Course detail

Workshop - Design I

FSI-YZ1Acad. year: 2011/2012

The subject deals with the fundamentals of industrial design such as mass building in space. Practical exercises focused on three-dimensional creation are an introduction to concrete assignments. Compositional studies accent the building content and relationships inside and outside spatial forms (content and form, part and whole, proportions, material).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course enables students to acquire basic knowledge needed for creating and analysing spatial objects. The secondary product of inventive spatial work is that students are familiarized with basic techniques, materials, tools and habits for model constructions.

Prerequisites

Elementary knowledge of perspective view (frontal and corner perspective, bird’s eye view, bottom view) and experience with the drawing of basic geometry elements in perspective view is assumed as well as the basic overview of history of art and design. The 3D creation experience is welcome.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: attendance in lessons, meeting assigned projects deadlines, oral presentation of projects.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on projects. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points.
Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objective is to familiarize students with the fundamentals of industrial design in the creative and spatial form, which is applied to mass and compositional studies so that students` skills can be developed.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance in workshop is controlled. Students have to be present in scheduled hours in the workshop, work on assigned projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives other individual plan. Students are obliged to inform the lecturer in advance about his/her working-place in the scheduled education time (studio, workshops, modelling room or college dormitory, home, producer etc.) - as absence is not excused without this information. The excuse of absence is possible only due serious reasons such as illness. Unexcused absence may jeopardise accepting a project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PIPES, Alan. Foundations of Art + Design. Second edition. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85669-578-7.
WONG, Wucius. Principles of Form and Design. New York: John Wiley, 1993. ISBN 0-471-28552-8.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3901-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory