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
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.
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.
The history of graphic and industrial design and their formation after the World War II.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended co-requisite
Basic literature
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Sparke, P.: Století designu
Knobloch, I. - Vondráček, R.: Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu (CS)
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu (CS)
Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Sparke, P.: Století designu
Knobloch, I. - Vondráček, R.: Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu (CS)
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu (CS)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
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.
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.