1. Avant-garde artistic trends of the beginning of the 20th century. and their influence on the formation of modern design. 2. New phenomena of design practice. Corporate identity, corporate design, belt production. Peter Behrens and AEG. Henry Ford. Wiener Werkstätte. German workshop. 3. Czech design before the First World War. Cubism and Artel on the one hand, Kolben and Krizik on the other. 4. World War I as an important milestone of development. Dynamic development of technologies, new world order after the war. Social and psychological consequences. 5. Educational institutions as an important focus of the development of interwar design. Bauhaus, Halle, School of Applied Arts in Prague. The emergence of specialized design studies and the corporate environment as an alternative to academic milieu. 6. The role of industrial producers in the development of interwar design. Bata, Bell, GE, Ford, CKD. New technologies. 7. Functionalism and its visual basis - abstract art (suprematism, expressionism, constructivism, neoplasticism). The role of architecture. 8. Functionalism in the Czech lands. Designers, manufacturers. Baťa, Krásná jizba Cooperative work, UP závody. Sutnar, Halabala, Vanek. 9. Modern and International style. Synthesis of influences. Streamline. The beginnings of organic design (Aalto). Conservative modernity and lifestyle (fashion, film, the emergence of lifestyle magazines, commercial catalogs, etc.). The importance of design studies led by flexible personalities (Loewy, Van Doren, Dreyfus). 10. Art deco as an influential alternative to functionalism. Paris exhibition in 1925. Continuity of Art Nouveau principles in interwar modernity. Conversion and crossing of aesthetic canons. Specifics of Czech rondocubism. 11. Science and research in the interwar period. New materials and technologies. The beginning of the era of plastics (bakelite, ebonite, PVC, man-made fibers). The influence of natural and social sciences on the development of design (chemistry, physics, biology / ergonomics, psychology). 12. Pragmatic design without stylistic classification. Current industrial production of the interwar period as a testimony to a high level of material culture. Daily necessities. New types of products and the beginnings of the consumer lifestyle (radios, cameras, turntables). The influence of World War II. 13. Important educational and collection institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad. Professional literature, films, internet resources.
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