Степан Липатов

Education

2009 – 2012 — Higher Academic School of Graphic Design (HASGD), Boris Trofimov’s Course, Moscow
(Russia);

2016 – 2019 — Gerrit Rietveld Academie BA (Hons), Graphic Design Department, Amsterdam
(The Netherlands) *Nominee GRA Award 2019 Applied Arts;

2017 — Kyoto Seika University, Traditional Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Hanga) — Exchange program, Kyoto (Japan).

Research/professional practice interests

Teaching design / Designing teaching / Design as mediation / Design as facilitation / Design as a synthetic practice / (Self-) Publication / Printmaking techniques.

Printed works

2015 — 1/2 Journal (Graphic Design and Education), Moscow (Russia);

2015 — Avangard 100 (Boris Trofimov’s studio), Boslen Publishing, Moscow (Russia);

2017 — Recourse 1900, Exhibition publication, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2018 — Soapbox Journal: Practices of Listening, UvA, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2019 — Soapbox Journal: Grids, UvA, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2019 — KM Magazine, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2020 — Portraits of Rucola (Karin Iturralde), Tilde, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2021 — Soapbox Journal: Contamination, UvA, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2021 — Support Magazine, Paris (France);

2021 — MacGuffin Magazine: The Rug, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2020, 2021 — T.A.N.J (The Against Nature Journal), Council (France);

2019, 2021, 2022 — De Gids, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2022 — Press&Fold #2: The Resistance Issue, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Exhibitions

2011 — ArchMoscow Next, Central House of Artist, Moscow (Russia);

2015 — The 100 Posters, Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Lighthouse Centre for Architecture and Design, Glasgow (Scotland);

2015 — Avangard 100 (Boris Trofimov’s Studio), Typomania 2015, Moscow (Russia);

2016 — Golden Bee Biennale, Central House of Artist, Moscow (Russia);

2017 — Always in Risk, Yet Never in Danger (Group exhibition), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
(The Netherlands);

2017 — Recourse 1900 (Group exhibition), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2019 — Selected, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);

2021 — Best Book Design From All Over the World (Frankfurter Buchmesse), Frankfurt (Germany);

2021 — Green Line (Poster exhibition) North River Station Museum, Moscow (Russia);

2022 — Most Beautiful Russian Books 2019-2020, Craft Center, Tula (Russia);

2023 — 12 Months (12 Best Book Covers of 2022, Ad Marginem и А+А), CCI Fabrika and Non/fiction,
Moscow (Russia);

2021, 2023 — National Book Contest Zhar Kinga, Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia).

Full-time Employment

2011 – 2013 — Graphic Design Studio Zoloto, Junior Graphic Designer, Moscow (Russia);

2013 – 2014 — Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Graphic Designer, Moscow (Russia);

2014 – 2015 — Pioner Cinema, Graphic designer, Moscow (Russia);

2014 – 2015 — Moscow State Library Center, Graphic Designer, Moscow (Russia);

2017 – 2018 — Moscow Transport Department, Graphic Designer, Moscow (Russia);

2019 – now — V—A—C Foundation (House of Culture «GES-2»), Senior Graphic Designer, Moscow (Russia).

Project-based employment

Strelka KB (2017–2021) / Strelka Institute (2017) / Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center (2019) /
Taganskiy Park (2014) / The State Museum of Mayakovsky (2016) / Ad Marginem Publishing House (2021 – 2022) / Apartment Museum of Joseph Brodsky (2023).

Teaching

2014 – 2015 — Boris Trofimov Course — B&D Institute, Teaching assistant, Moscow (Russia);

2021, 2022, 2023 — Institute for Social Sciences, Graphic Design Department, Teacher, Moscow (Russia).

Teaching as a guest teacher

HSE Art and Design School (2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2023) / British Higher School of Art and Design
(2021, 2022, 2023) / Boris Trofimov Course — B&D Institute (2020, 2021) / Moscow Architectural Institute (2015) / Rodchenko Art School (2021) / Letovo School (2022) / House of Culture «GES-2» (2022, 2023).