Nilufer Musaeva is
a multidisciplinary person.
This is one of her sides — her design practice

About

“My art and design practice is lively, like some sort of puppy, playing with the viewer and engaging them in interaction,” says Nilufer Musaeva aptly of her work. Born in Moscow to Azerbaijani heritage, the multimedia artist, designer, and researcher’s work blends her design expertise with critical inquiries into the institutions shaping the field. With a background in interface and graphic design, Nilufer is dedicated to exploring ways to apply her skills outside of profit-driven contexts, focusing on more meaningful, socially conscious uses of design.

— CTM Festival

Full CV
Overview of activities

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Education

2025
Guest Semester in Klasse Digitale Grafik
University of Fine Arts Hamburg
2020–2025
Digital Media Master Studies
University of Arts Bremen, Germany
2016–2020
BA Design and Coding + BA Design and Contemporary Art
HSE Art and Design School, Moscow

Selected teaching and lectures

2025–2026
Lehrbeauftragte — Institut Visuelle Kommunikation
HBK Braunschweig
2025–2026
Lehrbeauftragte — Digitale Medien Bremen
University of Arts Bremen
2025
Workshop: Navbar Life, Introduction to Figma Software
Indiecon, Independent Publishing Festival, Hamburg
2025
Lecture: Net Art and Personal Artistic Practice
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2025
Lecture: Homecoming
CTM Festival Research Networking Day, Berlin
2022–2025
A series of design workshops for students
University of Arts Bremen
2024
These URLs... workshop
Institut Visuelle Kommunikation, HBK Braunschweig
2024
Lecture: These URLs will save the IRL
Estonian Academy of Arts – Stand-in School Event, Berlin
2024
Lecture: Accessibility of the Websites of Art Institutions in Germany
Bremen University of the Arts
2022
Lecture and Workshop: Accessibility of German Art Schools Online and In Real Life
Hamburg University of Fine Arts, Germany
2020
A workshop about impostor syndrome for Garage Teens Team participants
GarageMCA, Moscow

Design–related jobs

2024
Graphic design, print design
Studio Stan de Natris
2023
Exhibition and web design
Slavs and Tatars
2018–now
Freelance designer
Selected clients and collaborators:
Strelka Institute, Garage MCA, Artists As Independent Publishers, Taus Makhacheva, Pickle Bar Berlin, Xinaliq Ethnographic Reserve

Design-related awards

2024
These URLs Will Save the IRL
It's a book — Selected Students’ Projects
2023
Hochschultage Digital Media first prize
University of Arts Bremen, Germany
Hochschultage Digital Media Honorary mention University of Arts Bremen, Germany

Press

2024
Extended Latin: Khinalug
Type.Today Journal
2024
These URLs Will Save the IRL, A Book About German Art Schools’ Websites Slanted Publishers
2024
These URLs Will Save the IRL, A Book About German Art Schools’ Websites
rundgang.io
2023
Polytope XI AHallo Internet, a platform for contemporary internet
2022
Haha Karaoke The Dynamic Archive

These URLs will Save the IRL (2020–2023)

web, graphic, print, ux research, art directionsee full project → these-urls-will-save-the-irl.de

web, graphic, print, ux research, art direction
see full project → these-urls-will-save-the-irl.de