Course detail

BA in Design Seminar 1

FaVU-1-D-BAKS-1Acad. year: 2024/2025

The seminar is conceived as a summary of the theoretical part of Bachelor Final Exams through student presentations, reading and interpretation of key texts and lecture blocks. Circuits for Bachelor Final Exams for the relevant academic year are published on the Official Board of the Department of Theory and History of Art: http://ktdu.ffa.vutbr.cz.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

For passing the course there are the following conditions:

  • Active presence (80% attendance)
  • participation in the preparation and delivery of the presentation.
 

Teaching takes place in the classrooms of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Attendance is compulsory (2 unexcused absences allowed).

 

Aims

After completing the course, the student is capable of basic orientation in the history and theory of design and the recognition and interpretation of relevant visual forms as well as the social and production context. At the same time, he is familiar with basic terms and categories from the field of design history and theory and related disciplines.

 

Completion of the course should help students strengthen the ability of analytical thinking, conduct interdisciplinary dialogue and articulate a critical view of the canon of design history and theory and its practice in the present.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Daniela Karasová, Geneze designu nábytku, Praha 2012
Charles Harrison, Paul J. Wood (eds.), Art in Theory 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas 2nd Edition, Blackwell Publishing 2002
Knobloch, Iva – Vondráček, Radim (eds.), Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu, Praha 2016
Kolesár, Zdeno, Kapitoly z dějin designu, Bratislava 2000
Kolesár, Zdeno, Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu, Bratislava 2006
Lada Hubatová-Vacková, Martina Pachmanová, Pavla Pečinková (eds.), Věci a slova: umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870-1970, Praha, UMPRUM 2014
Philip Wilkinson, Design: Vrcholy světového designu 19. a 20. století, Praha 2014
Sparke, Penny, Století designu, Praha 2002

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DES_B Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

• Global design history of the 19th century

• Global design theory of the 19th century

• Local history of 19th century design

• Global history of design 1900-1950

• Global design theory 1900-1950

• Local history of design 1900-1950

• Global history of design 1950-1990

• Global design theory 1950-1990

• Local history of design 1950-1990