Terminal Design Future Fest debuted in April 2026 featuring:
A 3-day program
30+ experts
300+ participants
A 3-day program
30+ experts
300+ participants
TDFF26
Festival Program
The festival opened on April 22 in St. Petersburg. The best works from open call participants, as well as multimedia and audiovisual installations by designers and artists, were projected onto the dome of Planetarium № 1.
Opening
22.04.26
22.04.26
Open Calls
Posters created in Poster Pocket — an interactive tool that allows users to make posters on their phones using the camera of a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. Poster Pocket is available at pp-ttf.ru.
Alina Shamilova
Studio "Zerkalo" (Alexandra Sitro, Arina Kozlova, Elizaveta Semenova, Ksenia Bibikova)
Artem Ismiyanov
Anastasia Fentsik
Veronika Kiseleva
Anastasia Zakharyeva
Daniil Sazonov
Alla Marunova
Rustam Sherifzyanov
Studio "Zerkalo" (Alexandra Sitro, Arina Kozlova, Elizaveta Semenova, Ksenia Bibikova)
Rustam Sherifzyanov
Zlata Tokarenko
Studio "Zerkalo" (Alexandra Sitro, Arina Kozlova, Elizaveta Semenova, Ksenia Bibikova)
Kirill Vasiliev
Mariya Bykovskaya
Anastasia Zakharyeva
Studio "Zerkalo" (Alexandra Sitro, Arina Kozlova, Elizaveta Semenova, Ksenia Bibikova)
Rustam Sherifzyanov
Tatyana Kruglova
Rustam Sherifzyanov
This category is dedicated to exploring invisible realities, alternative dimensions, and fantastical landscapes that exist beyond ordinary perception.
Varvara Gnidenko
Arina Glavatskikh
Anel Magzhanova
Creative coding is widely used in design projects. Participants explored how code reshapes visual language, branding, aesthetics, and design processes.
Konstantin Kuznetsov
Anastasia Zakharyeva
Alexander Kurbanov
Mariya Panitskova
Participants presented their original letter "T" and then brought it to life through animation. Why "T"? It is a visual representation of the future, an intersection point, a form of balance and direction — and it stands for Terminal.
Ksenia Bibikova
Polina Kotova
Alla Marunova
Anastasia Zhestovskaya
Karina Gafarova
Konstantin Kuznetsov
Murat Mirzoev
Kristina Chernyaeva
Original Multimedia Installations
Audiovisual Installation "Repeat. Voice. Dialogue." by Terminal Design.
Three parts of a single search. Three ways to ask a question about the future. Three acts of reflection on our actions and the trace we leave behind. Terminalizm (2013). Terminworks (2024). Terminal Design Future Fest (2026).
Three parts of a single search. Three ways to ask a question about the future. Three acts of reflection on our actions and the trace we leave behind. Terminalizm (2013). Terminworks (2024). Terminal Design Future Fest (2026).
Repeat. Voice. Dialogue.
This project was created using an overhead projector — a projection device that allows to work with transparent materials, liquids, and light in real time. Thus even the slightest movements transform into large-scale visual forms that cannot be replicated.
On the planetarium dome, these projections were repeatedly amplified. The play of light, random silhouettes, and fluid structures created an immersive effect, integrating the viewer into the experience. Each projection was completely unique.
On the planetarium dome, these projections were repeatedly amplified. The play of light, random silhouettes, and fluid structures created an immersive effect, integrating the viewer into the experience. Each projection was completely unique.
Audiovisual Performance "Zeitgeist" by the Moscow collective GENNXN
This installation merges image and sound into a single system to explore the human condition in contemporary reality: information overload, monotony, background anxiety, and the struggle to get through it all.
Using layers, textures, repetition, and rhythm, the work constructs a visceral experience felt both visually and physically, amplified by the immersive planetarium space.
Using layers, textures, repetition, and rhythm, the work constructs a visceral experience felt both visually and physically, amplified by the immersive planetarium space.
Audiovisual Installation "Through" by Ekaterina Shilova
"On the Non-Objective Future"
Artyom Matyushkin
Art Director and Graphic Designer, founder of Non-Objective
Art Director and Graphic Designer, founder of Non-Objective
"The Typography of the Future"
"Process = Tool"
Natalya Kolesnikova
Specialist in ethical, inclusive, and sustainable innovative design, founder of Buttnhand
Specialist in ethical, inclusive, and sustainable innovative design, founder of Buttnhand
«Green Design Skills 2030»
"Design for Designers Without Neural Networks"
Watch the live stream recording:
Mayakovsky Library Lecture Hall
15 lectures, 4 workshops, 2 round tables
150+ attendees
15 lectures, 4 workshops, 2 round tables
150+ attendees
Offline
lectures
26.04.26
lectures
26.04.26
1. Design Practice
Focus: Tools, inspiration, education for designers
Lecturers: Ivan Kulikov, Vladimir Anosov, Dima Sheiko, Nikita Levtsov, Eva Chernykh, Maxim Filippov
2. Technologies and Tools
Focus: The impact of new technologies on design and art
Lecturers: Pavel Klimchitsky, Timur Saberov, Mikhail Nekrasov, Fedor Borisov, Vladimir Ayuev
3. Art, Context and the Future
Focus: Philosophy, ethics, the intersection of design with contemporary art
Lecturers: Alexander Karamyshev, Darina Polikarpova, Nikita Tarasov, Ksenia Perminova
Focus: Tools, inspiration, education for designers
Lecturers: Ivan Kulikov, Vladimir Anosov, Dima Sheiko, Nikita Levtsov, Eva Chernykh, Maxim Filippov
2. Technologies and Tools
Focus: The impact of new technologies on design and art
Lecturers: Pavel Klimchitsky, Timur Saberov, Mikhail Nekrasov, Fedor Borisov, Vladimir Ayuev
3. Art, Context and the Future
Focus: Philosophy, ethics, the intersection of design with contemporary art
Lecturers: Alexander Karamyshev, Darina Polikarpova, Nikita Tarasov, Ksenia Perminova
The in-person lecture day program was divided into 3 blocks:
1. Vladimir Anosov – "Drawing with Letters"
2. Yulia Laricheva – "Discovering Your Style Through Generations"
3. Anya Kilgishova – "t+h+e+f+u+t+u+r+e: A Collective Zine"
4. Design Practices Workshop – "Social Design"
2. Yulia Laricheva – "Discovering Your Style Through Generations"
3. Anya Kilgishova – "t+h+e+f+u+t+u+r+e: A Collective Zine"
4. Design Practices Workshop – "Social Design"
Workshops:
2027 is the time to scale the project: more participants, more experts, more events.
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