Course detail

History of Design 1 - summer

FaVU-DEDE1-LAcad. year: 2023/2024

The history of graphic and industrial design and their formation after the World War II. The prototype of designer activities in traditional disciplines of handmade work and applied arts. The birth of the designer´s profession in the first period of the industrial revolution and its further transformations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Vít Jakubíček

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Entry knowledge

Without.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam conditions: passed written test based on explained topics, minimum result 80%.
Lectures are optional.

Aims

To obtain historic-theoretical background which can be used during the solution of practical tasks.
The history of graphic and industrial design and their formation after the World War II.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Knobloch, I. - Vondráček, R.: Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu (CS)
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu (CS)
Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Sparke, P.: Století designu

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Vít Jakubíček

Syllabus

1. Typographic experiments from the 19th century to the World War I (Mallarmé, Apollinaire, futurism, dadaism).
2. Czech cubism in applied arts.
3.-4. Bauhaus.
5. Russian avant-garde.
6. Modernism in Holland.
7. Modernism in the Czech lands and Central Europe.
8.-9. Art Deco.
10.-11. Design in the US between two world wars.
12. Final recapitulation.