Utilising visual arts and design for the preservation of Ukraine’s cultural heritage

Introduction: The paper reveals the role of visual cultural practices and design in preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage. The relevance of the study is that our country is in a state of war, so cultural monuments are often destroyed both due to underfunding and physical damage during shelling.Objective: The study aims to reveal the role of visual cultural practices and design in preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage. The object of the study is Ukrainian cultural heritage.Methods: The following methods were used in the work: description, analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalisation, systematic, and visualisation. Results: The article reveals the role of visual cultural practices and design in preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage. It describes the development of design and visual cultural practices at present, their essence, and trends. It also determines how visual practices and design influence contemporary Ukrainian culture. Finally, it establishes that design and visual practices reflect the mentality of the Ukrainian people. The impact of a full-scale invasion on preserving cultural monuments and cultural heritage is characterised. The problems of preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage due to insufficient funding and military actions are identified.Conclusions: Cultural heritage requires special care, and its preservation is becoming a matter of national security. At the same time, modern design and visual practices are constantly improving, which leads to a growing need to introduce new approaches to preserving cultural heritage. In addition, given the risks of non-preserving cultural heritage, more and more attention is being paid to modern digital technologies in this area.