"EXperiment" was a student magazine, a project created and managed by the Department of Infomation Technologies in Design, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Institute of International Educational Programs since 2002 until 2010.

Issues was published twice a year (in May and December). Biggest part of circulation was given out free of charge from displays located in SPbSPU campus.

Distribution of the magazine tooke part from 10.00 till 12.00 on the next morning after a new issue is published.

Originator of the project is Boris BOZHKOV – ass. professor at the department of Information Technologies in Design.
The project stated in 2002 and its main goal was to give a practical support to a prepress course in the university. The students got a possibility to see the results of their work in printed form on a physical carrier.
After a while the project went beyond the scope of the study process, and today "EXperiment" is an international magazine, open for collaboration with everyone despite of sex, skin color, country of residence or religion. 

Editor-in-chief


2008–2010

The last editor-in-chief was Irina SOKOLOVA
Under her editorship issues #12, 14 15 and 16 were published.

2006–2009

A grad student of faculty of journalism, Saint-Petersburg State University Evgeniya AVRAMENKO.
Under her editorship issues #7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 were published with the exception of issue #12, edited by Irina SOKOLOVA, who took part while Evgeniya was preparing a thesis work.

2004–2005

A PhD student at the dept. of theory and history of culture of Herzen University Anton ZHEBRAUSKAS (issues #5 and 6).

2003–2004

Arseiy ZAKHAROV (issues #3 and 4)

2002–2003

Max BUKOVSKY (issues #1 and 2)

Designer-in-chief

Chief designer of the magazine was chosen from 3rd year students, who study "Printing technologies" course. He gots the possibility to create two issues of the magazine.
His responsibilities include:
  1. developing a design concept;
  2. creating a layout for the magazine;
  3. distributing of work between the participants of the project;
  4. interaction with chief editor;
  5. assemblying of materials, control of the work, performed by other participants of the project;
  6. color correction and prepress;
  7. exporting a mock-up for printing;
  8. control of circulation;
  9. organization of new issue's presentation

Irina MIKHAILOVA
issue #16
Elizaveta BANDALET
issue #15
Pavel POTEMKIN
issue #14, 13
Alexandra GVOZDARIEVA
issue #11, 10, 9
Evgeniya OSADCHAYA
issue #8, 7
Irina BULANOVA
issue #6, 5, 4, 3
Victorina RODIONOVA
issue #12, 2, 1

Founder & Publisher

St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University

Magazine is registered by North-West regional administration of printing, television and radio broadcasting and mass media of Russian Federation.
Certificate № 26286 от 06.12.2002. «Experimental media» 2003
ISSN 1727-9615