Course detail
Design History and Theory 4
FaVU-1DTD4Acad. year: 2024/2025
The content of the course is the application of theoretical and historical knowledge to the practical implementation of a joint assignment. The assignment is the same for all male and female students, it will be changed every academic year. The course begins with a joint excursion to a museum/school/operation/production following a joint semester assignment. The course will also include a lecture by an extern according to a joint assignment and subsequent joint and individual consultations with the present design historians and studio heads.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Knowledge and skills acquired in History and Theory of Design 1 to 3.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
For passing the course there are the following conditions:
- Active presence (90% attendance)
- A successful defense of a practical work in front of a committee (teachers of the course).
Teaching takes place in the hours determined by the schedule. Active participation in excursions, lectures and joint consultations and workshops. One absence per semester is allowed.
Aims
The aim of the subject is the practical implementation of assignments following on from the History and Theory of Design courses 1 to 3. Students develop a critical attitude towards the discussed canon of history and theory of design in an applied context. In a broader framework, students learn to put into practice the acquired theoretical and historical knowledge.
By completing the course, students will strengthen their ability to think analytically, they will be able to lead an interdisciplinary dialogue and apply theoretical knowledge in critical practice.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Daniela Karasová, Geneze designu nábytku, Praha 2012
Jiří Uhlíř, Michael Thonet – rodina a firma, Praha 2021
Knobloch, Iva – Vondráček, Radim (eds.), Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu, Praha 2016
Kolesár, Zdeno, Kapitoly z dějin designu, Bratislava 2000
Kolesár, Zdeno, Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu, Bratislava 2006
Lada Hubatová-Vacková, Martina Pachmanová, Jitka Ressová, Zlínská umprumka (1959–2011), Praha 2013
Lada Hubatová-Vacková, Tiché revoluce uvnitř ornamentu, Praha 2012
Milena Bartlová – Jindři h Vybíral (eds.), Budování státu / Building a State: Reprezentace Československa v umění, architektuře a designu / The Representation of Czechoslovakia in Art, Architecture and Design, Praha 2015
Noël Rileyová, Dějiny užitého umění, Praha 2004
Pavla Rossini, Jiří Pelcl (eds.), Století dánské a české nábytkové tvorby: konvergence, divergence, Praha 2018
Philip Wilkinson, Design: Vrcholy světového designu 19. a 20. století, Praha 2014
Sparke, Penny, Století designu, Praha 2002
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DES_B Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Excursions
- Lecture by an extern
- Collective consultation
- Individual consultation
- Colloquial presentation and evaluation of the final realizations