CREATIVE DEVELOPMENTS OF STUDENTS
Today, the best shoe collections developed by our students participate in numerous specialized competitions of young shoe designers: "Pecherski Kashtany" (Kyiv), "Fashionable Color" (Mukachevo), as well as far abroad. At the same time, students receive a high rating from the jury in various nominations every year, which is confirmed by diplomas and awards.
The new creative specializations of the footwear specialty involve the mastering of a number of design disciplines, the main task of which is to help reveal the student's inner potential, orient him to the continuous continuous development and improvement of talent and professional skills.
The initial stage of creating a design masterpiece is the development of sketches. The most progressive approach to the implementation of this stage of work is the use of modern computer graphic programs.
Computer sketch of shoes based on analog transformation. The author is O. Arnautov
STUDENT DESIGN BUREAU
Students are not limited to the theoretical study of specialized courses. After all, professionalism is acquired through painstaking and fruitful work: practice at production sites, development and production of one’s own designer collections of shoes, accessories and clothes.
Working in the student groups "Scientific developments in the design and manufacture of products of the fashion industry" and "Marketing support for the formation of the assortment of leather products" and the design bureau, students develop shoe collections that later participate in various competitions (including the international ones) for young fashion designers of shoes and accessories. Purposeful and inspired artists are not intimidated by the painstaking work of implementing an imaginary idea into a finished shoe, although this process involves a long list of operations.
In 2017, the shoe museum of Kyiv National Universities of Technology and Design was opened.
Rector of KNUTD, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology I.M. Hryshchenko, opens a new art object of the University:
design studio (Shoe Design Studio) - shoe museum - multimedia audience
Now, the complex of facilities whose work provides a modern level of practical training for future designers and technologists in the footwear and leather goods industry includes:
- The Delcam CRISPIN training center has been operating for 5 years on the basis of a tripartite agreement between the British company Delcam (Autodesk) and the educational and scientific laboratory "Design and development of Delcam CRISPIN footwear" (Room 1-0318).
- Laboratory of educational, industrial practice and scientific research, which contains 100 units of technological equipment, similar to those installed at most enterprises of Ukraine. The laboratory shoe park is 315 units and more than 260 half-pairs of shoe samples provided by the University's partners (TM MIDA) and more than 180 half-pairs (LucianoCarvari). A full range of shoe materials and highly qualified specialists with extensive experience in the Fashion industry (Room 2-0201).
- Art object unique in format, which unites the triad: shoe museum - showroom, shoe design studio (ShoeDesignStudio KNUTD) - multimedia auditorium (Room 1-0111).
Among the exhibits of the museum is a cobbler's workplace with attributes of the 19th and 20th centuries
The presentation of the design studio on a unique mini-podium completes the display of the models of the winners of international contests for young shoe designers
PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS IN DESIGN COMPETITIONS
The Department of Fashion Technology is a co-organizer of the International Competition of Young Designers "Pecherski Kashtany" and the All-Ukrainian New Year-Christmas Competition of Young Fashion Designers of One Image and New Year-Christmas Decor "Constellation "Chestnut".
1st place – Pro-art Eternal rays of the sun. Yan Stepanenko, Natalia Borshchevska
2nd place – Prêt-a-porter Titan. Iryna Kiryanova, Natalia Kiryanova
1st place – StandFast accessories. Maria Kuts
1 place – Prêt-a-porterSpaceMotion. Anna Kohut
3rd place – Prêt-a-porterNewmoderncombination. Victoria Popova, Natalya Gaponyuk
Rosemallow. Natalya Tukalo, Kateryna Rytshel
2nd place – Prêt-a-porter Evolution. Bohdan Honcharenko
I place – Pro-artdeluxShabby chic. Sophia the Pole
3rd place – Accessories With Ukraine in Our Heart. Alina Hayduk, Tetyana Pylypenko, Yulia Didyk and Iryna Zhorova
1st place – Accessories Vintage. Liudmyla Oksyuta
For ambitious and gifted authors, shoe contests are the first step on the ladder to real recognition.