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• First-Ever Booking System for Cultural and Creative Spaces Launches in Russia

  As part of the hackathon Leaders of Digital Transformation by the Moscow Agency of Innovations, specialists from ITMO have developed an online aggregator of creative spaces that allows users to book a suitable venue or service quickly and risk-free. The pilot version came about through the success of the development team Korporaty at the IT competition Leaders of Digital Transformation within the Mayor of Moscow Award. Currently, the developers are finalizing their product at the Academy of Innovators.

  03.11.2023

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Trendy Spaces for Art, Thrift Shopping, and Food

  From vintage stores, trendy cafes, and bars all the way to pic-worthy murals, here’s our roundup of the best off-the-beaten-track places and hip spots in St. Petersburg.

  27.09.2021

• Art & Science Students Present Projects for Upcoming Creative Center in Gatchina

  The site of the former Gatchina dairy plant will become home to the MOLZAVOD Center of Culture, Art, and Education as early as this summer. The project’s strategic goal is to showcase the synthesis of science and art, which is why its curators have invited students of ITMO University’s Art & Science Master’s Program for a summer internship during which they developed various project concepts for the future venue. Their ideas include an open school of science and art, an AR-quest, an exhibition of endangered relict plants, and more. Learn more in our report.

  03.07.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 13-14

  As it’s getting colder outside, it’s time for checking out all of St. Petersburg’s swankiest creative spaces! From a food fair by the sea to the festival of Korean culture and a contemporary photography exhibition, there are so many things going on in the city this weekend!

  10.10.2018

• Campus Festival: How Studying Emotions Helps Urban Developers

  What are the rules and methods of creating the optimal urban environment? What is it that specialists from the Quality of Life laboratory do? And how can the citizens’ emotions help to develop new projects and urban development concepts? Aleksandra Nenko, head of the laboratory and Associate Professor at the Institute of Design & Urban Studies, expanded on the importance of art development and the collaboration of business and creative teams during an open interview at the Campus festival, while ITMO.NEWS put down the main ideas.

  11.07.2018

• What Makes Creative Businesses Successful

  Scientists from ITMO’s Institute of Design & Urban Studies have conducted research on St. Petersburg’s creative spaces. The dynamics of creative spaces is an indicator of the state of creative economy, which, in turn, affects the city’s urban development and its image. According to Alexei Kudrin, head of the nonprofit Center for Strategic Research, during the global economic crisis the creative sector grew by 14% a year, going against the overall trend. But even though it is a fast-growing sector in European countries, Russia does not fully use its potential. The industry’s share in the city’s GDP fluctuates between 1% and 1.5%, as opposed to about 6%-9% in London and Berlin, which makes this study on creative spaces in Russian cities so relevant. Researchers tried to answer the following questions: How long do creative clusters live? What types of creative spaces live longer?

  04.05.2018

• Chaika Creative Space Opens at ITMO University

  The CHAIKA creative space was opened last week at ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. This space will become a platform for the creative development of students and anyone interested in taking part. CHAIKA is already a venue to the Sunny Petersburg photo exhibition, where visitors can see works by members of the “Art Petersburg” photo community.

  22.11.2017