is felt.

The International School of Design is the first professional institution in Russia that provides specialized training for specialists in the field of design. In order to develop good taste, creative thinking, perseverance and talent in this area, we accept children from 12 years of age for training. Short-term courses are conducted face-to-face at our School in Moscow.

Who is the course suitable for?

The training programs are designed for those who have been interested in drawing since childhood, have unconventional creative thinking and are actively interested in such areas as:

• fashion;
• Interior Design;
• landscape design;
• subject design.

Our students are school-aged children who have already decided or are just thinking about choosing a profession and dream of trying their hand at a popular and very interesting field of activity.

Features of teaching

Master classes and intensive courses allow you to immerse yourself in the world of design, look at familiar things from a different angle, and develop your creative potential. During classes, children:

• master various decorative techniques,
• learn everything about color, shape and composition,
• learn to develop independently,
• get acquainted with interesting people, will find like-minded people and new friends.

The School's teachers are practicing specialists in the field of design. They have many years of teaching experience and develop programs taking into account the interests and age characteristics of the audience, trying to make classes not only rich in content, but also exciting.

During lessons, children personally communicate with teachers, and also have the opportunity to try learning in a modern interactive format by joining live broadcasts from London. The webinars are conducted by our teacher and author of interior design courses, creative director of the WK School of Art & Design - Elena Lazareva. Her lectures are aimed at developing creativity and increasing creative potential, which will help the child become a real generator of ideas in any field of activity.

Available programs and costs

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