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'City Legends' is a new feature on our website. Here, you will find interesting stories about St Petersburg, its life, citizens and architecture. The series starts with an interview with Mitya Kharshak, Director of HSE University-St Petersburg School of Art and Design. Find out how scaffolds changed the image of the city, in what way Mitya's family is connected with the art of Leningrad-St Petersburg, the Russian Museum and how fonts on the tablets help people to capture the zeitgeist in the article.

Andrey Lyublinskiy, Curator at the HSE University-St Petersburg Art and Design School, designed the show of the 2023 spring-summer collection in the BoscoVesna mall on Novy Arbat in the middle of April. Design students also participated in the digital part of the show in real time, creating NFT characters and animations.

Dr. Margarita Kuleva along with co-organisers Eda Yigit and Orhan Cem Çetin participated the (NO) Future Institutions event held between the 15^th and 17^th December in Istanbul. 

Due to the threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 and in accordance with the decree of the governor of St. Petersburg, undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate students will study online as from November 16, 2020.

Ivan Kulikov, lecturer and curator of the School of Design in Saint Petersburg, co-founder of TERMINALDESIGN branding agency, won one of the world’s major design awards – RedDot

In early July, 5 students of the education programme “Design” went to London, where they got acquainted with the culture of London and took a short mosaic-making course. Is it difficult to make works of art from tiny glass pieces, what is the Barbican famous for, and where are the best places to spend free time – students shared their experience about their visit.