Course details

History of Design 1 - summer

DEDE1-L FaVU DEDE1-L Acad. year 2023/2024 Summer semester 3 credits

Current academic year

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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.

Guarantor

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures

Department

Learning objectives

To obtain historic-theoretical background which can be used during the solution of practical tasks.
The history of graphic and industrial design and their formation after the World War II.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Without.

Fundamental literature

  • Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
  • Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
  • Sparke, P.: Století designu

Syllabus of lectures

1. Typographic experiments from the 19th century to the World War I (Mallarmé, Apollinaire, futurism, dadaism).
2. Czech cubism in applied arts.
3.-4. Bauhaus.
5. Russian avant-garde.
6. Modernism in Holland.
7. Modernism in the Czech lands and Central Europe.
8.-9. Art Deco.
10.-11. Design in the US between two world wars.
12. Final recapitulation.

Progress assessment

Exam conditions: passed written test based on explained topics, minimum result 80%.
Lectures are optional.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme BIT, 1st year of study, Elective
  • Programme BIT (in English), 1st year of study, Elective
  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 1st year of study, Elective
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