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TO THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF DESIGNERS' UNION OF ARMENIA (THE HISTORY OF CREATION) Mikayelyan R.T. (Republic of Armenia) Email: Mikayelyan447@scientifictext.ru
Mikayelyan Ruzanna Tigranovna - Master of Arts, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DESIGN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIA, YEREVAN, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Abstract: the creation of the Designers' Union of Armenia, the preceding and subsequent years of its activities have made an invaluable contribution to the development of Armenian national design. Arsen Melikyan, founder and the first president of the Designers' Union of Armenia, organized the activities of one of the first independent Armenian unions of that time. The basis for the creation of the Union of Designers of Armenia was the Yerevan branch of the All-union scientific-research institute of technical aesthetics, which was created in 1963. Today many members of this union teach in various universities of the Republic of Armenia.
Keywords: design, union, designers, Armenia, Yerevan.
К 30-ЛЕТИЮ СОЗДАНИЯ СОЮЗА ДИЗАЙНЕРОВ АРМЕНИИ (ИСТОРИЯ ОСНОВАНИЯ) Микаелян Р.Т. (Республика Армения)
Микаелян Рузанна Тиграновна - магистр искусств, кафедра интерьера и экстерьера, Национальный университет архитектуры и строительства Армении, г. Ереван, Республика Армения
Аннотация: создание Союза дизайнеров Армении, предшествующие и последующие годы его деятельности внесли неоценимый вклад в развитие армянского национального дизайна. Арсен Меликян, основатель и первый президент Союза дизайнеров Армении, организовал деятельность одного из первых союзов в независимой Армении того времени. Основой для создания Союза дизайнеров Армении послужил Ереванский филиал Всесоюзного научно -исследовательского института технической эстетики, который был создан в 1963 году. На сегодняшний день многие члены этого Союза преподают и в различных высших учебных заведениях Республики Армения. Ключевые слова: дизайн, союз, дизайнеры, Армения, Ереван.
By the decision of April 3,4, in 1987, the Union of Designers' of the Soviet Union was formed in the colonnade hall of the Moscow Union building. The goal of the union was to involve design in more broader areas of social life, to increase its role and importance. As a result of the secret ballot, 92 members of the Soviet Union of Designers' and Supervisory Committee of the Union of Soviet Designers' were elected. [1]
The main task of the leadership was to create local organizations, offices in different republics of the Soviet Union, as well as to form committees. [2] Arsen Melikyan was elected as representative of the Soviet Armenia. Two years later, in 1989, he organized the Designers' Union of Armenia and became its founder and the first president of that structure. Before the creation of the Union, he headed the Design Bureau of Youth Organizations of
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Armenia in 1968-1974, as well as he was the Chief Architect of the Yerevan Project Institute. The Designers' Union of Armenia was established on the basis of the Yerevan branch of the All-union scientific-research institute of technical aesthetics which was created in 1963. The united included many designers, and workers such as A. Baghdasaryan, A. Bubushyan, H. Hakobyan, H. Papikyan, A. Hovsepyan, L. Baghdasaryan, A. Khachatryan, H. Sharabkhanyan, S. Mugnetsyan, M. Aristakesyan and others.
In the Soviet period, the activity of the Technical Aesthetic Institute had made significant progress. Perhaps the most significant event was the international seminar organized by the Interdisciplinary Advocacy Union in Yerevan in 1985 on the theme "The Clock's Future". Nearly 20 designers from around 9 countries (including the US, Japan, and Germany) have arrived. The efforts and contribution of this institution are invaluable in shaping of national design in Armenia. Much effort were especially directed towards industrial design.
The Armenian designers created fascinating samples of watches, radio and other equipment. They were not inferior to the product of their manufactories of other Soviet republics. Thus, the foundation of the Designers' Union of Armenia was promising for the development of local design.
In the first years of independence, the Armenian people faced great difficulties. Blockade, economic and industrial decline, etc. In those years however, the designers of union continued to operate. Work was done in all aspects of design especially interior design, graphic design, industrial design and more. In addition to the artist builders and designers, the Armenian Designers Union was also complemented by architects . Since the late 1980's, the Dvin factory in Hrazdan has produced radio transmitters "Razdan 201" and later on basis "Razdan 205". In the 1990s, Members of the Designers' Union were engaged in the design of these radio transmitters. To date, the designers' union continues to operate. Now days Union participates in various expos (Caucasus Construction and Repair), where the members of the Union have been present. Many members of the Designers Union teach and lecture at various universities and design studios.
Fig. 1. The Armenian designers are discussing project details
To summaries, it is worths mentioning that the creation of the Union of Designers' was important for the newly independent Armenia. It allowed not to lose the legacy of Soviet
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Armenia, and on the basis of which it was created an ideologically new union whose efforts were directed to the development of national design.
References / Список литературы
1. Соловев Ю.Б. Союз дизайнеров СССР был создан! // Техническая Эстетика, 1987. № 6 (282). С. 1.
2. Соловев Ю.Б. О задачах союза дизайнеров СССР в свете решений XXVII сьезда КПСС// Техническая Эстетика, 1987. № 7 (283). С. 4.
References in English / Список литературы на английском языке
1. Solovev Yu.B. Sojuz dizajnerov SSSR byl sozdan! [Union of Designers of the USSR was created!] // Tehnicheskaja Jestetika [Technical Aesthetics], 1987. № 6 (282). P. 1 [in Russian].
2. Solovev Yu.B. O zadachah sojuza dizajnerov SSSR v svete reshenij XXVII s'ezda KPSS[On the tasks of the Union of Designers of the USSR in the light of the decisions of the XXVII Congress of the CPSU] // Tehnicheskaja Jestetika [Technical Aesthetics], 1987. № 7 (283). P. 4 [in Russian].
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