Course detail

ADHD – Intimately About Sustainability

FaVU-4ADHDAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course is based on sharing up-to-date knowledge with experts – both practitioners and academics – who have something to say on the topics to be discussed in the current semesters. The discussion will be complemented by lecture and study inputs (e. g. common readings) into the sub-topics. The thematic focus of the course will change continuously, but the focus on graphic design in relation to sustainability remains.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček

Department

Department of Design (KDE)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Previous experience with the theory of graphic design or visual culture is not required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

A credit is awarded on a basis of active participation in classes (2 permitted unexcused absences).
Teaching takes place in the classrooms of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Attendance is compulsory (2 unexcused absences allowed). Higher number of absences can be compensated by submitting an alternative assignment after agreement with the teachers.

Aims

The aim of the course is to review the publicly and professionally discussed topics related to design and sustainability and to look together at our own approach, possible alternative visions and suggestions on how to challenge those general topics or how we already work with them.
Completion of the course should help students strengthen the ability of analytical thinking, conduct interdisciplinary dialogue and articulate a critical view of the challenges of graphic design and its practice in the present.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

AL-DUJAILI, Dalia. It’s not you, it’s me! Lucienne Roberts exhibits her break-up letter to graphic design. It's Nice That [online]. 2021 [cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/lucienne-roberts-perhaps-its-not-you-its-me-a-to-z-graphic-design-240921?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial&utm_content=fbregular&fbclid=IwAR1ZAGbHL8b-206KSHjDaeScxekJckkvjWmYBLCf3UdrrfwEWQnjKrTU-no (EN)
BENBRAHIM, Dina. What does a feminist graphic design history in the United States look like? Alphabettes [online]. 2020, 2020 [cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.alphabettes.org/what-does-a-feminist-graphic-design-history-in-the-united-states-look-like/ (EN)
GIACCARDI, Elisa a Johan REDSTRÖM. Technology and More-Than-Human Design. Design Issues [online]. 2020, 2020(4), 12 [cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338954996_Technology_and_More-Than-Human_Design (EN)
MINAŘÍKOVÁ, Anežka. Clara: Clara Istlerová, práce a život. 1. Praha: UMPRUM, 2020. ISBN 9788088308102. (CS)
PATER, Ruben. Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold Of Graphic Design, And How To Escape From It. 1. Valiz, 2021. ISBN 9789492095817. (EN)
PELOUŠKOVÁ, Klára. VE SLUŽBÁCH KLIMATICKÉ POLITIKY: Sympozium o Green New Deal a designu pro budoucnost. A2 [online]. 2020, 2020(07) [cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.advojka.cz/archiv/2020/7/ve-sluzbach-klimaticke-politiky (CS)
PŘIDALOVÁ, Kateřina. Umíme změřit, proč se vyplatí investice do designu. Kreativní Česko [online]. 2021, 7. června 2021 [cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: https://www.kreativnicesko.cz/clanky/umime-zmerit-proc-se-vyplati-investice-do-designu (CS)
WILTSE, Heather. Relating to Things: Design, Technology and the Artificial. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020. ISBN 1350124257 (EN)
ZYLINSKA, Joanna. AI Art – Machine vision and warped dreams. [online].[cit. 2021-9-27]. Dostupné z: http://openhumanitiespress.org/books/download/Zylinska_2020_AI-Art.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3prjfTWx4yQcdcv30w7rMbvVJKkKcz9ZIotut1iG3UF_G0qReo_e4GC5c (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DES_M Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme FAAD Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
    1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DES_M Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme ZST-BX Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme ZST-NX Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

24 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. et Mgr. Alina Matějová
MgA. Simona Koutná, M.A.

Syllabus

The syllabus – the exact composition and format of individual seminars – is specified before the beginning of each semester in which the course is taught, and is based on the current focus and definition of the main thematic blocks. For the year 2022/2023 the following topics will be discussed: Graphic Design and Gender, Graphic Design and Industry, Graphic Design and Technology, Graphic Design and Educational Programs. These general topics will be rendered more specific through the selection of guests and seminar resources.