The opening event of the Institute of Design will be held on Saturday, February 17, at 17:00, at Uznadze 82.
The Institute of Design is a regional educational research institution for students and professionals focused on creativity and design. The mission of the Institute of Design is to share design knowledge and creative skills, and to teach others how to solve problems with their own creative resources and the right design.
The Institute of Design started is accepting students from February, giving students and professionals the opportunity to study via short and long-term courses, workshops and master classes.
Areas of study cover the full spectrum of design: from sketching to prototyping, from design history to design programs, and from concept creation to design. The Institute of Design teaches art, structural thinking, strategic design, graphics, all types of motion animation, color, craft, design history, virtual reality, and any direction that involves design.
The institute has brought together around 100 Georgian and foreign specialists working in the field of design- professionals who create the culture of the creative industry. The best representatives of the field will share their theoretical and practical knowledge with a new generation and a wider audience.
The main focus of the Institute of Design will be social projects.
“We believe that education should be accessible to everyone. Accordingly, we will announce scholarship and financial assistance programs for talented young people, we will help students to participate in practical work, and we will cooperate with the private and public sector to find internship and employment for our students,, says the founder of the Institute of Design, Nino Egadze.
The Institute of Design is located in Old Tbilisi, on five floors of a 19th century historical building. In addition to academic activities, the internal and external spaces of the institute will be a gathering place for various educational and cultural events and meetings. A bookstore with thematic books and exhibition spaces will be opened there.
The institute has an advisory and supervisory board that helps the team to properly conduct educational and creative processes and achieve long-term goals. Council members are: Nika Kurdiani, Giorgi Sharvashidze, Giorgi Kharabadze, Irakli Baidashvili, Davit Lortkipanidze and Giorgi Bokhua.
Partners of the Institute of Design are Georgian and international private and public institutions, art festivals, museums, media organizations, and publishing houses.
Address: D. Uznadze st. #82, Tbilisi https://designinstitute.ge/ Contact@di.ge
Translated by Mariam Mtivlishvili
