Course detail
Digital tools, networks and automation
FaVU-2DNSAAcad. year: 2024/2025
The course consists of an introductory, lecture part, in which the introduction of the topic or tool is followed by a practical presentation (demo). The second, active/practical part of the course will consist of a discussion of the topics and tools and their application to problems of specific design, studio practice + integration into specific studio projects.
Course outline:
- Independent hardware and information technology
- Work in monopoly ecosystems (Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Microsoft, Meta)
- Digital ecology and sustainability of software and hardware
- Operating systems and their future
- Interoperability and lock-in
- Programming, visual programming
- No-code tools, automation, output processing
- Internet tools, collaboration and social networks ¨
- Free software (and open-source) licensing
- Machine learning and large language models (marketed as "AI")
- Types of pricing strategies for digital tools
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
PATER, Ruben. Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold Of Graphic Design, And How To Escape From It. 1. Valiz, 2021. ISBN 9789492095817. (EN)
Recommended reading
HARRIS, Malcolm. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. 1. Little, Brown and Company, 2023. ISBN 031659203X. (EN)
LORUSSO, Silvio. What Design Can’t Do: Essays on Design and Disillusion. Set Margins, 2023. ISBN 9789083350134. (EN)
MCQUILLAN, Dan. Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence. Bristol University Press, 2022. ISBN 9781529213515. (EN)
MUELLER, Gavin. Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job. Verso, 2021. ISBN 1786636778. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DES_M Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme VUM_M Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Practical class
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Práce v monopolních ekosystémech (Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Microsoft, Meta)
Digitální ekologie a udržitelnost softwaru i hardwaru
Operační systémy a jejich budoucnost
Interoperabilita a lock-in
Programování, vizuální programování
No-code nástroje, automatizace, procesování výstupů
Internetové nástroje, kolaborace a sociální sítě
Free software (a open-source) licencování
Machine learning a large language models (marketingově označováno jako “AI”)
Typy cenových strategií digitálních nástrojů
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Práce v monopolních ekosystémech (Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Microsoft, Meta)
Digitální ekologie a udržitelnost softwaru i hardwaru
Operační systémy a jejich budoucnost
Interoperabilita a lock-in
Programování, vizuální programování
No-code nástroje, automatizace, procesování výstupů
Internetové nástroje, kolaborace a sociální sítě
Free software (a open-source) licencování
Machine learning a large language models (marketingově označováno jako “AI”)
Typy cenových strategií digitálních nástrojů