Course detail
BA in Design Seminar 1
FaVU-1-D-BAKS-1Acad. year: 2023/2024
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
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
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
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Knobloch, Iva – Vondráček, Radim (eds.), Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu, Praha 2016
Kolesár, Zdeno, Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu, Bratislava 2006
Sparke, Penny, Století designu, Praha 2002
Daniela Karasová, Geneze designu nábytku, Praha 2012
Philip Wilkinson, Design: Vrcholy světového designu 19. a 20. století, Praha 2014
Charles Harrison, Paul J. Wood (eds.), Art in Theory 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas 2nd Edition, Blackwell Publishing 2002
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
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DES_B Bachelor's, 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Seminar
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