Book Art

The ICU School of Design is a place where experts of their own work teach. They are all active practices that create major publishing projects and cooperate with Russia’s best publishers and cultural institutions. The criterion of presence in real professional life is the determining factor in the ability of a professional

With regard to the art of the book, mention should also be made of publishing strategies. Many of the changes that shaped the philosophy of the book began in the 1990s, and independent book publishers played a significant role. One of them, Agey Tomesh, became a model of the Design School, and teachers who created their own book brands and collaborated with the best Russian publishers brought to the School not only their own unique experience but also all the diversity of the book world.

A genre of conceptual research that results in a book or a Longrid. This format is a mandatory part of the student’s education programme in any field of the ICU School of Design, whether it be Design, Modern Arts or Mode. Such research involves an analysis of the phenomenon, subject, object or place primarily from a visual point of view. As not just a reference, but as an author, visual research has new, theoretical and practical value.