Course detail
History of Design 1 - winter
FaVU-DEDE1-ZAcad. year: 2023/2024
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.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Without.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Exam conditions: passed written test based on explained topics, minimum result 80% .
Lectures are optional.
Lectures are optional.
Aims
To obtain historic-theoretical background which can be used during the solution of practical tasks.
Basic knowledge of developmental tendencies in the areas of industrial and graphic design and of their major issues and personalities.
Basic knowledge of developmental tendencies in the areas of industrial and graphic design and of their major issues and personalities.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Knobloch, I. - Vondráček, R.: Design v českých zemích 1900-2000: Instituce moderního designu (CS)
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu (CS)
Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Sparke, P.: Století designu
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dějin designu
Kolesár, Z.: Kapitoly z dejín grafického dizajnu (CS)
Meggs, P.B.: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Sparke, P.: Století designu
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Definition of the subject "history of design" and its differen interpretations. Graphic and industrial design.
2. "Proto-design": historic formation of some aspects of design in pre-industrial era.
3. First industrial revolution, crisis of the concept of applied arts and the birth of the designer´s profession.
4. Invention of litography and birth of poster.
5.-6. Reform movement in the 2nd half of 19th century.
7.-9. Formation of art nouveau and its climax at the turn between the 19th and 20th century.
10. Alfons Mucha and art nouveau in the Czech lands.
11. Peter Behrens and the birth of Corporate Identity.
12. Early modernism.
2. "Proto-design": historic formation of some aspects of design in pre-industrial era.
3. First industrial revolution, crisis of the concept of applied arts and the birth of the designer´s profession.
4. Invention of litography and birth of poster.
5.-6. Reform movement in the 2nd half of 19th century.
7.-9. Formation of art nouveau and its climax at the turn between the 19th and 20th century.
10. Alfons Mucha and art nouveau in the Czech lands.
11. Peter Behrens and the birth of Corporate Identity.
12. Early modernism.