Design education in creative industries as the engine of a new sector of the creative economy

One of the key areas of the creative economy, which the government has been pinning serious hopes on in recent years, is the field of design. Design should not only contribute to the development of the creative potential of the population. With its help, with effective management, significant development of the country's economy as a whole is planned, including an increase in the added value of goods and services, GDP growth, and the development of the labor market. However, the field of design needs not only financial and organizational support from the state and investors. Its development is impossible without the involvement of professionally trained specialists in this process. The article provides a rationale for the importance of design education for the training of professionals in the creative sector of the economy.