Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

In contemporary world digital art, artists and designers create their works with the help of computers and modern technologies. This is becoming more and more popular. Today we see a rising interest of the public towards mobile and interactive art of different nature - video installations, performances, happenings, etc. That’s why we think that by implementing and using digital technologies and creating contemporary and interactive pieces of art and design it possible to attract more attention to art and design. We have worked with the heritage of the Constructivism movement of the beginning of the twentieth century in the Soviet Union at VKHUTEMAS and the result of this work, video reconstructions, can be considered works of digital art narrating about the heritage of the twentieth century in a modern way. The use of video gives the possibility to show the projects in a modern manner and makes them easier to understand for the general public. We practiced the method of 3D reconstruction in the videos that we made basing on the projects of Rodchenko’s students many of which were innovative for that time. Many of these projects changed the appearance of ordinary objects because they could transform, became portable or were multifunctional. We think that this approach of studying and showing the projects of design will help attract more attention to them and increase the interest of the general public which will impulse the development of design in the future.