Visual Research is a conceptual, informative and systematic way to examine any phenomenon based on visual materials. It can be a work of art, an illustration, a photograph, a movie, an animated film, a comic book and so on. It’s fair to say that this particular longread is a research project, which allows the student to serve as the author of the text, the editor and the art director. Using the platform’s features, the contestant can make a statement on classical or modern culture by sharing their conceptual vision of the chosen subject and by providing balanced and convincing visuals to prove their point.

Visual research must be uploaded as a longread to the hsedesign.ru platform.

For the 2025 Visual Research nomination, we are seeking submissions that explore the dialogue between classical and contemporary art and/or design. We welcome longreads that analyze «wandering narratives» and images that transform from era to era, as well as visual echoes and homages to old maestros by contemporary artists.