Nadiia Velychko

Nadiia Velychko is a Ukrainian researcher in the field of design and visual arts, lecturer at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Her doctorate (defended in 2022), focuses on interactivity in children's literature design. She is also curator of the exhibition Chernobyl 30, Fukushima 5, and co-organizer of the educational and cultural project “Lesia Ukrainian: a view from the East”. Winner of numerous international awards and distinctions since 2015, she is also a member of the Ukrainian government's cultural policy committee. She has completed over a dozen artist residencies in Poland, Austria, Israel, Germany and France.

The project

Title: Graphic Design as a Tool for War Representation: The Ukrainian Experience

"The aim of this project is to analyze creative activity in situations of forced mobility and war. The project covers a wide range of books from different genres and age groups, and offers a comparative perspective. Nadiia Velychko examines the circulation of ideas, the study of networks; her fieldwork includes works, textual documentation of their production and interviews with artists."

Hosting institution: UMR 8224 EUR’ORBEM (CNRS et Faculté des Lettres Sorbonne Université)

Selective bibliography

• Velychko N.V. Book evolution in the material culture. Art culture. Actual problems. 2018. № 14. P. 154–159.
• Velychko N.V. Definition of the term “interactive children's printed textbook” in the context of graphic design. Traditions and innovations in higher architectural and artistic education. 2019. № 1. P. 34–41.
• Velychko N.V. Trends in the development of visual communication in the context of book design. Bulletin of Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. 2020. № 3. P. 5–13.
• Sbitnieva N.F., Velychko N.V., Vynohradova M.K. Classification of interactive children’s printed books. The European Journal of Arts. 2021. № 3. P. 66–83