Abstract

The article is devoted to the Kharkiv School of Design. It provides a panoramic overview of how the school was created and has since developed, including the events and personalities that have had a significant impact on its formation. The article emphasizes the role of Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (KhHPI / KSADA) in training specialists for the needs of production, art, science, and culture. The article presents design developments of industrial products and graphic corporate styles ordered by companies and organizations. The importance of international relations for the development of the vocational education system and design practice is emphasized by the examples of partnership projects with the University of Halle-Burg Giebichenstein in Germany and participation in the ICSID “INTERDESIGN‑77” seminar. The materials of the article reveal the huge contribution of the All‑Union Scientific Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics (VNIITE) to the creation of a domestic design system. The fundamental scientific and methodological publications of VNIITE and the program provisions of the concepts of design activities are presented, which outline the development directions of the Kharkiv School of Design. Additionally, the article presents the history of the work of the Kharkiv organization of the Union of Designers of Ukraine and its interactions with KhHPI / KSADA in holding large-scale cultural and educational events, festivals, exhibitions, and design competitions. In this regard, the content and objectives of the exhibitions-contests “Vodoparad”, “Svitlo”, “Replicants”, “Cult of Design: Digital Life” are analyzed. Their importance for integration into the international design culture is highlighted, as is the development of the directions: “industrial art-design”, “innovative design”, design of “subject-painting installations”. At the end of the article, the level of success of the Kharkiv School of Design is assessed based on a set of criteria. A forecast of the school’s development in the near future is made and the main conditions for its development are indicated.

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