Course detail

Typology of Design

FSI-YDTAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course familiarizes students with basic principles of designers work outgoing from the recognition of conventional fundamentals in design. At the end of the semester students will understand how to see the products of human activity and how to apply the approach of designing in concrete cases.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic information about industrial design, ergonomy,typology and information graphics.

Prerequisites

The course is a follow-up to "Fundamentals of design". Therefore, basic orientation in the theory of design is expected, as well as understanding of basic fundamentals of design creation. Certain level of drawing and graphic expression is also assumed - it is a basic condition for successful mastering more demanding graphic and 3D assignments.

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: meeting assigned projects deadlines in a sufficient quality, passing the final test (optional). The test verifies global orientation and knowledge of the development and theory of industrial design (shape, composition etc.).
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations of tasks and a test. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting clasification will be defined by txe 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. 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 aim of this subject is making assumptions for creative workshop jobs in upper courses. The emphasis is put on the defence of project results (students learn how to comment on and defence their result of work, professional communication).

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

The attendance in lectures is recommended. The attendance in workshop education is controlled. Students have to be present at scheduled hours in the schoolroom, work on given projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives other individual plan. The excuse of absence is possible only due serious reasons, e.g. illness.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Antal, J. a kol.: Abstrakcia a kreslenie architektonického priestoru, Bratislava, 1983 (CS)
Harris, R. L.: Information graphics. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (EN)
Wong, W.: Principes of form and design, John Wiley & Sons, Canada, 1993 (EN)

Recommended reading

Crhák F., Kostka Z.: Výtvarná geometrie. - Praha: SPN, 1977. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3901-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Dana Rubínová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction into the course, basic questions in design creation;
2. Perspective presentation I.;
3. Perspective presentation II.;
4. Fundamentals of information graphics;
5. Infographics in praxis;
6. Problems of shape perception;
7. Geometrical forms I.;
8. Geometrical forms II.;
9. Compositional elements;
10. Composition I.;
11. Composition II.;
12. Form in design;
13. Analysis of the works of Czech designers nowadays;