Semeniuk A. Formation of Artistic Culture of Future Designers in the Process of Professional Preparation

The artistic culture of future designers is a multifaceted dynamic personal-professional formation that reflects the ability of a specialist designer to harmoniously and constructively transform reality according to aesthetic laws; the ability to initiate the transformation of abstract creative intentions into objects of the outside world; readiness for realization by creative designer of creative potential in professional activity. In the structure of artistic culture of the future artists-designers are distinguished integration, individual and procedural components. The formation of artistic culture of future designers is reflected by the following criteria and indicators (by professional criteria: artistic thesaurus, professionally-oriented knowledge, knowledge of the basics of computer engineering); (by aesthetic criteria: aesthetic taste, aesthetic consciousness, aesthetic abilities); (by technological criterion: project skills, design skills, creative skills). According to the criteria and their indicators, qualitative characteristics of the levels of the identified phenomenon (high, satisfactory, low) are presented. The pedagogical conditions for the formation of artistic culture of future designers have been determined: involvement of future designers in the creative arts of the professional field with the use of computer technologies; awareness of the future designers of the need to realize the aesthetic component in future professional activity; providing pedagogical support for the professional formation of future designers. According to the results of the ascertaining stage of the experiment, the model and methodology of forming the artistic culture of future designers were constructed and tested (theoretical-interpretative, practically-oriented, individually-creative stages). Their effectiveness was tested by comparing the results of the diagnostic sections at the initial and final stages of the experiment.