Authors

Zaeva-Burdonskaya Elena A.
Regional trends in the formation of the national school of Finnish design

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (91) September, 2025

Addressing the problem of designing a domestic nationally oriented environment, which is currently acquiring the status of a State program, it seems productive to turn to the historical and theoretical experience of design, in particular the emergence of national design schools at the turn of the 19th century. The national identity of the Finnish design school was determined by the leading socio-cultural and artistic-aesthetic guidelines and values at the stage of its formation. Among the leading principles characterizing the authentic nature of the Finnish design school are: a democratic approach to design aimed at achieving social ideals and improving the quality of life; creating functional and accessible products and technologies based on the principles of humanism; respect for tradition and following the principles of national design culture. The mechanism of integration between the folk traditions and the design methodology resulted in a whole range of creative opportunities: from national-romantic to rational solutions within the framework of Finnish Art Nouveau. The resulting adaptive authentic recognizable model of Finnish design has not lost its viability and relevance in the profession, and earned recognition in the professional community around the world.

Zaeva-Burdonskaya Elena A.
Features of Italian design at the turn of the 19th century

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (87) September 2024

The distinctiveness of Italian design was largely formed by the period at the turn of the 19th century. As a result of the reforms in the design sector that accompanied the emergence of the new statehood of Italy, modern art and style were called upon to affirm the national identity of the country, as well as to satisfy the ambitious goals of revenge at world level in the field of applied art. Design became a reflection of the dual nature of the regional Liberty style, which was evolving in a dialogue between traditions and innovations. The innovative processes of Art Nouveau accompanied the deeply rooted traditions of the ancient heritage as reminiscences of the great Renaissance. The feature of Italian design that became mainstream was authorship, which manifested itself as authored styles, authored design schools, and individual design and production associations. Individual creativity of the designer, devoid of the inertia of large design associations, was accompanied by freedom of creative experimentation, openness to innovative intellectual concepts and formal-plastic searches, which have not lost their relevance at the modern stage of Italian design.

Zaeva-Burdonskaya Elena A.
The problem of national identity of design on the example of the design strategy of the Dresden workshop

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (86) June, 2024

The issue of national design identity in modern design culture has made the turning point of the design industry more acute in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The history of the national design school reveals fundamental approaches to the dialogue between tradition and innovation, national and universal in design. The Dresden workshops created the world's first progressive industrial model of design development within the framework of the new, essentially national culture of Germany at the end of the 19th century. For the first time, design became a link in the whole manufacturing cycle - from design to end product. The specifically national features of the Dresden design school are highlighted, including: democratic principles of design, economic feasibility, combination of machine- and hand-made technologies to increase the aesthetic potential of production, traditional prototype adaptation techniques, etc. The design strategy chosen created a viable design and production association that gave rise to the Modern Movement and the famous Bauhaus school.