Course detail
Typology of Design
FSI-YDT Acad. year: 2019/2020 Winter semester
The course familiarizes students with basic principles of designers work outgoing from the recognition of conventional fundamentals in design. At the end of the semester students will understand how to see the products of human activity and how to apply the approach of designing – manually and using new computer technologies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Advanced information about industrial design, typology and information graphics.
Prerequisites
The course is a follow-up to "Fundamentals of design". Therefore, basic orientation in the theory of design is expected, as well as understanding of basic fundamentals of design creation. Basic level of drawing and graphic expression is also assumed – it is a basic condition for successful mastering more demanding graphic and 3D assignments.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by creative work in ateliers.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Graded course-unit credit requirements: meeting assigned projects deadlines in a sufficient quality, passing the final test (optional). The test verifies global orientation and knowledge of the development and theory of industrial design (shape, composition etc.).
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations of tasks and a test. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting clasification will be defined by txe ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is F "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 – 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 – 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 – 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 – 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 – 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 – 0 / 4 / Failed.
Aims
The aim of the subject is to understand the rules of object geometry, shaping and connections of form and volume used in design and thus establish prerequisite for creative studio work in following years. The emphasis is put on the defence of project results- final presentation with the help of new computer technologies.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended attendance at lectures, compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-PDS: Industrial Design, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
13 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction into the course, basic questions in design creation;
2. Fundamentals of information graphics. Infographics in praxis;
3. Perspective presentation I.;
4. Perspective presentation II.;
5. Problems of shape perception;
6. Geometrical forms I.;
7. Geometrical forms II.;
8. Compositional elements;
9. Composition I.;
10. Composition II.;
11. Form in design;
12. Analysis of the works of Czech designers nowadays;
13. Methodology of design.
Studio work
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. General introduction to workshops;
2. Fundamentals of information graphics I- Uniform visual style, analysis, sketches;
3. Fundamentals of information graphics II- Uniform visual style, variants;
4. Fundamentals of information graphics III- Uniform visual style, visualization;
5. Information graphics I- Art graph, analysis;
6. Information graphics II- Art graph, sketches;
7. Information graphics III- Art graph, variants;
8. Information graphics IV- Art graph, visualization;
9. Paper object I- analysis;
10. Paper object II- working with paper;
11. Paper object III- variants ;
12. Paper object IV- final design;
13. Evaluation of the course, the end of the course.