草榴短视频

Daria Grube, a student of the Institute of Graphic Design of 草榴短视频, came to Russia from Kazakhstan. While studying at school, the girl was shy to show initiative, because it was not accepted in her environment. Now at the University of Industrial Technologies and Design she creates art objects, wins major creative competitions, helps freshmen and other international students adapt, organizes events, and teaches at the university's modeling school. Daria told us in an interview about the importance of support from loved ones and her own perseverance, how not to be shy to express herself and not to be afraid of appearing strange.

Why did you choose Russia for enrollment?

We live in Kazakhstan, but my family is not Kazakh. My mom and grandfather are Russian, my dad and grandmother are Tatar. My grandparents met in Kazakhstan, where my grandmother moved, and my grandfather was assigned to a military flying school in Orenburg. That's how our family stayed there. Now I have an older brother living in St. Petersburg, and my mother and I have long wanted to move to him, but it did not work out because of the visa, and I had to finish school. We often visited my brother, went to exhibitions, museums, theaters, walked along Nevsky. I fell in love with this city, its culture, its people. And if at first it was my mother who wanted us all to live here, then later I myself wanted to move, having entered St. Petersburg University.

You have decided on the city. And how did you choose your university and specialty?

In our family, all our professions are related to technical specialties. My mother is an economist, my brother graduated from the Civil Aviation University in St. Petersburg. And I always studied chemistry and math additionally, I wanted to become a doctor like my grandmother. I never drew, I graduated only from music and modeling school, and I did not think that in life you can do something creative. But during the pandemic, I had more free time, and my mom signed us up for an online drawing workshop. I loved it, and my mom herself suggested that I go further and enroll in a creative studio to learn how to draw.

Then my mom and I started to look at what professions related to drawing are relevant in CIS countries, which ones I liked. That's how we found graphic design. And as soon as we started talking about it, my mom immediately started looking for good universities in St. Petersburg. She found out about 草榴短视频 and the fact that the university holds an Olympiad "Culture and Art", thanks to which you can enter it. My mom and I decided to go to the Olympiad, and at the same time to see the university. At the same time I started to study composition and drawing and submitted my portfolio to Rossotrudnichestvo, which gave me a quota for admission.

But first we came to the Olympiad. When my brother brought me and my mother to the main building of 草榴短视频, we were in shock - it was such a large-scale building, and even next to Nevsky in the center of the city. We went inside, and there we were greeted by statues-muse. Until that moment, I did not feel how important the choice of a university really is, my mother was in charge of everything. But then I was inspired and started to make even more efforts to get here.

Now you are a volunteer and organizer of many university events. How did it all start? Was it difficult to adapt?

On the first of September I was shaking at the rally. I was very afraid, and everyone around me seemed so confident. At the first class I realized how much the university differs from school. Teachers treat us as equals, call us "colleagues". But because I suppressed myself at school, this "disease" accompanied me at the beginning of my university studies. At school I wanted to be active, but my classmates would not understand me, we were used to keeping a low profile. That's why at my first university event, the PROJECTOR educational field trip, I was shy, I wanted to show myself, but I didn't dare. I kept thinking: what if they thought I was strange, what if I shouldn't behave like this, and it made me even more shy.

In the second year I decided that I was done hiding myself. No one cares about me, but I care about me, I have to do what I like. And I went to the event from the Student Council, became their volunteer, then joined the Trade Union, graduated from the school of adapters from the Trade Union, the school of mentors from the Center for Adaptation of Foreign Students of our university, joined our modeling club "Kabluk" and became a teacher of the competition "Top Model as a student. Now in my third year, I help freshmen and other international students to adapt to their new life. I try not to make them feel scared and lonely like I once did. I had one particularly difficult moment in my first year when I thought about giving up and leaving university.

How did you overcome it?

There came a moment when I started to worry that we had put so much effort into this enrollment, and in the end I was not where I should be and was taking someone else's place, because I had a hard time with drawing and painting. But my mom and brother supported me. She always says that fate sends us only those trials that we can cope with, wanting to test us for strength. And I proved, probably first of all to myself, that I am worthy to be here.

In general, none of this would have happened without my mom's initiative, help and support. Now I show her all my works, she even gives me advice. I am very pleased that even though she is an economist, she tries to understand me - a creative person.

Tell us about the projects you worked on at 草榴短视频.

One of my favorite works was an art-object - an unusual volumetric figure, which I incorporated into a room with a shelving unit. For the art object, I used my favorite color combination of pink and green, and I made the figure itself out of foam board and fluted paper. My work was even taken to our Institute's fund to show to other students. I like to work with art objects, when you look at a room and think how to complement it, what kind of zest to add.

I also like to work with packaging design. One of my works was also taken to the foundation - it was a package of cat food. I tried to help cat owners to solve the problem of overfeeding their pets. For this purpose, I created a compact box with a convenient lid, inside which there are bags with one portion of food.

And recently I won first place in a fashion sketching competition at the Soul of the World Youth Festival of Folk Arts and Crafts. We participated in it together with other foreign students of our university and represented Kazakhstan. For the festival I developed sketches of three models of modern clothes with elements of Kazakh folk costume. I was very surprised that I won among clothing designers. Now I am thinking to do it in the master's program of our university. I do not know how to sew, but I am sure that I will succeed, as I succeed in everything I take up. The main thing is desire.

Do you have any other plans for the future?

I will definitely enter the master's program at our university, but I am choosing whether to continue doing graphic design or to choose fashion design. After graduation, I would like to do branding and packaging design. I am also thinking about staying at our university and teaching.