TOMSK, Apr 15 – RIA Tomsk. Students and teachers of Tomsk State University (TSU) drew the
largest letters of the street alphabet in Russia at one of the buildings of the
university within the framework of "Typomania" festival, the press
service of TSU reported on Monday.
"Students and teachers of the TSU Institute of
Art and Culture painted the alphabet on the walls of the TSU building on
Nikitin Street. Together with the head of the "Typomania" festival,
Alexander Vasin, the students developed an individual design for each letter,
and the Tomsk street alphabet became the largest in Russia", – is said in
the statement.
It is specified that more than 40 people participated
in the writing of letters. The city design campaign "Tomsk Alphabet –
2.0" was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Department of Design and
the 25th anniversary of the Institute of Art and Culture of TSU.
"Our goal – is not only modern forms of conversation
with the city and the creation of meaningful, interesting living environment,
but also the involvement of design students in collective creative projects of
the city and Russian levels", – the press service quotes the director of the
institute, the professor Dmitry Galkin.
He noted that similar projects were already in
Ulan-Ude and Arkhangelsk, but as a result, TSU students made the largest street
alphabet in Russia – the letters turned out to be about 3 meters high. “Tomsk
alphabet”, of course, was helped by the teachers of the design department -
from sketches to painting walls. Even I, as a dean, joined the painting
works", – Galkin said.
Earlier it was reported that for the first time the
"Tomsk Alphabet" project was implemented in 2018 within the framework
of the "Tipomaniya.Tomsk" festival – the regional platform of one of
the largest design forums in Russia, the festival "Tipomaniya" (held
in Moscow since 2012). Then, in honor of the 140th anniversary of TSU on the
fence of the university, students and young designers wrote the Russian
alphabet from A to Z.
© с сайта ТГУThe street alphabet on the wall of the TSU building
© РИА Томск. Таисия ВоронцоваThe street alphabet on the wall of the TSU building