DAFES | Design, Art, Fashion, Education & Startups

Miu Miu: The Brand Everyone’s Talking About While many luxury brands are slowing down, Miu Miu is doing the opposite — its sales have nearly doubled, and it’s been named the world’s hottest brand by Lyst two years in a row. What’s Behind the Buzz?

— Viral fashion pieces like the ultra-mini skirt and ballet flats that dominate social media. — Bold casting choices: older models, unconventional faces, and a broader vision of beauty. — Cultural outreach: film projects like Women’s Tales and literary events that go beyond fashion. — A trendsetter mindset: with Lotta Volkova's styling, Miu Miu leads instead of follows.

The brand’s mix of nostalgia, disruption, and cultural depth makes it one of the most relevant fashion voices today. #daily_fashion #fashion #miumiu

🎮 DAFES AWARDS — GameDev, Design, Visuals & Board Game Nominations Are Still Open! Got a game project brewing? We’re still accepting applications for the DAFES AWARDS in these categories:

→️ Game Development – Devlogs showing your process: mechanics, visuals, tools. →️ Game Design – Indie game prototypes, any genre, with a fresh creative spark. →️ Game Visuals – Show off your trailer, teaser, or gameplay visuals. → Board Game – Skill-based, print-and-play-ready games with clear rules & thoughtful design.

Who can apply? Game designers, indie devs, teams — with finished or in-progress projects. What we look for:

→ GameDev / Game Design: Unique ideas, visual style, walkthroughs. → Game Visuals: Originality, visual quality, storytelling. → Board Game: Balanced mechanics, clarity, strong concept.

📅 New deadline: May 12 🔗 Full details & submission link #DAFESawards #CreativeCompetition #CGI #gamedesign

📚 Book: “A Smile in the Mind” by Beryl McAlhone & David Stuart This book is a goldmine of witty, clever graphic design — and yes, it’s packed with images. From logos and posters to ads and packaging, it showcases designs that make you think, then smile. Rather than dry theory, it focuses on visual thinking — how to communicate ideas with intelligence and humor.

🖼️ 700+ illustrations from iconic designers around the world. 💬 Short, punchy commentary. 👀 Perfect for flipping through when you need a creative spark.

A must for anyone who loves design that’s both smart and beautifully simple. #daily_design #design #designbooks #colour

👠 Platform Shoes: From Ancient Drama to Glam Rock Icons Platform shoes aren't just bold — they're ancient.

First worn in Ancient Greece, actors used them in theatre to signify status and importance. Centuries later, in 15th-century Venice, noblewomen wore towering chopines to avoid dirty streets (and subtly flaunt wealth — the higher the shoe, the richer the lady).

Fast forward to the 1970s: platforms return with glitter, leather, and attitude. Glam rock stars like David Bowie turned them into icons of gender-fluid rebellion and self-expression. From the stage to the street — platforms have always stood tall! #daily_fashion #dafes_archive #fashion

🧱 Brutalism in Graphic Design — raw, bold, and unapologetically anti-aesthetic. Emerging in the mid-20th century and echoing its architectural roots, brutalist design breaks the rules: asymmetric layouts, harsh typography, minimal or clashing color schemes, and chaotic layering. Think grunge meets digital rebellion. It’s not about beauty — it’s about impact. A reaction to polished modernism, brutalism confronts, disrupts, and demands attention.

🖤 Seen in: — Bloomberg Businessweek covers (Richard Turley) — Kanye’s Life of Pablo merch — Balenciaga’s brutalist web design

Want design with grit? Brutalism’s got you. #daily_design #design #brutalism

🎨 Meet Kate Dehler — illustrator from Austin, Texas, whose dreamy works blend nature, psychedelia, and a vintage vibe. Starting out as a graphic designer with little creative freedom, Kate turned spare time into gold — crafting personal projects that soon caught the industry's eye.

Her warm, sun-soaked color palette (think yellow, orange, red) and signature textures echo watercolor paper and retro charm.

Now one of the top illustrators, Kate’s art feels like a soft, nostalgic daydream — and we’re here for it. ✨ #daily_design #art #illustration

✨ Dries Van Noten Belgian designer who reshaped the idea of intellectual fashion. As part of the iconic Antwerp Six (a group of six influential Belgian designers who graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s and revolutionized avant-garde fashion), he launched his brand in 1986, blending Eastern and Western aesthetics, rich prints, and precise tailoring.

Known for his deep attention to fabric, detail, and color, Van Noten built a brand without loud logos or hype — just pure creativity and thoughtfulness.

Today, his name stands for independence, artistry, and quiet power in the fashion world. #daily_fashion #fashion #design

🌿 Have you ever wondered why you feel calmer near a window, or more focused around plants? That’s biophilic design in action — a concept rooted in our deep, evolutionary connection to nature.

Long before it became a buzzword, ancient architects knew the power of natural space: Persian gardens, Roman atriums, Japanese interiors — all designed to let nature in. In the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright made it personal by designing the Fallingwater House. Today, biophilic design shapes schools, hospitals, and workspaces — not for looks, but for well-being.

It’s not just about greenery — it’s about designing with air, light, texture, and life. Because in a digital world, nature is not an escape — it’s home. #daily_architecture #architecture

🖼️ HSE CREATIVE OPEN: Image Series Nomination 📅 Deadline: May 12 💰 Prize fund: 100,000₽ / 60,000₽ / 40,000₽ An image series is a complete visual statement — told through 13 cohesive images using contemporary illustration, comics, or photography. It must follow a logical sequence and speak one clear artistic language.

Your series will be published on print.artz.work as the foundation for digital calendars and other product formats — offering exposure + potential income.

→ Style is up to you — but avoid overly dark themes that may limit commercial use. → Open to all, in Russian or English. 🖇 Submit now! #HSECreativeOpen #illustration #comics #photography https://clck.ru/3LWTKj

🌿 Yearbook of Type #7 – Plant Edition A visual feast for type lovers! The new Yearbook of Type #7 brings together 180 carefully selected typefaces across 608 beautifully designed pages — this time with a botanical twist. Each font is shown over three pages: from expressive visual samples to detailed info on styles, features, and the story behind each typeface and its designer.

Featuring work from 206 designers and 108 foundries in 29 countries, this edition is both inspiration and reference. A full index + online microsite make exploring and purchasing fonts effortless.

For anyone working with letters — this book is a must-grow 🌱 #daily_design #design #type #typography #designbook

🎉 Deadline Extended! DAFES AWARDS Applications Now Open Until May 12 You still have time to submit your project to the DAFES AWARDS — the main creative industries competition of the year! 🏆 Winners will be announced on May 24 during the Telling Stories creative industries festival. We welcome designers, artists, developers, students, educators, and anyone working in creative fields.

📌 Current open categories include: 🎮 Game development & graphics 📷 Photography & visual storytelling 👗 Fashion design & styling 🎨 Illustration, comics, concept art 📚 Research, education & creative entrepreneurship

This is your chance to showcase your work, connect with the creative community, and be seen. Full list of categories you can find here! #DAFESAwards #creativecompetition #design #art #fashion #education #startup

👗 DAFES AWARDS: Fashion Nomination Deadline: May 11 Are you a fashion designer at the start of your journey? DAFES Awards is your chance to share your voice, connect with the creative community, and be seen by curators, mentors, and future collaborators. Here is an awesome example:

Deep Dive — 10% of Masterpiece by Elizaveta Safina. A capsule collection of accessories inspired by marine biomorphic forms — hats, brooches, bags, perfume, and ear cuffs, each piece an artistic reflection of nature.

Why take part? Because being visible matters. Because your first project deserves a platform. Because new voices shape the future of fashion. → Submit your work here #DAFESawards #daily_fashion #fashion #fashioncompetition #jewellery

🖤 Deepti Barth: Sculpting Fashion into Silence Berlin-based designer Deepti Barth doesn’t shout with fashion — she whispers through texture, precision, and monochrome minimalism.

A former first assistant to Carol Christian Poell, Deepti launched her namesake label in 2014, blending fashion with sculpture. Her signature? Ultrasonic welding — no stitches, just seamless, futuristic construction.

Her work isn’t just clothing — it’s armour. Stark, silent, and deeply human. Deepti’s collections rarely follow trends. They question form, function, and the space between body and object. 💬 Not wearable fashion. Wearable thought. #daily_fashion #fashion

👗 Corsets: More Than Just Tight Laces The corset isn’t just a fashion relic — it’s a timeline stitched in fabric.

- Long before Victorian silhouettes, Minoan women (1600 BCE) wore fitted bodices that exposed the bust — for ritual power, not modesty. - the 18th century, corsets (or “stays”) weren’t only for elites — working women wore soft, flexible versions for back support. Think: early posture correctors. - During the 1900s, corsets became so rigid that doctors used X-rays to reveal displaced ribs and organs. Newspapers published the images — a viral moment of its time.

But not all feminists rejected them: some suffragettes chose corsets as symbols of self-discipline and style. Later, Vivienne Westwood reimagined corsets as punk armor — subversive, not submissive. Now they’re viral again — from TikTok trends to couture — reshaped with comfort and choice. 🧵 Fashion changes. The body stays political. #daily_fashion #fashion

📷 DAFES AWARDS 2025: Heritage & Innovation Deadline: May 11 Enter the international creative photography competition “Heritage and Innovation: A Dialogue Between Analog and Digital”, hosted by FOTOLAB and Photographer.ru on the DAFES Awards platform. It’s a space where film meets algorithm, grain meets clarity — and photographers explore what visual art means today. 🏆 Categories: – Analog Photography – Digital Photography

🌍 Free to enter, open worldwide (21+). 🖼️ Finalists will be exhibited in Moscow. 📅 Submit your project by May 11.

Film or pixels? Doesn’t matter — only your vision does. → Apply now via this link #photography #competition

📚 DAFES Awards: Visual Research This nomination lies at the intersection of art history and cultural studies. It’s about visually and conceptually exploring a phenomenon or trend in classical or contemporary culture—through art, design, architecture, cinema, or theater. 🔍 Let’s look at a great example: “Tiny Houses: A Diversity of Forms for Future Living” by Aleksandra Shushina.

This research dives deep into the global tiny house movement—from traditional igloos and yurts to futuristic capsule homes. Structured around design, function, ecology, and aesthetics, the project reveals how compact housing reshapes how we live, consume, and relate to space. With stunning visuals, it reflects on architecture’s future and cultural values through form.

💬 Want to take part? Apply to DAFES Awards – Visual Research and show how culture can be seen, studied, and reimagined visually. #DAFESAwards #VisualResearch #design #education

For those ones who missed out... DAFES is a community for those who live and breathe creativity. We bring together students, professionals, and emerging voices in design, art, fashion, education, and entrepreneurship.

Our mission is to support bold ideas, encourage collaboration, and build bridges between disciplines. We showcase talent, spark conversations, and celebrate innovation across fields.

Why follow us? — Be the first to hear about creative competitions, events, and calls — Get inspired by the work of students and professionals — Explore tips, tools, and news from the creative industries Stay connected: 📸 Instagram: dafes_platform 📘 Facebook: DAFES Platform Join the movement—let’s create the future together 💫 #DAFES #design #art #fashion #education #startup

DAFES Choice Best of January 2025 ✨ I Place

• "Projector magazine. Issue #42" by Mitya Kharshak, Anzhelika Sarkisyan

II Place

• "Graphic series: Horizons" by Alena Paskhina

III Place

• "Tomorrow fish" by Oleg Paschenko • "Erich Maria Remarque. Three Comrades" by Arseniy Mescheryakov • "Sovremennik" by Stefan Lashko • "Silent Reading: A Catalogue for a Single Icon Exhibition" by Daniel Ripli

🖇 view all winners here Don't miss your chance: upload your work to deziiign.com and win DAFES Choice April 2025! #DAFESChoice #daily_design

Sculpting the Sky: Santiago Calatrava ☁️ Spanish architect, engineer, and sculptor known for his futuristic, nature-inspired designs that blur the lines between art and structure. His work often mimics natural forms — wings, trees, and bones — combining engineering precision with expressive movement.

Calatrava is behind iconic structures like the Turning Torso in Sweden, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, and the Oculus at the World Trade Center in NYC. His signature style? White, sweeping forms, dynamic curves, and a fusion of architecture and sculpture.

Love architecture that moves and breathes like a living organism? Calatrava’s world is a must-see. #daily_architecture #architecture

🎨 HSE CREATIVE OPEN: Best Poster “Bisti-100” An international competition for students from any university, no matter where you're based. Whether you're into graphic design, art, or visual storytelling, this is your chance to shine! → About the Competition Create a poster dedicated to the legacy of Bisti—a legendary Soviet graphic artist known for book and type design. Explore creative composition, techniques, and form to honor his work. → Evaluation Criteria Originality, concept, execution, and relevance to the theme. 📅 Deadline: April 30

Submit as many entries as you want—just follow the technical requirements. Poster must be in A0, vertical, CMYK, 150 dpi, and in Russian.

🏆 Prizes: 50,000₽ / 30,000₽ / 20,000₽ 🔗 More info and platform guide → here 🚀 Don’t miss your chance to be seen and celebrated—submit your poster and become part of the creative legacy! #HSECreativeOpen #design #poster