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Lecturer(s)
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Polanecký Jaroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Design of the first half of the 1940s - II. world War. Interrupted continuity of natural design development. Radical development of science and research, methods of work and efficiency of mass industrial production. Military industry as the most progressive area of ??development. Stagnation of all other areas. 2. Political and economic organization of the world after II. world war. The division into "east" and "west" and the effects of geopolitical developments on design, including theoretical reflection and a historical assessment of the role of design. 3. The USA as an industrial power determining the lifestyle of the "West" and influencing the rest of the world. Design Studios (Raymond Loewy). The exhibition Organic Design in Home Furnishing in MOMA (1941) as the beginning of the era of design emancipation. 4. Continuity of international stylistic tendencies from the 1930s. Post-war functionalism, art deco and streamline. Influence on contemporary design. 5. Technological development, the beginning of mass use of plastics and man-made fibers in all areas of design. Since the late 1950s, high-tech and "cosmic" materials have gradually become part of everyday life. 6. Organic design. Originally focused on the use of traditional materials (wood, glass), in the era of plastics, it became an independent carrier of visual information and practical solutions. (Aalto, Eamesovi, Saarinen, Jacobsen). 7. Functionalist tendencies of design of the 50s and 60s. German design under the influence of a school in Ulm. Gute Form, Dieter Rahms and his designer "Ten". Influence on post-war Japanese design. The beginnings of the environmental approach. 8. Specific situation of design development in communist countries. The influence of ideology on design practice and on the theoretical reflection of the field. Comparison of developments in the German states (Germany, GDR) and in the Soviet Union. 9. Czechoslovak design. The importance of educational institutions, manufacturers and design workplaces. The role of applied art. 10. Scandinavian design. Different social and political developments in the Nordic countries since the early 1940s and their fundamental contribution to the development of the industry. Personalities and manufacturers. Sason, Jacobsen, Panton, Wirkkala, Ikea, Iitalla etc. 11. Italian design. The continuity of modern design from the 1930s to the 1960s and at the same time one of the foci of postmodern design. A new concept of design as an entertaining companion without a direct relationship in a pragmatically understood function of the product. 12. British and French design. Radical contribution especially in the field of pop culture in the 60s-80s. years. 13. Visual and technological trends of contemporary design. Presentation of design and its theoretical reflection.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on the sources of contemporary design shaped by developments in the second half of the 20th century. Attention is paid to the different development of the field in totalitarian regimes and in countries with market economies and the theoretical reflection of design in the social and environmental context. The role of educational and collection institutions is emphasized.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
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Prerequisites
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Successful completion of the previous study
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughout the semester 2. Active participation in the Studio turoring
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Recommended literature
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COLLINS, Michael. Towards Post-Modernism. Design Since 1851. British Museum Press, London, 1994. ISBN ISBN 0-7141-0570.
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Hauffe, Thomas. Design. HAUFFE, Thomas, 2004. ISBN 80-251-0284-X.
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Heskett, John. Industrial Design. Thames and Hudson, London, 1997. ISBN 0-500-20181-1.
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KOLESÁR, Zdeno. Kapitoly z dějin designu. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86863-28-3.
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