Ex-Lead Designer at Apple; worked at Bumble, Badoo, and SberTech, creator of the FAANG+ Careers channel.
Designer, artist, recipient of international awards in typeface design. Dmitry’s works adorn public spaces in Sochi, Irkutsk, Omsk, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, and other Russian cities.
Product designer who has created over 60 interior design collections for Cartier, VitrA, LODES, Axolight, SMEG, Preciosa, and other well-known brands. Designer of the Year by the Elle Decoration International Design Awards. Recipient of multiple international design prizes, including the Red Dot Product Design Award.
Concept designer and creator, visual designer for shows by Drake, The Weeknd, Keinemusik, Zivert, Mot, and other international and Russian stars. Alexander has also developed design projects for major clubs in the USA.
Founder of NA SHUME Media, creator of documentaries about people and projects shaping contemporary culture. Besides, Anton develops his own creative ventures, including the FJORD residential community.
Co-founder of SETTERS, SETTERS EDUCATION, re-feel, SETTERS Media and SETTERS Creative Capital.
Media entrepreneur, blogger, and co-founder of the clothing brand "Suddenly".
Design and Brand Director with experience at Tochka Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, Mail.ru, and Muse Group (products: Ultimate Guitar, MuseScore, Audacity).
Industrial designer and Head of Industrial Design for the Smart Devices with Alice team at Yandex.
Account Director at Art. Lebedev Studio.
Head of HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL — St. Petersburg; Deputy Head for International Affairs and Branch Operations in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm; graphic designer; founder and editor-in-chief of “Proektor” magazine.
Engineer-turned-designer, Head of the Centre for Design Studies in Indore, India. Aman leads initiatives in design education, innovation, and interdisciplinary learning. His work lies at the intersection of design, technology, and human experience, with expertise spanning immersive media, new media art, interactive environments, and creative computation to create meaningful objects, spaces, and experiences. As an educator and academic leader, Aman is committed to fostering creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration while building innovative learning environments that empower the next generation of designers to imagine, experiment, and create meaningful impact.
Head of Department of Visual Communication Design, Laboratory of Branding and Communication Strategies. Specialises in PUI Design.
Creative director, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the design school École Intuit Lab — with campuses in France, India, Brazil, China, and the UAE — and the agency Seenk, which developed the visual identity for Lacoste, Roland-Garros, BNP Paribas, and Renault. He established the design department at JWT Thomson Mumbai in India and collaborated with Air France and Peugeot.
Journalist and former correspondent for the “Financial Times”, The Moscow Times and Reuters. Founder of Miss Tweed Publishing and the independent media outlet Miss Tweed (Paris). Author of the book “How Luxury Conquered the World”.
Footwear and app designer who has collaborated with Sportmaster, Keddo, Kari, Design Odyssey. Member of Affinity Space, an international community of footwear and product designers that develops open-source software for the industry.
Footwear designer at Adidas Running. Formerly — footwear designer at Sportmaster.
Brand Manager for Ultima Yandex Market, costume designer. Ex-Art Director at Arligent and Creative Producer at Poison Drop.
Chief Designer of the Nextdoré brand and founder of the Too Much jewelry brand. Previously, the leading designer of the men's line at LIMÉ.
Russian-German architect working in Europe and Russia, co-founder of the SPEECH architectural bureau.
Creative Director, Founder of Buttnhand Radical Responsibility Branding Agency.
Director, co-founder of the multimedia studio Knife.
Director, co-founder of the multimedia studio Knife.
Brand designer, author and illustrator of the book “The Carpet We Brought from Uzbekistan” and illustrator of the book “New Year Traditions: Frost and the North Save the New Year”. Formerly — a designer at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL LAB.
Head of EVENT FACTORY. Lecturer for the "Branding in the Fashion Industry" course at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL. Graduate of the Doctoral School of Art and Design. Project lead for LongFashionWeekend Ural, producer of cultural events, art historian, designer.
Brand Designer at the streaming service Ivi, creator of the educational game project "Our Gestures”.
Director of Educational and Project Development at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, Coordinator of PRO EDUCATION Design Laboratory Unit.
Brand Director at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, lecturer in the Communication Design and Branding program. Strategy Director and Partner at the branding agency Artonika. Member of the Council of the Association of Branding Companies of Russia and the editorial board of Brand Management Magazine.
Lecturer in the Communication Design and Branding program at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL. Executive Art Director and partner at the creative agency Artonika who has collaborated with publishing houses such as Khudozhestvennaya Literatura, Detskaya Literatura, Mir, Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Vagrius, Eksmo.
Academic Supervisor of the "Contemporary Art" program at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, Head of the Art History Department, PhD in Art History, researcher, filmmaker, video artist.
Deputy Head of HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL. Head of the following tracks: Communication Design and Branding, Book Art, Illustration and Comics, Electives, Pre-University Training, Design Technologies. Academic Supervisor of the "Design" Master’s program. Graphic designer and artist.
Art Director at CreativePeople Agency. Since 2004, Maria has managed major projects in communication and graphic design. Her clients include Samolet, Skolkovo, Sber, Gazprombank, AlfaBank, UniCredit Bank, Sovcombank, Rosneft, RosMolodezh, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, EVRAZ, Russian Railways, PSN, MAD Architects.
Producer and co-founder of the NACHALO production center for strategic initiatives. Ex-Creative Producer at MTS Live, Event Director at the Flacon Design Factory, Marketing Director at PMI Corporation. Key projects include GEEK PICNIC, Fontanka, SUP, BIG LOVE SHOW, stadium concerts for ANNA ASTI and Diana Arbenina, the "Once Upon a Time" exhibition, the ANNA ASTI film, and the Zivert. Do for Love series.
Producer, strategist, co-founder of the NACHALO production center, ex-General Producer of MTS Live and PMI Corporation.
Soviet and Swedish lecturer and musicologist, popularizer of classical music, violinist, and pianist.
Academic Supervisor of the Fashion Bachelor’s program at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, fashion editor, stylist. Costume designer for productions at the Praktika Theatre, music videos, and commercials.
Art Director of Communication Design at Setka who worked with Leroy Merlin, Europa Plus, Sber, Megamarket, and other major brands. Anastasia created Setka’s visual identity and oversees the brand's development and consistency. She also designed a commemorative monument marking a Guinness World Record in Svalbard.
Director of Partner Network Development and Special Projects, Coordinator of the "ART Vyshka" Design Laboratory section, Deputy Academic Supervisor of the "Contemporary Art" program at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL.
Lecturer in Product and Industrial Design at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL. Member of the Union of Designers of Russia, curator of exhibition projects.
Deputy Head of Marketing at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL, marketing communications expert, media manager. Ex-CEO of the educational media projects Mel and Zeh. Ekaterina worked as a producer and course creator for Netology. She has launched and produced educational and content marketing projects for Sber, Sirius, Innopolis, Gazprom-Media, Aeroflot, and other major corporations.
Founder and CEO of the Sholotch studio, design school, and creative community. Graphic designer and art director. Creator and resident artist of the experimental music label "Sound." Course curator and instructor at the Presidential Academy RANEPA. Boris has worked with Evangelion, Jägermeister, Kappa, Befree, Yandex, VK, Alfa-Bank, Sportmaster, and other major and local brands.
Lecturer at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL in Nizhny Novgorod. Partner and art director at the LOCO design studio. Creative designer, packaging designer, illustrator. His works are featured in various international design publications and recognized with awards from festivals such as Dieline, Pentawards, and Sreda.
HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL is a division of the Higher School of Economics — Russia’s top university according to Forbes and HH.ru. Our students have collaborated on projects with Nike, UNIQLO, Hermès, Levi’s, Sber, VTB, the Moscow Government, FC Dynamo, Yandex, and other companies.
Since 2012, we have not only been educating students but also shaping the Russian art and design industry.
