Course details
History of Design 1 - winter
DEDE1-Z FaVU DEDE1-Z Acad. year 2021/2022 Winter semester 3 credits
The history of graphic and industrial design and their formation after the World War II. The prototype of designer activities in traditional disciplines of handmade work and applied arts. The birth of the designer´s profession in the first period of the industrial revolution and its further transformations.
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Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Basic knowledge of developmental tendencies in the areas of industrial and graphic design and of their major issues and personalities.
Learning objectives
To obtain historic-theoretical background which can be used during the solution of practical tasks.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Without.
Fundamental literature
- Sparke, P.: Století designu
- Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
- Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
Syllabus of lectures
1. Vymezení předmětu "dějin designu", jeho rozdílné interpretace. Grafický a průmyslový design.
2. "Proto-design": historické formování nikterých aspektu designu v poedprumyslové éoe.
3. První prúmyslová revoluce, krize koncepce užitého uminí a zrod profese designera.
4. Vynález litografie a zrod plakátu.
5. - 6. Reformní hnutí 2. poloviny 19. století.
7. - 9.Formování secese a její zenit v období poelomu 19. a 20. století.
10. Alfons Mucha a secese v Eechách.
11. Peter Behrens a zrod Corporate Identity.
12. Raná moderna.
Progress assessment
Exam conditions: passed written test based on explained topics, minimum result 80% .
Teaching methods and criteria
Lecture, presentation of digital image database.
Controlled instruction
Lectures are optional.
Course inclusion in study plans