The interactive book "Russkaya Klassika" ("Russian Classics") from the "Sem Velikikh Kompozitorov" ("Seven Great Composers") series is created by a team of illustrators. Within its pages, each artist crafted scenes inspired by their selected musical compositions. By pressing a button, young readers can listen to snippets of pivotal compositions by these classical composers, bridging the gap between music and visual art, and try to visualize the music. The closing pages of the book provide a glimpse into the lives of these renowned composers.
The book includes quintessential works by great Russian composers, such as Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Stravinsky, and Schnittke. The built-in sound module contains seven musical compositions, with each fragment lasting about 20 seconds. The series curator is Lyalya Kandaurova, a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, accomplished violinist, contributor to the Seasons of Life magazine, lecturer of the "Theory and Practice" project, and the author of several comprehensive music theory and history courses.
S 'Leto is a clothing brand that manufactures seasonal capsule collections. They are carefully thought out: trousers, tops, blouses, skirts, dresses, shorts and coats complement each other. S 'Leto combines style and comfort. The distinctive features of the brand are the simplicity of shapes and the use of natural fabrics. The brand has its own production facility, where the quality of fabrics is tested before the production process.
The brand also specializes in making stage costumes and gymnastic swimsuits. S'Leto presented its swimwear collection at the Ulyanovsk Fashion Week and at the Radisson Fashion Award 2021. The collection was inspired by Ulyanovsk, portrayed as a city straight from the floor of an ancient sea. The collection features ornaments, ammonites and designer's prints. Items of the collection can be purchased on a Russian online retailer Wildberries. They can also be found at the "Fabrika" multi-brand boutique located at the "Pushkarev Ring" shopping center. “S 'Leto” collections are regularly presented at Fashion Weeks in Ulyanovsk and Kazan. Delovoye Obozreniye (Business Review) magazine named S'Leto the brand of the year of 2020 and 2021.
SAKHACHAI is a tea manufacturer, specializing in the production of tea using wild-grown raw materials and professional equipment. The raw materials are collected from environmentally clean areas in Yakutia. SAKHACHAI teas are made in collaboration with biologists. This guarantees the preservation of the beneficial properties of Yakut wild plants, their optimal combination in blends, and the integration of production technology.
SAKHACHAI offers a selection of teas made from raspberry leaves, blackcurrant, strawberry, willow-herb, mullein herb, rosehip fruits, stinging nettle leaves, among others. In 2022, the company was recognized as the "Best Exporter of Yakutia," and at the Russian Agricultural Exhibition "Golden Autumn-2022," in the competition "For the Production of High-Quality Food Products," the company was awarded five gold medals for its teas made from various varieties of Cyperus leaves.
SENDIELE is a clothing brand dedicated to crafting ethnic Yakut garments and intricate embellishments for clothing. One of the distinct features of the brand is its adherence to the canons of traditional Yakut culture from the 18th to the early 20th century. The brand specializes in crafting replicas of ancient Yakut jewelry and garments, drawing inspiration from archaeological sources. It offers a wide range of dresses and vests, belts and sashes, buttons, necklaces, earrings, rings, and hair accessories.
Wild silk (tussah), semi-silk moiré, wool are used in the production, and the jewelry is made of silver, brass, pearls, copper, glass. Speaking of jewelry: you can purchase individual components separately and assemble your own unique piece of jewelry. Geometric patterns such as lines, zigzags, and tree motifs are commonly found on the rings, along with traditional motifs like the fishing net pattern caleld ilim kharaga.
SERGUNINA is a jewelry brand for the bold and courageous. After all, the jewelry is made of clock parts and mechanisms. A lawyer by training, an inventor at heart: Ekaterina couldn't pass up a chance to make steampunk-themed models. It is in this style that the jewelry is made. Steampunk celebrates the aesthetics and supremacy of technology, inspired by the Victorian era.
Parts of mechanical watches are used in the production of jewelry. So, not only Ekaterina creates unique jewelry, but also gives a second life to watches and various machines! Each item is unique and made in a single copy. The selection of jewelry is diverse: earrings, bracelets, pendants, cufflinks, tie clips can be found in the collection.
SHI-SHI is a Russian brand of women’s clothing and accessories founded in 2015 by designer Yulia Shinkareva. They designed "te samye" coats. The brand’s history began with a wool coat that made the front page of vogue.com and became a dream item in any woman’s wardrobe. SHI-SHI has its own production, a flagship store in Moscow and a head office in Nizhny Novgorod.
In 2016, SHI-SHI was included in the list of "12 Best Russian Outerwear Brands" by the Wonderzine fashion magazine. Since then, outerwear has entered the brand’s DNA and became recognizable and coveted. In 2021 the brand’s products appeared in a concept store in the luxury mall GUM, the Bolshoi shopping center in Yekaterinburg and online fashion retailer Lamoda.ru. Continuous work on quality improvement and love for each client are the two core values SHI-SHI is based on.
SO COLD is an international jewelry brand from Yakutia. The brand has its own production facility where the team develops original collections of sterling silver jewelry, creates custom-made pieces to order, and supplies natural Yakut diamonds. SO Cold was founded in 2022 and launched based on the Yakut jewelry and diamond cutting cluster SAYBM. The brand stands on 3 basic principles: unity, freedom and comfort, offering a wide range of pendants, rings, necklaces, bracelets.
The logo design is a modern interpretation of the ancient Yakut symbol "bies harah" ("five-eyed"), representing the harmony of the five elements of human life: water, air, fire, earth, and metal. Through its jewelry craft and the MUUS UULLAR series (meaning, Melting Permafrost), the brand aims to draw attention to the environmental issue of global warming.
SOTA+ is a next-generation graphic design tool, based on an Artificial Intelligence platform. The project started in 2020 with the aim of creating a platform for creativity, where anyone, regardless of skills, can generate their own graphic designs. The template generator has been launched into the public domain. With this tool, you can generate graphics in one click. It allows you to pre-select the style, the proportions of the image, and offers tools for final customization.
SOTA+ also allows you to automate the production of motion graphics. By learning from a series of static images, the tool is able to generate animations of any duration and resolution. It also learns from user feedback, which means it can better understand the user's requests. As a result, creative teams can visualize the images they come up with faster, increasing the efficiency of work on graphic concepts.