Course detail

Design Manual

FA-DEM-KEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course provides students with the understanding of the relationship between the building and the inner space, from the concept to the realisation detail. Students will learn to compose a simple design manual including the budget and specification of individual items. They will familiarize themselves with the specifics of design of atypic elements from wood, metal, laminate, stone etc. They will learn the criteria of selection of surface finishes, greenery, and accessories with regard to the appearance, operation characteristics, and price.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the technical courses.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Nicol Galeová

Department

Department of experimental design (UET)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students have to submit a semestral work.
During seminars students must consult the assigned task.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Aims

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the principles of design and build of interior in the form of lectures joined by specialists from practice, and their practical use when designing a particular assignment of furniture, lighting, material solution and graphics arranged into a simple portfolio which corresponds with a similar assignment in the practice.
– Students will understand the inseparability of exterior and interior.
– Students will familiarize themselves with the principles of interior designing and realisation.
– Students will learn how to work with space, light and colour.
– Students will know how to work with materials, surfaces, furniture, and plants in the interior.
– Students will learn to cooperate with a graphic designer and designer.
– Students will acquire the skill of coordinating interior works, selection of contractors, and budgeting.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRUTHANSOVÁ, Tereza; KRÁLÍČEK, Jan. Czech 100 Design Icons. CzechMania, 2005. ISBN: 978-8023948172. (EN)
HESKETT, John. Design, History, Economics. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2016. ISBN: 978-1474221252. (EN)
LLOYD-JONES, Peter. Taste Today: The Role of Appreciation in Consumerism and Design. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 1991. ISBN: 978-0080402512. (EN)
MICHL, Jan. Form Follows WHAT? The Modernist Notion of Function as a Carte Blanche. In: 1: 50 – Magazine of the Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning. Haifa: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. 2005, 10, 31–20. URL: https://janmichl.com/eng.fff-hai.html (EN)
MÜLLER, Jens; REMINGTON, R. Roger. Logo Modernism. Taschen, 2015. ISBN: 978-3836545303. (EN)
SABIN, Jenny E.; JONES, Peter Lloyd. LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology. Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1138783973. (EN)
VIHMA, Susann, ed. Semantic Visions in Design : Proceedings from the Symposium on Design Research and Semantics, 17.-18.5.1989. UIAH, 1990. ISBN: 978-9519384290. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NE_A+U Master's

    specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization --- (2023) , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

12 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Nicol Galeová

Seminar

14 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Nicol Galeová