Alexander Korotich

Alexander Vladimirovich Korotich (; born 11 May 1960) is a Russian artist, designer, writer and teacher. He is a leading designer of Channel One, and art director of the project Zuza. A daily fairy tale for children.

Biography

Early life

Alexander Korotich was born on 11 May 1960 in Yekaterinburg (then known as Sverdlovsk), son of Vladimir Ivanovich Korotich, professor of metallurgy at the Ural State Technical University, and Margarita Vasilievna Korotich, a teacher and translator. In 1977, after graduating from secondary school No. 36, Korotich entered the Sverdlovsk Institute of Architecture (now the Ural State University of Architecture and Art), from which he graduated with honours in 1984. which in 1990 was awarded a diploma of the All-Russian competition of works for children.

Rock music graphics

In 1981, after holding the first rock music festival in the Urals, Korotich established friendly relations with the poet Ilya Kormiltsev. This led to a unique design for magnetic albums of the group Urfin Juice (also spelt "Urfin Dzhus" and "Oorfene Deuce").

In 1992, Vyacheslav Butusov, a friend from his student days, invited him to take part in the design of the album Foreign Land by the group Nautilus Pompilius, a successor to Urfin Juice.

In 2006 he moved to Moscow to become a professor at the Moscow Architectural Institute .