Faculty of Design

About the Faculty

Maryna KOLOSNICHENKO

Dean of the Faculty of Design, Doctor of Engineering, professor

Address:

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Faculty of Design
2, Nemirovicha-Danchenko St.
Kyiv 01011
Ukraine

Faculty Office: academic building 1, room 399

Phone number: +38044-256-29-33

e-mail: fd@knutd.edu.ua

Students are trained according to original programs that meet the standards of the designers’ international training. The training is conducted by leading experts in the field of design: corresponding members of academies, doctors and candidates of science and art history, professors, associate professors, honoured art workers, members of the artistic unions of designers and artists of Ukraine.

Graduates of the faculty have the opportunity to implement their knowledge and skills both in the field of modelling business and fashion business, and in a wide range of design and artistic activities: technical design, advertising and exhibition business, decorating activities, interior design and web design, architectural and printing activities.Graduates of the faculty of design are now working in different spheres of design in Ukraine and abroad (Russia, Baltic countries, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Moldova, China, Vietnam, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, Mongolia and others).

Many of the graduates are widely known fashion designers (Liliia Pustovit, Diana Dorozhkina, Tetiana Zemskova, Olena Vorozhbit, Anzhela Lysytsia, Aina Hasse, Iryna Karavai, Natali Ruden and others), highly qualified specialists in the field of advertising, corporate identity, interior design, and teachers of higher educational institutions.

Departments

Artistic Designing of Costume

Interior and Furniture Design

Design

Drawing and Painting

Ergonomics and Fashion Designing

The faculty includes the following departments:

1. Artistic designing of costume (graduate) – PhD, professor, head of the department T. Nikolaieva.

2. Design (graduate) – PhD, associate professor, head of the department V. Ovcharek.

3. Interior and furniture design (graduate) – PhD, professor, head of the department O. Safronova.

4. Drawing and painting (graduate) – PhD, associate professor, head of the department K. Cherniavskyi.

5. Ergonomics and fashion designing (graduate) – PhD, associate professor, head of the department N. Ostapenko.

The faculty trains bachelors and masters according to the following majors and master’s training programs:

graduate – the department of artistic designing of costume:

1) fashion design

2) styling and hairdressing

3) design of brand products

graduate – the department of drawing and painting:

1) graphic design

2) brandname design

graduate – the department of design:

1) textile design

2) design of textile products

3) photo&video design

4) web design

5) motion design

graduate – the department of interior and furniture design:

1) computer-aided interior and furniture design

2) landscape design

graduate – the department of ergonomics and fashion designing:

1) Styling, design and artistic finishing of light industry products

2) accessories and jewellery design

History

Kyiv national University of technologies and design, as one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine, has conducted a high-quality training of fashion designers, production engineers of clothing, footwear, and knitwear manufacture in the field of light industry since 1930. It has become the center of Ukrainian design education for fashion designers training.

The faculty of design was established in 2000 and it helped develop art successfully at the technological higher educational establishment. Students have an opportunity to get profound knowledge of a future occupation, which gives a chance to have excellent skills in modern artistic techniques for the full development of your own abilities in real-life designs.

The faculty management is going to expand research and artistic activities while keeping up the best traditions of the faculty and university as a whole.

The development of artistic and design majors at the fourth level technical educational institution emphasises the peculiarity of training, their focus on the fundamental development of professional skills and ability to solve complex tasks in high-level designing.

Faculty Administration

Deputy Dean

Stanislav Prasol

Tel: 256-29-33

Deputy Dean

Natalia Chuprina

Tel: 256-29-33

Deputy Dean

Tetiana Strumins’ka

Tel: 256-29-33

Secretary

Tamara Galagan

Tel: 256-29-33.

Secretary

Victоria Eliseeva

Tel: 256-29-33

Study Programmes

Bachelor degree study programmes

Study programme:	Design (for the species)
Degree:	Bachelor of Arts
Prescribed period of study:	8 semesters (4 years)	4 semesters (2 years)	6 semesters (3 years)
ECTS Credits:	240	180	180
Language of the study course:	Ukrainian/ English
Program aim	Forming and development of general and professional competences in area of design, sent to the receipt by a student of knowledge, abilities and skills in process at planning and creation of certain image of design objects, mastering of receptions and principles of integration of artistic, culturological, structurally-functional and technological parameters of planning of certain spatial good, complex design objects or design-projects
Learning outcomes:	Basic ideas about confectioning and marketing as of basis of consumer necessity on design objects and articles Basic ideas about the main and additional constituents of planning Basic ideas about the system of planning of design objects, features of design-projecting of separate objects and their complexes Free possessing of receptions of academic drawing, of conformity to law, rules and receptions of reflection of spatial form in the real and virtual planes Free possessing the receptions of the spatial plastic arts presentation in virtual and real planes Possessing basic knowledge and methods of organization of project and graphic environment, descriptions of materials and instruments, and also of features of different graphic facilities Possessing facilities of analysis of historical tendencies and modern problems of development of design, progressive experience of professional activity with the purpose of introduction of project innovations Possessing the methods of analysis of factors of influence on artistic and project directions forming Possessing the modern design systems and technologies Realization of optimal choice of instruments and adaptations for implementation of different types of project works, taking into account the individual aspects of project task Providing of culture of planning processes (progressive technology, rational organization of labour, business communication, office works etc.) Ability of using the graphic-spatial language that was formed on the basis of all project experience of humanity and on last achievements of computer technologies in the artistic planning and project graphic arts Capacity for determination of factors of influence of different materials properties on work with a form Capacity for introduction of methodology of transformation of characters and images of cultural heritage of humanity in creative designer intentions Knowledge of requirements for development of the sign systems, combinatoric methods of creation of forms with the purpose of development of visual and informative projects Modern ideas about the aesthetic requirements of design Modern ideas about the methods of projecting and modelling in design system Modern ideas about an in-spatial environment as artistic system; structure, varieties of elements and connections in this system Forming of skills of project conception development; consideration of the system of project culture in design Rapid and clear project job processing by means of various computer technologies

Study programme:	Styling, design and artistic finishing of light industry products
Degree:	Fashion designer / Technologist
Prescribed period of study:	Full-time 8 semesters (4 years)	Accelerated 4 semesters (2 years)
ECTS Credits:	240	120
Language of the study course:	Ukrainian
Programme aim	Formation and development of general and professional competences in the area of styling, designing and artistic finishing of light industry products focused on acquiring of ability to possess the modern and advanced methods of designing of the design projects of clothes of different types and purposes taking into account the utilitarian and technical, and artistic and aesthetic parameters
Learning outcomes:	Ability to demonstrate knowledge and practical skills in realization of design projects of light industry products taking into accountthe qualitative modification “sketch - design and technological solution - finished product” Ability to demonstrate knowledge of project methods for theoretical and practical work, classical and innovative technology for organization and management of design project activity Ability to demonstrate theoretical and experimental skills of taking into consideration the properties and structures of different materials (fabrics, knitting fabrics, leather, fur, etc.) at designing of the light industry products Mastering the practical skills for use different graphical methods and techniques of arrangement in artistic designing of women’s, men’s and kids’ clothes and other light industry products Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the legislative and regulatory documents concerning designing, realization and implementation of models of clothes into industrial processes, fashion industry and clothes systems Ability to demonstrate knowledge and practical skills in designing and manufacturing of garments, their analysis and comparative evaluation, substantiation of rational methods of processing of parts and knots used in technical process of manufacturing of garments Ability to demonstrate skills in selection of garment manufacture equipment taking into account the technological properties of material for the manufacture of items of different kinds Ability to apply knowledge and understandingof the creative and compositional thinking, aesthetic taste in the process of designingof artistic systems of models of clothes (ensemble, wardrobe, collection, etc.) Ability to use modern and advanced methods of designing of clothes of different silhouette and volumetric and dimensional forms taking into account the main rules of composition and paste forming properties of materials Ability to demonstrate on a basic level the knowledge and understanding of the design project activity, analysis and development of new models and styling of the previously created models of clothes for various purposes taking into account the utilitarian and technical, and artistic and aesthetic and economic parameters of requirements Ability to demonstrate high practical skills in drawing the details of clothing design of different range and for various purposes, the ability to obtain the result within a limited time and with a focus on professional critical evaluation of quality Mastering the practical skills for carrying out project design works while creating the models of clothes for industrial implementation Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills in creating the structure of items for various purposes

Master degree study programmes

Study programme:	Design (for the species)
Degree:	Master of Design
Prescribed period of study:	3 semesters (1 year 6 months)	4 semesters (2 years)
ECTS Credits:	90	120
Language of the study course:	Ukrainian/ English
Program aim	Forming and development of general and professional competences in area of design, that is sent to the receipt by a student capabilities to use the methods of the semantic and social filling of project, project methodologies of theoretical and practical work, essence of heuristic methods of work, maintenance of the stages of preliminary and project activity, requirements to planning of multilevel design complexes
Learning outcomes:	Ability to analyse efficiency of the used receptions and facilities of development, artistic qualities and characteristics of the completed task Ability to carry out a technological analysis on the basis of materials research for presentation of design product Ability to control the observance of selected technology for realization of authorial original Ability to ground theoretical expediency and practical efficiency of introduction of project analysis results in development of design projects and complex design objects Ability to work out the technological conception of design process, conditioned by a project task Possessing the research and practice methods of realization of creative information in design activity Ability to use progressive methodologies and receptions of planning, that take into account psychological features A capacity for organization of research and methodical analysis of typology and associativeness in tectonics and construction of form Ability to gather additionally and apply the various types of scientific methods of information treatment, produce treatment and analytical interpretation of information, summarize the results of research in project activity Ability to apply complex approach at the decision of conceptual tasks of planning Sense of locality in modern tendencies and necessities of society with the aim of their use in modern design industry Ability of development of project task and aim, and their explication, as of the row of project tasks in creation of new design objects Knowledge of bases of prognostication of perspective forms and design objects development Knowledge of typology and methods of design projects organization Knowledge and ability of the rational use in professional activity base ideas about existent materials and instruments for a design, modern information technologies etc. A synthesis of project decisions on the basis of introduction of results of pre-project analysis Creation of original layuots of synthetic design objects as finished design product Modern ideas about forming of design-planning process, main project stages and methodologies of implementation of their constituents that provide successive and quality implementation of project Participating in organization, realization and introduction of an experience process results Forming of aesthetic and artistic taste, social looks of population

Study programme:	Styling, design and artistic finishing of light industry products
Degree:	Master in Designing of clothes
Prescribed period of study:	3 semesters (1,5 year)
ECTS Credits:	90
Language of the study course:	Ukrainian
Programme aim	To provide education in styling, designing and artistic finishing of clothes and other light industry products in fashion industry with lots of opportunities for employment, to prepare students for obtaining the ability to develop conceptual design and predicative model of creation of range of products for various purposes.
Learning outcomes:	Ability to demonstrate skills of development of conceptual design and predicative model of creation of range of clothes andproducts for various purposes. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of project activity, methods of theoretical and practical work, classical and innovative technologies for scientific organization and management of project activity. Ability to demonstrate theoretical and experimental skills concerning the use of modern methods of styling and artistic finishing to develop models and collections of models of clothes using modern fashion trends, styles and latest achievements in this field,science, technology and art, based on a systematic approach. Ability to demonstrate practical skills in preparing presentations, complex reports on finished designs, scientific reports about the results of a piece of work, practical recommendations. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the content and stages of preparing project design documentation for industrial collection of models of light industry products. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the problems of research, scientifically based choice of methods of theoretical and experimental work, interpretation and presentation of research results. Ability to monitor every workplace and timely update of instructional material based on the existing conditions of production taking into account safety requirements, labour safety, industrial health and fire protection. Ability to apply skills in implementation of the associative image while designing of the systems of models of clothes of high artistic expression based on the use of various creative sources. Ability to develop modern and advanced highly aesthetic and ergonomic models of clothes of different silhouette and volumetric-dimensional forms and accessories with their subsequent promotion in the fashion industry. Ability to demonstrate systematic knowledge and understanding of the fashion industry and its components, the current state and dynamics of fashion, fashion-marketing, branding, merchandising, etc. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and practical skills in evaluating the innovative capacity of new designs of items. Mastering the practical skills to expertize and implement designer’s supervision over developed models of clothes and their systems, including while implementing it to industrial processes, fashion industry. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of development of creative and industrial collections of women’s, men’s and kids’ clothes for various purposes and other light industry products.

Scientific & Art Schools of Faculty of Design

Creation of competitive thermal protective clothes

Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Maryna Kolosnichenko

Research areas:

Cultural studies, aesthetics, structural and functional problems of design in the context of ethnic culture, ecology and man`s life support systems
Theoretical and practical basics of creating a special, industrial, uniform, sportswear with predicted ergonomic characteristics and processes of the rational use of materials
Methods and tools of modern designing objects that define their aesthetic, socio-cultural, ergonomic, functional, operational and environmental characteristics
System-structural planning of wares of the different setting
Theoretical and practical bases of methodology of the development of dimensional typology of the population of Ukraine and systems for manikins
Ergonomics and design

Research results: 1 doctorate thesis, 9 PhD theses, more then 200 research papers, 2 monographs, 10 teaching aids, 18 patents of Ukraine on an industrial prototype, useful model, invention, certificates about registration of copyright on work, 60 methodical pointings

The style-designing of a new range of clothing, tectonic structure of the dress in the development of perspective collections and methods for reconstruction and of historical and folk costume

Scientific advisor: Prof. PhD Tetiana Nikolaieva

Research areas:

The analysis of tectonic structure of historical, modern and folk costume
The bionic dress forming
The style-designing of a new range of clothing, tectonic structure of the dress
The problems of using form and color in the definition of modern clothing collections
The development of perspective collections and methods for reconstruction and of historical and folk costume

Research results: 6 PhD theses, 150 research papers, 3 teaching aids, 85 methodical pointings

Students

Today more than 700 full-time and about 60 correspondence-course students are trained at the faculty. There is the students’ fashion house at the faculty, where they create advanced collections and prepare for fashion competitions.

Students can master major skills in design practice and do research in design in the following ways:

at the faculty (training and art workshops, special laboratories and computer-aided design classrooms) under the guidance of academic staff and top specialists, which are invited from different fields of design and applied arts;
in production environments of design organisations or specialised departments during the annual curricular practical training;
defending projects and theses in designing.

Students study fundamental disciplines (academic drawing, painting, history of art and material culture) and modern technologies of integrated design objects engineering. The study of design engineering of the virtual space enables the realization and presentation of creative ideas with the help of computer technologies that extends the solutions to the problems of modern design.

The faculty pays much attention to the creative work of teachers and students, which is embodied in the participation in art exhibitions, festivals, competitions and creative fashion clothes shows, both national and international level.

Students and faculty members regularly host festivals, evenings, round-table conferences, TV programs: “About the future of Ukrainian cinema”, “On-demand cartoon”, “Dancing with the stars” and so on. Students’ artistic works are part of the international-level exhibitions. In recent years, students of the faculty have taken part in the Republican exhibition of young artists “Autumn colours”, the exhibition “Education, science, vocational guidance”, the exhibition dedicated to the Ukrainian costume and crafts “Ukrainian podium”, the 20th anniversary exhibition of the Designers’ Union of Ukraine, the exhibition “History of morals in the mirror of fashion” Alta center and others.

Moreover, during the training students constantly participate in scientific-practical conferences on the design and its different areas, both national and international:

All-Ukrainian research and practice conference “Theory and practice of material and artistic culture”, KSADA;
International research and practice conference “The problems of biology, ecology, geography, education: history and modern times”, St. Petersburg;
All-Ukrainian conference of young scientists and students “Research and development of young people at the present stage”, KNUTD;
International seminar on “Integration into the European educational environment” ISMA: Information Systems Management Institute, 2008, 2010;
All-Ukrainian scientific-methodical conference “Design education 2008-2014”, KSADA.

The students take prizes and are given awards in competitions of different levels.

All this can be explained by the fact that the training quality of “bachelor of arts” majoring in “Design” gives sufficient practical vocational skills to students for creative work. To confirm this, there is constantly a large number of honours degrees (35-45 degrees annually over the last 5 years).

Opportunities for students

The experience of the faculty of design shows that people with good higher education are highly appreciated among young designers. A designer should certainly master such programs as ArchiCAD and 3D Studio Max.

Students gain knowledge both in the framework of the university standard courses and original curricula of vocational guidance disciplines, which are developed by leading teachers and designers, and are constantly being improved to meet international standards of designers training in various fields.

After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduates have an opportunity to continue their education doing master’s degree according to appropriate faculty programs, and become qualified as Master of Design.

You can also pursue postgraduate studies in 17.00.07 “Design” at the faculty, defend a thesis and take a degree of candidate of science (art history), major 17.00.07 “Design” (from 2016 – major 022 “Design”).

The authorities of Kyiv College of KNUTD along with teachers of the faculty have worked out integrated curricula for admission to the third year of full-time training and training by correspondence on the basis of the of junior specialist diploma.

The department of design and artistic designing of costume together with the Institute of postgraduate education of KNUTD have developed general-purpose curricula of specialists’ professional development with higher education (specializations: “artistic designing of costume” and “photo&video design”).

Studying at the faculty of design (third and fourth year of training) students have an opportunity to get military education and receive an appropriate state-recognized degree.

Graduates can choose their future scope of activity by means of the Student employment centre of KNUTD. These fields primarily include advertising agencies, publishing houses, designing and manufacturing of clothing and footwear companies, modelling business, interior and furniture design, photo design, video production, animation and so on.

Graduates

A graduate diploma of the faculty of design gives an opportunity to work for public, commercial and joint enterprises, to start your own business in this field, to teach at higher and secondary educational establishments.

Graduates work successfully for advertising agencies, periodicals and publishers create their own designs, do research. Graduates of the faculty of design in the fashion industry work as pattern and fashion designers for fashion houses and in fashion business; as consultants and pattern designers for business concerns, film studios, and theatres; as art historians in the field of fashion development and teachers at colleges and higher educational establishments of Ukraine and abroad.

Foreign partnership

The departments of the faculty communicate with universities and experts from many countries (Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Tadzhikistan, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Great Britain, China, Iran, India and other countries). More than 50 foreign students from Russia, China, Belarus, Lithuania, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Moldova, and Iran are studying at the faculty now.

In 2012 along with the department of design a photographic studio “PROF. HERSH СHADHA STUDIO” was opened, which was sponsored by well-known Indian specialist in the field photo modelling art – prof. Hersh Chadha.

The departments of the faculty as well as some teachers have international certificates, statuses and other honours of international recognition. In particular, the department of artistic designing of costume has the title of international and has received the certificate of International Academy “Platon”. The system of computer-aided design of interior and furniture Woody, developed with the help of teachers of the department of interior design and furniture, has received wide international recognition in the field of industrial design.

In 2013 creative association treaty was signed with the Institute of marketing and fashion (Paris, France). As part of this treaty there is an exchange of training and methodological literature, participation in competitions and exhibitions. There is also going to be a student swap for practical and academic training for bachelor’s degree.