DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ FIGURATIVE THINKING AS A BASIS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN MEDIUM DESIGN

Abstract

The article addresses a problem of vocational training of students – future environment designers in the higher education system. The role and importance of specialist designer in aesthetic design system of object-spatial environment are analyzed. Problems are identified in the formation of professional qualities of the designer’s personality, among which partic- ular importance is given to the priority of developing logical and constructive thinking. The author determines the importance of developing figurative thinking in trace designers as a fundamental component in the development of the conceptual design of a new reality. The concept of “artistic image” is characterized and its distinctive characteristics in design and fine art are given. A set of tasks and exercises is offered to find a figurative idea, designed to intensify the creative process of design by identifying abstracted images of real objects of reality and developing new forms of environmental design objects on this basis.