Interview with Anna Muratova

Anna Muratova ("AM") interviewed on Monday, 20 May.

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?

AM : I have been engaged in design relatively recently, over a year. After graduation from university I had internships in design at Strelka and Cotton Club. Now I work as a web designer in Svyaznoy and create banners and promo sites.

How did you become a designer?

AM : As a child I always enjoyed creating something new and I made websites as a hobby. However, I bacame designer reletevely recently. While studying in master degree in applied mathematics and computer science in HSE one of the subjects was UI UX, which I really enjoyed. So after that I decided to learn more about design and in parallel with my studies I completed additional education in HSE in graphic design. Also, I listened several online design courses.

What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?

AM : My design process starts from structuring all the given information, then sketching different variations and selecting the best one. And after that making it visually attractive. As for the style, I enjoy minimalism and interesting creative ideas.

Which emotions do you feel when designing?

AM : I always feel inspired when I have new project, especially the process of thinking how can I better implement the idea into design. And looking at finished project always makes me feel happy and excited.

What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?

AM : One of the non-design skills that helped me to become a better designer are the ability to structure information and extract from it main things.

What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?

AM : I enjoy making promo sites and landing pages overall, because it's like telling a short story, but in a visual way. In the future I want to make interactive websites with animation.

What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?

AM : Just enjoy design overall and be passionate about it.

You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?

AM : I suggest constantly reading and learning new things about design, studying trends and design news.

What is your day to day look like?

AM : In the morning I usually read design news or look at Behance projects. Then when I go to work, frst of all, I look at my tasks for the day and plan what should I do first and what next. At dinner time we usuallly go to play basketball with collegues at the street.

How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?

AM : I enjoy reading and learning about design trends from different resources. I think that design trend are good, but you shouldn't always use them, only in projects, where they are suitable.

How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?

AM : Good design has an unusual idea, satisfies the customer and is suitable for target audience. Also, when you look at this design you understand that everything fits together perfectly.

How do you decide if your design is ready?

AM : I decide that design is ready, when I'm happy with the final result and don't think that anything in it should be changed.

What is your biggest design work?

AM : My biggesst design work is promo site for Sony, extrabase on svyaznoy.ru website.

Who is your favourite designer?

AM : It's hard to pick only one designer, I enjoy different designers works.

Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?

AM : Usually I get inspired from nature and also I like to make design while listening to the music.

What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?

AM : There are lots of positive experiences that A'Design Award gives you! For example, certificate for the design, exhibition with the work and also opportunity to become a member at differnet design clubs and initiatives and so much more. I really happy that I was selected as Designer of the Day!

Anna Muratova Profile