Moscow Design Museum offers Tomsk residents a series of lectures and tours

27 july 2022

The lectures will feature design experts who will be talking about the concept of rational consumption and the idea of a tight link between design and the environment. The principal objective of the educational program is to raise people’s awareness of the various ways and opportunities that exist for recycling plastics, while also introducing them to the international experience in this field and engaging their interest in conscious consumption and in a waste management culture.

The exhibition will be housed in Tomsk State University’s V Glavnom gallery and will run through September 30, 2022. It will feature design items exhibited by more than 40 foreign and Russian designers and design studios. These include both finished projects covering the whole range of items from jewelry and clothing to art installations, and some experimental ideas for re-using end-of-life plastics.

Educational Program’s Schedule:

July
28 July 2022 4 pm/Institute of Arts and Culture’s pavilion in TSU’s grove
Lecture by
Ksenia Nagornyak, a fashion designer, founder of a selective vintage clothing store
The lecture’s topic: The Real Price of Fashion
A talk about the items of clothing that we wear and the influence of the global fashion industry on the world around us. The lecturer will talk about the actual state of affairs in the industry, the disappointing statistics on the quantities of new items of clothing being produced and the impact of consumerism on our environment. What is "resale," "upcycling," and "reuse," and how these could be used to help find a solution to the problem.
A tour of the exhibition

July 29, 2022 5:30 pm/Room 318 at Institute of Arts and Culture, TSU’s Main Building
Lecture (online) by
Galina Larina, a graphic designer, researcher, lecturer, the creator of Plasticdoom, a brand of products made from recycled polyethylene bags (the brand is featuring at the exhibition).
The lecture’s topic: Design Thinking as a Tool for Positive Change
Design and ecology are more connected than we’d think. How do present-day designers deal with the complex issues related to the environment? What is the interplay between the fields of design and ecology, what methods and tools for effecting positive change are available to designers, and "how does a point on the line relate to the whole line"? The lecturer will answer these questions based on her personal experience.

September
September 2-4, 2022 (the exact time is TBA)
Lecture by
Pavel Ulyanov, a design historian, expert in history of residential design, collector, gallery owner.
The lecture’s topic: Plastics and Design. The History of Mass Production.
Industrial mass production technologies often stem from ancient technologies and materials. Serially-manufactured items were first produced using materials with high plasticity, or malleability, that allowed them to be molded to shape in reusable molds. Molding technologies have evolved and adapted to new types of materials. The invention of plastics enabled production of affordable consumer goods and seemed to be the ultimate solution to all manufacturing industry’s problems. However, natural resources’ scarcity and emerging threats to the environment have presented new challenges, something the modern world of design seeks to find a solution to.
Tours of the exhibition

September 30, 2022
Lecture by
Alexandra Sankova, a founder and director of the Moscow Design Museum, designer, design historian, author of a collection of interviews with Russia’s top designers, author of articles about Soviet-era design.
The lecture’s topic: Rational Consumption and Design. How to produce new things without damaging the environment
Rational use of resources is one of top trending topics today. The main goal here is to sustain and improve the quality of life of people inhabiting our planet. Mindful consumption, circular economy and eco-design are becoming the key elements of big companies’ missions. Using examples of foreign and Russian designers’ developments and projects, the lecturer will explain why any of this matters, why it is so important to sort waste and what this could lead to.
The closing tour of the exhibition to be conducted by its curator