Project Thinking as the Basis of Design Creativity: Content and Features of Its Development among Bachelor-Designers

In current conditions, without the ability to think outside the box, without the formed artistic-design competency that identifies the ability to create a design idea based on conceptual and creative approaches to solve the design problem, a specialist cannot be in demand, competitive in the professional field. The content of education in the field of professional training of designers should provide graduates with opportunities for freely promotion along with various professional ways (Koveshnikova & Koveshnikova, 2012). The urgent task of the modern professional training of designers in higher education has been and remains the development of creative project thinking of future specialists. It can be developed in various ways, one of which is the use in the training of bachelors-designers, the integration of photographics and academic disciplines, the aim of which is to teach students the basics of graphic design. The article reveals the essence of project thinking and the role of Photographics in developing project thinking among designers in the process of their art-project activities. Particular attention is focused on the specifics of project thinking as a priority during the training process in the field of design. Photographics is interpreted in this study as a modern form of visual art, capable of developing components of project thinking in integration with graphic design.