Modern Russian design is heterogeneous. The state of affairs in this area is usually estimated by the number of professionals who have received world recognition, the presence of competitive academic institutions and, in fact, the quantity and quality of things designed and sold in the country. Russian design by these criteria can not be measured.
By topic: Five Russian designers
What we have? Outstanding professional designer Vladimir Pirozhkov with the Engineering Center for Prototyping of High Complexity MISiS-Kinetics. That is a unique production equipment. There are enterprises of Sergey Smirnov, the head of the Smirnov Design and Smirnov Technologies companies, which recently opened the center at MGHPA them. Stroganov. A special caste consists of architects designing furniture, from Totan Kuzembaev to Archpole studio. Interesting designers-compatriots who have achieved recognition and working abroad are interesting: Ekaterina Elizarova, Maria Koshenkova, Denis Milovanov, Lera Moiseeva, Yana Svetlova and others.
By topic: Russian debut at the Paris Biennale of Révélations
The number of studios is increasing every year, mainly due to the ability to sell manufactured items through online services. Schools gather strength, but so far no university has managed to make a powerful breakthrough and reach the level of the Eindhoven Design Academy or the ECAL Swiss school. Of the cities, St. Petersburg looks like the most designer - the most advanced pros live and work here. But no matter how and where you don’t look, in a country with a population of 146 million people, there should be more designers.
By topic: Russian design: 5 names at the exhibition in Vladivostok. Choosing interior.ru
1. Natalia Musorina
Torsion armchair. Wooden frame, cotton threads. IF Design Award 2016 
A unique case. Mathematician, IT architect Natalia Musorina - winner of the international competition iF Design Award. At the heart of the chair Torsion invented by her is the mathematical principle of optimal structures. Wooden frame, cotton threads. A chair weighing no more than 7 kg is able to withstand a load of up to 100 kg.
Acoustic EO panels, new material based on spruce needles.
Tanya and Misha Repiny and Alexander Bolmat are part of the Moscow design studio Aotta. Designing items and developing new materials. “When creating projects, we are always looking for the meaning and purity of an idea without harm to humans and nature. For us, freedom and creativity of a person in his interaction with the objective world are important, ”say the designers. Aotta - winners of several international competitions. Got third place on SaloneSatellite in Milan in 2017.
Related: Salone Satellite: Contest Winners
3. Asketik. Maxim Maximov
Светильник Light & Shelf. Сталь, светодиоды. 
The founder of the brand is Petersburg designer Maxim Maximov. All items are minimalist, ergonomic, tasteful. Asketik's motto is minimum for maximum. Lamps, hangers, pointers and shelves thanks to the site can be bought both domestically and from abroad.
4. Supaform. Maxim Shcherbakov
Chair Yalta, 2017. Brass, MDF. 
The studio was opened by Maxim Scherbakov from St. Petersburg in 2016. The designer has two specialized formations at once - a picturesque and architectural one. Together with colleague Alexei Galkin, they created a design project Plan-S23 and regularly team up with friends close in spirit - in particular, Maxim Shcherbakov participated in the projects of the pop-up teams Izba and Naturalist. The essence of their approach in the combination of design, sculpture, painting. Supaform with its projects participated in the Stockholm Furniture Fair, in the Paris exhibition Design Pron, in the Moscow exhibition Predmet and in the St. Petersburg Izba Project.
Chair Chair. Solid oak.
Designer and architect from St. Petersburg. Makes furniture, interior and children's toys. All things are perfectly designed, look fashionable, simple and clever. The main material - wood, also works with metal and plastic. In 2010, he opened his own workshop to design interiors based on furniture invented by him. Since 2012 participates in international design exhibitions. Through the online store sells items at prices ranging from 5 thousand to 28 thousand rubles.
6. Anastasia Koscheeva
Lamps "Svetoch". Beresta. 
Anastasia grew up in Krasnoyarsk, lives and works in Berlin. She practiced and trained in e27 studios, Matthias Ries Research and Design. Her choice - birch bark - material, according to the designer, has great potential. Flexible, durable and undervalued by modern authors, adherents of ecodesign. Participant in the Munich Creative Business Week, DMY, SaloneSatellite (in Milan and in Moscow), Stockholm Design Week.
"Stick", wooden construction for pendant lamp
Lives and works in St. Petersburg. Graduate School of Design "ArtFuture". The participant of many design exhibitions, for example, Moscow Design Week, SaloneSatellite in Milan, Born in the USSR in London, Stockholm Furniture Fair, won the ARCHIWOOD competition in the nomination "Object Design". Until 2014, the editor of the blog tutdesign.ru, participated in master classes at Lago in Italy, trained at the design studio Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk in Holland. In 2014, Yaroslav became a producer and participant in the Izba project.
8. Wishnya Design Studio
Lighting Qvad. Brass, copper, porous aluminum. 
Designers from Yekaterinburg. The studio was created in January 2013. Successful collections are Velvet and Suprematic. Specialization - lamps, all items involve manual work. The Supermatic collection consists of seven elegant, simple luminaires with matt blown shades and brass, copper and porous aluminum elements. All at a price of 12 to 20 thousand rubles. White balls with metal parts can compete with lamps of incredibly fashionable London designer Michael Anastassiades. The Velvet collection is formed by a dozen of used fixtures with original kraft cardboard shades at a price of 7 to 11 thousand rubles.
9. Anna Strupinskaya
Chair Treeangle. Corian®, MDF 
Head of the subject design studio. Winner of international awards, among them the 1st place in the competition Shape the Future of Black from the company DuPont ™ Corian®. Anna Strupinskaya and Aleksey Ivashkevich have just created, together with The Sarai, a lamp that combined Japanese philosophy, carpentry skills and 3D modeling.
Related: Anna Strupinskaya and Aleksey Ivashkevich: light at the junction of nature and technology
10. Vladimir Tililov
Soco chair. Aluminum, copper inserts, fireproof fabric. 
Moscow designer has been designing interiors for 12 years. Since 2008, furniture and interior items have appeared in his portfolio. It is an amazing case when the minimal amount of effort is spent on self-promotion, and there are more than enough orders. Able to make things from inexpensive materials with character and chic
