ANTIC is an annual design school event that is designed by freshmen for seniors.
This year, the theme of the anti-homogeneous was «Wrong Party», where several holidays crossed over, because someone confused the invitations!
The main tasks of the decoration department were:
— Creation of humourers and ideas on the theme: wedding, Emo, Bimbo, birthday, New Year’s Day. — Creation of a decor of various materials: foam, cardboard, atlases, packaging paper, and paints. — The decoration transport is safe and sound, as well as the dismantling.
The whole set for the event was created within the walls of the Design School. The polite staff and the administration have given us a workshop, for which we are very grateful!
Ullana, the head of the department’s decorator, coordinated the whole process from beginning to end, and created the entire decor with us. Sasha, the department’s decorator, built unkillable structures, cut foam, cut out uniforms, and glued paperboard. Nastya, the department’s decorator, helped both technically and artisticly to ensure that the work was carried out evenly.
How, then, was the decor for the ANTIC 26?
Moodboards and Search
It all started with hoods and ideas: the task was interesting because it was necessary to combine five whole holidays in one place! Without a thoughtful approach, the risks of mixing them all together were great, so the team and I came to a common color palette of decoration areas — black and pink colors became bonding, and allowed us to develop decoratives from different zones that were combined.
The most interesting thing is the creation of a decor.
We needed systemicity, so we clearly defined the days of work and distributed the tasks to all.
We had a lot of material, but most of all was the paper we used to decorate almost the entire decor. It is this paper that I think created the atmosphere of our one holiday.
Decoration materials
We created five bright New Year’s gifts, three voting boxes, tied over 30 small bows and big baths, but the hardest part was ahead…
Gifts for the New Year Zone
It wasn’t easy to create tombstones, but it was interesting because we were fighting foam, which was later found in the most unexpected places.
Sasha cut the shapes out of the foam, which was long enough because the foam was very thick and crumbled. As a result, Sasha came up with the best option and the work accelerated. Nastya took over the sanding of the tombstones so they wouldn’t fall asleep at the feast and the paint would lie well on the surface.
Painting and result.
After the shapes were cut, the only thing left was to paint the tombstones. We tried different materials, but most of all, the acryl that survived the event and stayed intact after.
The most difficult task is to create two big cakes, one of which is to be jumped out by a man…
It’s a birthday cake that’s unkillable. Sasha designed it so it wouldn’t fall apart under any circumstances. We also made him a team so he could be comfortable in transport.
The second cake was made to decorate the Wedding Gender Party area. He went out bigger because a man was supposed to sit inside. It was important to ensure that the large lid was easily opened and that the structure remained intact after all the activity. The team and I rehearsed jumping out of the cake to make sure the design worked well before decorating the rest.
The process of decorating the cake and the same-style photo frame.
At the event, the guests voted on who they wanted more from a gender parade, a boy or a girl, so we had an interesting interactor with our decor. And who sat in the cake can be found in the next section about how our party went!
Ulyana coordinated the transport of the decor so that all the details would arrive safely.
