Factory - from production to creativity

Asya Philippova

Center for Creative Industries "Fabrika" , director

In 1992 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University with a degree in Economic Cybernetics. During her student years, which coincided with the period of "perestroika" and the general renewal of the country, she became interested in contemporary art and culture. In 1993 she started working in the investment field. While managing the assets of the acquired businesses, she received an MBA in Production Management in 2003. In November 2003, she began work as General Director of OJSC "Factory of technical papers" October ". Faced with the need to revise the activities of the Factory, in January 2005, she founded and opened on its territory the Center for Creative Industries (CTI) Factory (until 2012 - PROEKT_FABRIKA).