Dima Barbanel
Dima Barbanel (born August 16, 1973, in Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian designer and art director, the head of the Masterskaya multidisciplinary team, Campus and DesignWorkout education projects. Barbanel became known as the art director of the Russian editions of Esquire, Interni, Citizen K, The Art Newspaper, and Harper's Bazaar, as well as Vokrug sveta, The Firm's Secret, and Afisha magazines. In 2013, Barbanel launched the Campus educational project in the village of Fominskoye in the Moscow Region.
Also recorded as Dmitry Evgenievich Barbanel
Dima Barbanel

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- Name
- Dima Barbanel
- Born
- 16 August 1973
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, USSR
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Fabrica research centre
- Occupation
- designer, art director
- Nationality
- Russia.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Dima Barbanel (born August 16, 1973, in Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian designer and art director, the head of the Masterskaya multidisciplinary team, Campus and DesignWorkout education projects. Barbanel became known as the art director of the Russian editions of Esquire, Interni, Citizen K, The Art Newspaper, and Harper's Bazaar, as well as Vokrug sveta, The Firm's Secret, and Afisha magazines. In 2013, Barbanel launched the Campus educational project in the village of Fominskoye in the Moscow Region.
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The students (called co-workers) live on campus and work on real-world; projects with Barbanel and other experienced designers. The Campus aimed to encourage revolutionary thinking in design and implement the training practices Barbanel learned in the 1990s in the Fabrica research centre under the mentorship of Oliviero Toscani.
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• Name — Dima Barbanel • Native Name — Дмитрий Евгеньевич Барбанель • Born — 16 August 1973 • Birthplace — Leningrad, USSR • Education — Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Fabrica research centre • Occupation — designer, art director • Years Active — 1999–present • Website — dimabarbanel.com
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1973
Dima Barbanel was born on 16 August 1973.
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- 1.Arseny Vesnin. 2010-08-24.
- 2.Презентация «Мастерской Димы Барбанеля» и её проектов на сайте «Мастерской». 2014-12-06.
- 3.Русский дизайн изнутри. На что ориентируются арт-директора. 2014-12-06. Афиша.
- 4.Елена Мухаметшина. 2013-03-20.
- 5.Гражданин К. 2014-12-13. Kak.ru. yes.
- 6.Сергей Суворов. 2010-06-01.
- 7.Наталья Кострова. 2011-10-31.
- 8.Велимир Мойст. 2012-03-13.
- 9.2012-03-06.
- 10.Данила Стратович. 2013-04-10.
- 11.Даша Абрамова. 2013-09-23.
- 12.Анна Савина, Андрей Герасимчук. 2013-09-09.
- 13.Алиса По. 2013-03-11.
- 14.2013-06-09.
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Dima Barbanel studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design and Fabrica research centre.
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