Course detail

Studio Follow-up I - Graphic Design 2 - winter

FaVU-M1PK-ZAcad. year: 2020/2021

Students attend studio lessons with bachelor students and participate actively. They work on semestral (or yearly) theme, with regard to their long-term individual project.

The studio statement is the axis of education in all years of study:

Every Wednesday you will be encouraged and led to find your own way of working.
We focus on discovering a role of today’s graphic designer.
We don’t give an easy guidelines “how to do it”.
You will analyze the assignments, take a stand on them and find solutions.
You will experience the pressure of one-day tasks and the enthusiasm of a completed long-term project.
We cooperate with czech and foreign lecturers and foreign students.
We are more moderators than teachers.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček

Department

Graphic Design Studio 2 (AGD2)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are capable of individual outcomes that withstand confrontation in the field of contemporary graphic design.

Prerequisites

Ability to define and defend a Master's project (internally or during the entrance exam). Communicative approach as a prerequisite for collaboration in the studio.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Group consultations between teacher and students about the assigned semestral tasks. Teaching includes lectures and workshops on semestral (year) theme provided by external lecturers.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit and exam. The condition for granting the credit is the presentation and submission of all semestral projects. The studio exam evaluates the assigned task and work and activity throughout the semester.

Course curriculum

A. Student define a plan of his Master’s studies, together with the head of the studio.
B. Attending studio lessons:

1. Teachers determine the theme of semester (or year).
2. The tasks reflect semestral (or yearly) theme.
3. Lecture / workshop of an external lecturer on semestral (or yearly) theme.
4. Collective work on presentation of our studio at “FAVU Open Doors”.
5. Presentation of the selected semestral project before the committee, comments and marking.
6. Exhibition of selected semestral projects during faculty event “Enter FAVU”.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students are able to critically define the themes in graphic design and independently realize their own project.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lessons are mandatory (maximum 2 absences per semester).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Karel Martens: printed matter/drukwerk by Robin Kinross (Author, Editor) http://www.amazon.com/Karel-Martens-printed-drukwerk-Edition/dp/090725920 (EN)
Ladislav Sutnar v textech (Mental Vitamins) Iva Knobloch (ed.) Publikaci vydalo UPM a nakladatelství KANT 2011. https://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/159348/ladislav-sutnar-v-textech/ (CS)
Nejen kruhy. Vizuální přístupy v zobrazování dat a informací Richard Jaroš, Pavla Pauknerová (eds.) Nakladatelství UMPRUM 2017 https://www.umprum.cz/web/cs/nakladatelstvi/odborna-literatura-monografie/nejen-kruhy-5793 (CS)
The Visual Event: An Education in Appearances Oliver Klimpel Spector Books, 2014 (EN)
The Visual Event: An Education in Appearances Oliver Klimpel Spector Books, 2014 The Visual Event: An Education in Appearances Oliver Klimpel Spector Books, 2014 (CS)
Typografický manuál (CS)
Uncorporate Identity by Daniel van der Velden (Editor) , Vinca Kruk (Editor) Publisher: Lars Muller; 1 edition (January 1, 2010) http://www.amazon.com/Uncorporate-Identity-Daniel-van-Velden/dp/3037781696/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček

Syllabus

Přednášku vede vedoucí ateliéru podle potřeb aktuální výuky.

Seminar

195 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček

Syllabus

Výuka probíhá podle pokynů vedoucího ateliéru a v souladu s individuálními tvůrčími kvalitami studentů.