Course detail
MA Design Studio 1
FaVU-2-D-OAN1Acad. year: 2023/2024
Alongside the diploma seminars, the studio is a fundamental creative subject in the study programme. Its central focus is the students' own artistic practice. The studio provides them with the material conditions for this practice, given the specific space and the specific media or technological focus. It provides them with a welcoming and stimulating environment for reflection and contextualisation of their own creative intentions in continuous communication with the teachers and other students.
The studio is run by a pair of head teachers. Students work individually on the conception and realization of their own master's project. They are also motivated to collaborate with other students and with individuals outside the studio, including genre, concept and disciplinary overlaps. In their work, they respects the ethical rules agreed by the group, based on the fundamental principles of equal rights and opportunities, respect for others, solidarity and ecological sustainability. Students take good care of the shared space.
In the realization of partial and more complex authorial outputs associated with the master's project, students deepen their conceptual thinking about their work, technical skills and knowledge of relevant material processes or technological procedures, and the ability to verbally articulate their own artistic intention, the confidence to negotiate their position as artists, an orientation to relevant theoretical approaches and disciplines, an overview of issues in contemporary art and wider public debate, and the ability to critically evaluate and contextualise their own creative practice.
The timetable and specific content of the studio practice, teaching methods and criteria and methods of evaluation are defined in the introductory classes of each semester. They thus reflect the composition of the students in the studio as well as the current artistic, social and environmental context.
The assignment or topic of the studio practice is determined by personal agreement between the students and the responsible teachers. The creative process is accompanied by continuous presentations and consultations. Consultations can take place collectively in the form of periodic studio meetings or individually. Learners are also encouraged to consult their creative practice with other figures working in the field. Technological and theoretical support for work on studio projects is provided by supervisors in collaboration with the cabinets and the KTDU.
- The course Studio 1 is focused mainly on introducing new students to the studio and the overall framework of study in the given study programme. Attention is paid to determining the conditions of the student's work in the studio with regard to the individual master's project. The viability of the pre-selected topic and methodology is verified. An ongoing schedule for the implementation of the master's project is formed.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Creative and conceptual skills demonstrated in the entrance exam.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Evaluation of student work is ongoing throughout the semester in the form of verbal feedback. It is optional to invite external experts in the field or other FaVU teachers or other members of the academic community to give in-depth or additional feedback one or several times per semester. At the end of the semester, the work is evaluated by awarding credit. The following conditions are set for the award of credit:
- Regular attendance at classes (75% attendance) or its compensation in a form determined by individual agreement with the lecturers.
- Active participation in the studio programme beyond the regular studo meetings (training presentations with external guests, outdoor course, workshops, lectures, visits to exhibitions, excursions, meetings in the online space, etc.)
- Ongoing work on a master's project
- Meaningful use of the material and intellectual background of the studio to work on the master's project
- Proven interest in the field of design with an interdisciplinary overlap
Classes take place in the studio space at FaVU, or at other locations according to the current program. Attendance at the class is mandatory (75% attendance at regular studio meetings is mandatory). If the class includes training presentations with external guests, outdoor course, workshops, lectures, visits to exhibitions, excursions, online meetings, etc., attendance at these activities is also mandatory. Higher absences can be compensated for in an individually determined way in agreement with the teachers.
Aims
The aim of the course is to provide students with material conditions and a friendly and stimulating environment for artistic development. Through the continuous realization of artistic outputs and their consultation, students are to deepen their ability to think conceptually about their own work, technical skills and theoretical overview, which will allow them to mature into independent and critically thinking creative personalities.
Students will deepen knowledge and skills that will enable them to mature into independent and critically thinking creative personalities, such as conceptual thinking about their work, technical skills and knowledge of relevant material processes or technological procedures, the ability to verbally articulate their own project, self-confidence to negotiate their position as a designers, orientation in relevant theoretical approaches and disciplines, an overview of topics in the field of contemporary design, the ability to critically evaluate and contextualize one's own creative practice.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DES_M Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Studio work
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
In the first classes, the agreement between the leaders and the learners establishes:
- the schedule and topics for the semester, including individual and/or collective assignments,
- teaching methods,
- criteria and methods of assessment.
Ongoing throughout the semester:
- individual and/or collective work by students to complete their own creative projects,
- presentation and consultation of partial outputs or work in progress of a larger project collectively and/or individually (as personally agreed between students and supervisors),
- periodic studio meetings, the central focus of which is reflection on the individual and/or group artistic practice of the students, but which may also include discussion of current issues in contemporary art, theory or wider public debate.
The studio programme may also include:
- training presentations ('critiques') with external guests,
- outdoor course,
- workshops,
- lectures,
- visits to exhibitions,
- excursions,
- online meetings.
Towards the end of the semester, the studio is adapted to the preparations for the Public Presentation of Semester Works.
The last hours are devoted to recapitulating the past semester and giving feedback on the work of individual students during the semester.