We are pleased to announce that the enrollment to the "Complete Cardboard” design school on the basis of "Made in Cardboardia" workshop (madein.cardboardia.info) is now open!

Cardboardia offers an intensive “Experience exchange” training course for the participants from other cities, regions and countries. This course lasts for two weeks. During the course participants will have a possibility to work on the projects together with our designers. Applications for the intensive course are accepted on a competitive basis from those persons who will be especially liked by Tyran of Cardboardia (cardboardia.info). Participants from abroad are also welcomed to join Cardboardia! 

Please forward your questions and inquiries to madeincardboardia@gmail.com.

Starting from September 2013 we will be offering two new courses:

1) "Special course for illustrators" - we invite artists to join us in order to learn together and to create beautiful dimensional and flat objects and compositions out of cardboard. We provide additional placements for temporary training. During the course illustrators might also complete several special tasks.

2) "Weekend Training" - we offer a new opportunity for those who have a possibility to come to the workshop only during the weekends. For the whole month, you will work on individual and collective creative tasks, learning to think and express yourself in cardboard in the form of short stories (no more than 10 slides). The program is open for everyone. You don’t need to have previous artistic experience to join.

The“Complete Cardboard” school based at workshop “Made in Cardboardia”(www.facebook.com/madeincardboardia)

We launch international internship at workshop “Made in Cardboardia” (based in Moscow, Russia) and offer people who want to learn how to work with cardboard or upgrade their design and art skills to join this program.

Autumn training program connected with celebration of jubilee of S.Ya. Marshak(russian children poet). After passing the course in September-October you’ll be able to make by yourself: Divan, Suitcase, Grip, Picture, Basket, Cardboard... and even little dog (objects from famous Marshak poetry) . Objects will be placed in exhibition hall of State Museum of Literature from 15th of November till 31th of December, 2012 (Moscow, Trubnikovskij lane, 17). 

Traditionally, successful passing of the training give a possibility to participate us in Cardboardia materialisations (www.cardboardia.info) around the world and job placement in workshop «Made in Cardboardia» if you live in Moscow. It is possible to choose a week, 2 weeks or full month internship program. You can be designer, architect, artist or just a person who have ideas and want to develop it in cardboard. 

We begin a new admission to the school of cardboard design “Complete Cardboard”  on base of workshop «Made in Cardboardia» (madein.cardboardia.info).

During one month you’ll test yourself in projecting and creating of decorations, furniture and art-objects, elements of spaces’ design and craft and paper events. You’ll work by yourself and with permanent participants of the program. 

The winter season of training 2012-2013 will be devoted to simple and short stories. We’ll create topic and characters, project decorations, conduct photography.

After successful passing the course in January-February our world will become richer on one bright story and you’ll get new friends, experience and a possibility of permanent or planning job in workshop «Made in Cardboardia» (Moscow, m.Ugo-Zapadnaja, BP “Rumjancevo”).

We suggest more intensive course of training “Exchange of experience” for participators from another towns and countries. Full immersion into cardboard for two weeks (from 12 days). Possibility of realisation of joint project with our masters. Applications for intensive course are accepted on the basis of contest from persons who will be especially liked by Tyran of Cardboardia for something (www.cardboardia.info).

The program is free.

You can place an order to the training mail on madeincardboardia@gmail.com

Attention! The Tyran’s Tidings received an access to the personal diaries of participants of Made in Cardboardia summer internship! At the official Cardboardia email we have discovered a diary of Sahana Mahadevan. This diary contains information on what Cardboardia interns are really doing at the Meridian Center of Arts and Culture.

Without any delays the Tyran’s Tidings publishes the diary below.

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DESIGN AND NEWSWORTHINESS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Discussion, lecture and workshop on Urban Studies
9-13 October 2013

As a part of its «Complete Cardboard» traineeship program «Made in Cardboardia» will host a set of open lectures and practical workshops dedicated to social and cultural development of modern city. Influence of the large scale interactive events and festivals on urban environment will be a focus topic for this set of events. The Activities will be conducted with the help and support of Erwin van Tuijl, invited expert in urban planning (the Netherlands).  

The project is arranged with the support of Russia – The Netherlands bilateral year of cooperation program. It is co-funded by the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow.

Participation is free, number of places is limited, preliminary registration required.

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