OLESYA N.

Multidisciplinary designer based in St.Petersburg, Focusing on visual communication in the fields of branding and motion.

I believe that design is not just about creating a beautiful visual. It's about researching, inventing new methods, and telling a story through form and color. It's an opportunity to combine deep symbolism with visual storytelling. 


Education:
2008-2018_The Art School
2020-2024_HSE Communication design_bachelor
2024-2026_HSE Art Direction_master

Work experience:
2024-now_Forme clinic [communication designer]
2024-2025_Trofoto design [communication designer]
2023-2024_LLC Lindemann [UI/UX]
2022_Freelance [UI/UX; motion; graphic]

Exhibitions:
Cogito: Design Almanac [work: Visual Perception]
Festival de Bannes [art direction; motion; work: Fuga]
213X203: Exhibition of alternative film posters 
[work: Stanley Kubrick]
Visible View [work: Black metal as a reflection
of tabooed symbols of medieval culture] 
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01 BLACK METAL AS A REFLECTION
OF TABOOED SYMBOLS OF MEDIEVAL CULTURE
2023

Direction: 
Typography
Motion
The visual research aims to study taboo symbols and images on the covers of black metal albums. It investigates the reasons for the appearance of these taboo signs from medieval culture in black metal music, as well as the ideological justifications that have led to the emergence of this genre.

The research describes the plots and sign systems most often found among metal representatives, what ideological and philosophical basis is embedded in these symbols and how these taboo images have changed under the influence of socio-cultural processes

Links:Video essay
Leaf trough



The visual metaphor for the book was grimoires — "textbooks" of instructions for creating and conducting magical rituals. 

Chapter:‘Ancient Mystical Orders’ consists of two notebooks and is printed entirely on black paper



Schmutztitles
Each chapter has been assigned a symbol-navigation indicator












The project was presented at the exhibition «Visible View» at Doctrina et Nobiles, St. Petersburg

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