DESIGN IN THE CONDITIONS OF CHALLENGES AND TESTS

Abstract

Design in conditions of challenges and trials. The article, based on the analysis of practical materials and creative works, considers design issues regarding practical and communication support for the population in conditions of martial law. The requirements for design and the direction of its tasks in wartime are determined. It is noted that communicative and social needs are relevant today in Ukraine and require creative approaches in design, in conditions of challenges and trials, in the development of visual, functional, aesthetically defined design objects. Research methods – analytical, comparative. Regulatory and practical materials on ensuring the protection of the population in wartime are considered, the need for universal design is determined. Visual information is presented and considered in the following areas: synthesis of arts; artistic design; graphic design (films, posters, comics, art books, art installations, illustrations, postcards, stamps, labels, murals). Conclusions – main conclusions: the importance of caring for low-mobility population groups is noted, but regulatory documents do not specify the consideration of their needs in placement in places of protection, provision with functional devices in everyday life, which will ensure the possibility of satisfying practical and physiological needs, and this sets a task for universal design; Informational, artistic and emotional support of visual communication has developed, but historical examples indicate the insufficiency of the subject of visual graphic means. Resource limitations, ensuring the minimum cost of products, and especially for military purposes, communication and social needs, are relevant today in Ukraine and require design, in conditions of challenges and tests, flexibility, creativity and adaptability in the development of visual, functional, aesthetically defined design objects. The tasks of design in wartime relate to several areas: ensuring the quality of life of the population and its communication support. This is a topic of practical [2-5] and creative works [6-19], which must be considered in accordance with modern requirements. The purpose of the work is to highlight the tasks of design in difficult periods and provide an assessment of the current state. The difficult circumstances that have arisen put psychological pressure on the population, and this sets the requirements and tasks of creating design solutions that take into account the psychology of confidence, empathy, help, emotional uplift, courage, inclusion and innovation in the design of various objects and, accordingly, business.