# DAFES

> DAFES is a digital platform for the creative industries that supports exchange among professionals, universities, cultural institutions, associations, and brands; provides tools for contests and awards, educational programs, portfolios, and student-led startups; and runs the DAFES AWARDS international contest program across design, art, fashion, education, and startups.

Main audiences:
- Emerging creative professionals and students building skills, portfolios, and projects in creative industries.
- Creative-industry professionals, artists, designers, educators, and industry leaders involved in contests, awards, and project evaluation.
- Universities, creative institutions, cultural organizations, associations, brands, and communities seeking digital tools for competitions, portfolios, education, and collaboration.
- Contest organizers, festivals, awards, exhibitions, and workshops in the creative industries.

Main content families:
- **DAFES AWARDS and competition program** — Information about DAFES AWARDS, competition participation, award tracks, nominations, categories, jury review, winners, and ceremony-related content across design, art, fashion, education, and startups.
- **Creative-industry platform and partner resources** — Overview content describing DAFES as an aggregator and digital platform, plus related professional resources for design, art, fashion, education, and startups.
- **Portfolio and project gallery** — Portfolio pages and galleries showcasing creative projects, including works rated by the DAFES Coordinating Council and individual project pages.
- **Educational programs** — Educational-program listings for creative-industry training, including bachelor’s, master’s, additional education, course creation, and learning-process management through a digital account.
- **DAFES Council and experts** — Pages and sections about the DAFES Coordinating Council, expert evaluators, organizing committee, and council members connected to universities and the creative community.
- **Contact, cooperation, and support information** — Footer and contact sections providing email addresses or links for cooperation, participation in competitions, technical support, and partner contact.

## Key pages

- [DAFES platform overview](https://dafes.org/): Main page introducing DAFES as a creative-industries digital platform, aggregator, and source for contests, awards, educational programs, portfolios, and startup support.
- [DAFES AWARDS 2025 page](https://dafes.org/awards2025): Awards page with DAFES AWARDS overview, categories and nominations, council members, partners, contacts, and ceremony information.
- [DAFES AWARDS nominations page](https://dafes.org/awards): Competition page describing the DAFES AWARDS international contest program, professional tracks, categories, nominations, HSE CREATIVE OPEN student nominations, and published winners.
- [Portfolio gallery](https://dafes.org/portfolio): Portfolio and project-gallery page featuring creative work from designers, artists, illustrators, photographers, and projects rated by the DAFES Coordinating Council.
- [DAFES Coordinating Council](https://dafes.org/teams/dafes-council): Council page describing the experts and creative-community figures who evaluate contestant projects across DAFES directions.
- [Educational programs](https://dafes.org/education): Educational-programs page for creative-industry training at bachelor’s, master’s, and additional-education levels, with course listings and a course-creation path.

## Связанные ресурсы экосистемы

- [ADCR](https://adcr.dafes.net/): Связанный раздел клуба арт-директоров и конкурсной программы.