Course detail

Typology of Design

FSI-YDTAcad. year: 2015/2016

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 - manually and using new computer technologies.
The course has been upgraded with the support of the OPVK project. "The Studio digital sculpture and new media project", reg.No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0278, is co-financed by the European Social Fundand the statebudget of the Czech Republic.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Advanced information about industrial design, 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. Basic 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

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by creative work in ateliers.

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 the subject is to understand the rules of object geometry, shaping and connections of form and volume used in design and thus establish prerequisite for creative studio work in following years. The emphasis is put on the defence of project results- final presentation with the help of new computer technologies.

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)
Denk, Z.: Průmyslový design, VUT v Brně (CS)
Harris, R. L.: Information graphics. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (EN)
Procházka, P.: Principy navrhování, VUT v Brně, 1992
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)
Denk, Z.: Průmyslový design, VUT Brno (CS)
Pauly, J.: Z dějin průmyslového designu IV, Národní technické muzeum, Praha, 2000 (CS)
Wong, W.: Principes of form and design, John Wiley and Sons, Canada 1993 (EN)

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