Authors

Kuzmina Anastasia A., Pavlovskaya Elena E.
Design thinking: in the labyrinth of the concept

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

The article presents a critical analysis of the most common approaches to defining the concept of «design thinking» in Russian-language publications: a creative rather than analytical method for solving any problems; focus on the interests of the end user, innovation development strategy. However, in the context of the growing popularity of the term «design thinking», it is being blurred and devalued, which negatively affects the attitude towards design itself: design thinking, positioned as a publicly accessible activity, leads to a simplified understanding of the essence of design activity, this methodology and, often, its amateurish use.

Pavlovskaya Elena E.
NEXT-GENERATION UNIVERSITIES: DESIGN OF EDUCATIONAL SPACES

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №4 (72) December, 2020

The articles considers issues in the development of spatial environment in university educational spaces. Global changes in higher education, most vividly manifest in a consistent progression of functional university models (from university 1.0 to university 4.0), are accompanied by no less important changes in educational processes. The trends of massification, digitalization, transdisciplinarity, deformalization, etc. are coming into contradiction with the classical spatial layout of universities. Based on a review of the main transformations in educational processes, the author proposes a design typology of educational spaces in next-generation universities.

Pavlovskaya Elena E., Kovalev Pavel G.
IN SEARCH OF "INTERACTIVITY QUANTUM»

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №4 (56) December, 2016

The publication reviews the current state of the professional culture of graphical design, issues in theoretical and methodological conceptualization of the designer’s social role, prospects for the evolution of design connected with the development of network and information technologies. The authors formulate a number of conceptual positions and premises highlighting the communication aspect of modern design practice involving multidisciplinary team work and search for interactive solutions to social relations.

Vlasova Maria V., Pavlovskaya Elena E.
ON THE HISTORY OF ECOLOGICAL ADVERTISING

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №1 (37) March, 2012

The article considers the history of the ecological movement and the evolution of the driving forces behind it since its inception inside early biological science, where visual communications were mostly represented by book illustrations. That early period was followed by the emergence of non-profit organizations from the left-wing political movement, which influenced the tonality of visual ecological communication as it moved from makeshift signs and banners in the 1960s to collaboration with top graphic designers and directors in the 1980s. The same political movement also influenced industrial design, leading to the creation of “ethical” design concepts by such people as Papanek – and yet the industry and NGOs remained hostile towards each other. In the 1990s, both of these trends converged into a movement that is known as ‘ecological modernism’. Some industrialists embraced the green design concepts, making reconciliation with the ecological movement theoretically possible. This has resulted in a new generation of advertising whereby industry tries to present itself as “green” and ethical. The foundations of ecodesign are rediscovered by such people as McDonough. And yet, hostility still persists on certain levels, as “greenwashing” is increasingly often used to cover unethical business practices. To counter that, the conflict between NGO advertisers and the industry shifts into the field of visual communication, where Greenpeace is striking back with satirical ads.