Young designers will be appreciated by Valentin Yudashkin
Young designers are invited to take part in the All-Russian competition for mask design "MaskaART", the chairman of the jury of which is Valentin Yudashkin. Despite the end of the self-isolation regime in many regions, the wearing of masks and gloves remains mandatory. Today, they can not only help protect their health, but also go to university, get an internship, and even become a participant in Moscow Fashion Week.
The outbreak of coronavirus infection forced not only all leading designers to make adjustments to their professional decisions, but also fundamentally influenced the entire fashion industry, focusing on technological fashion, creating the fashion of the future, reminding about ecology and the introduction of new technologies that will simplify our lives.
“Why can't security be beautiful?” Was the question the organizers of the “MaskaART” contest asked themselves.
"MaskAART" is the first virtual design competition of masks in Russia, the result of which will be an online fashion show with the participation of robots.
Its winners will receive valuable prizes, additional points for admission to the bachelor's or master's programs of the Kosygin Russian State University - one of the country's main universities in the field of design, technology and art, internships in leading fashion houses and large industry enterprises. Among the prizes are also free photo sessions for the collections of young designers, gifts from the partners of the competition, and the main award will be participation in the Fashion Week in Moscow.
Young designers, schoolchildren, students of secondary specialized educational institutions (colleges and technical schools), university students and graduates of educational organizations are invited to participate in the competition.
They can present their works in four categories:
- "Virtual Image";
- "Mask as an element of the image";
- "Work of fiction";
- "Masks for social networks".
Participants have the right to take part in various nominations at the same time.And the number of entries from one author is not limited.
You can take part in the competition until July 10.
The works will be evaluated by well-known Russian designers, art historians, heads of leading fashion publications and light industry enterprises, as well as members of industry unions and organizations. The chairman of the jury is a famous Russian couturier, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation Valentin Yudashkin.
In the course of the competition, participants will receive master classes from eminent speakers, meeting international guests - designers from China and Japan. And the works of the best participants in the competition will be demonstrated as part of the final online show.
The founder of the competition is the Russian State University named after Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
