Course detail

Industrial Design I

FSI-YA1Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course covers the basic methods and habits necessary for working on a design project. Throughout the semester, students are given assignments to design products that have a simple function. Suitable topics include the design of hand tools such as a hand saw for wood or metal, an electric drill, or a jigsaw. The design project itself will be documented by drawing sketches, plan documentation, perspective views, and a three-dimensional model of the final solution. Students are expected to use digital technologies for visualization and animation in the development of the current project.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Entry knowledge

Students are expected to have mastered the fundamentals of drawing and molding necessary for project presentation. It is also necessary to have an understanding of the basic spatial creation, artistic composition, and realization of three-dimensional models.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Requirements for graded course units: Attendance in class, submission of assigned projects on time and in sufficient quality. Presentation of a completed project. The design and level of presentation of each project will be evaluated separately.
The resulting evaluation consists of evaluations of projects and exclusive tasks. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the 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. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". 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.
Compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic attributes of industrial design in solving simple design products and to encourage the emergence of necessary habits, procedures and basic skills. The aim is to respect and emphasize the technical, operational and technological aspects of design.
Acquisition of basic skills for elementary product design, taking into account the ergonomic context, the functional aspects and the definition of the selected target group of customers.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DREYFUSS, Henry. Designing for people. New York: Allworth Press, 2003. ISBN 1581153120.
NORMAN, Donald A. Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things. New York: Basic Books, 2005. ISBN0-465-05136-7.
PELCL, Jiří. Design: od myšlenky k realizaci = from idea to realization. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová vPraze, c2012. ISBN 978-80-86863-45-0.

Recommended reading

Design trend: evropská revue soudobého designu. Brno: Design centrum České republiky, 2007. ISSN 1210-1591.
FIELL, Charlotte a Peter FIELL. Industrial design. Praha: Slovart, c2003. ISBN 3-8228-2426-7.
MALANIUK, Bohdan. Design v architektuře a stavebnictví: z dějin průmyslového designu. Praha: ČVUT, 1991.í

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-PDS-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme B-VKP-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Studio work

78 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.

Syllabus

- Project assignment - design of industrial product.
- Problem analysis, information and basis acquirement.
- Design sketches, first correction, /clausura project.
- Next sketches and drafts, model sketches.
- Final version approval, model construction.
- Model construction, 2nd project assignment.
- Model construction, follow-up correction, 2nd project analysis.
- 1st project presentation, 2nd project - sketches and drafts.
- Sketches and drafts to 2nd project, model sketches, / one day workshop.
- The final version approval.
- Model construction, follow-up correction.
- 2nd project completion and submission.
- 2nd project presentation /workshop project/.