JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Contemporary design II

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Course title Contemporary design II
Course code KDT/FU096
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Polanecký Jaroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Current design situation. Methodology and interpretation. 2. Current terminology and classification of design fields. Design, applied art, craft and art design. 3. Curatorial practice within collection and exhibition institutions focused on design. The educational potential of design. 4. Design as an important economic tool. Marketing strategies of producers and design entities. The role of the state in support of design. 5. Environmental, social and ethical aspects of contemporary design. The issue of sustainability. Responsibility of the designer. 6. Forms of presentation and exhibition activities related to contemporary design outside collection and exhibition institutions. 7. State of the current theoretical discourse in the field of design. 8. Media presentation of contemporary design. Shows and exhibitions of contemporary design. 9. Social, visual and psychological effects of mass production; luxury production and its interventions. 10. Significant personalities of contemporary design. Design studios, companies, non-profit institutions focused on promotion design, commercial showrooms. 11. Contemporary literature, internet resources, collection and exhibition institutions and occasional events focused on design.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject Contemporary Design II is a continuation of the subject Contemporary Design I. It is primarily focused on explaining the role of design in the functioning of contemporary material and visual culture, in which design plays an important role due to its increasingly difficult definition and boundlessness. Emphasis is placed on curatorial practice and theoretical reflection within the field, including social, gender, pop-cultural and environmental contexts.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
Recommended literature
  • ANTONELLI, P.; RAWSTHORN, A. Design Emergency: Building a Better Future. Phaidon, London, New York, 2022.
  • CAPÍK, P. Udržaťelný rozvoj v kultúrnej a kreatívnej praxi. Košice: FU TU, 2020.
  • COLLINS, M. Towards Postmodernism. Design since 1851. London: British Museum Press, 1994.
  • FIELL, C.; FIELL, P. Designing 21st Century. Köln: Taschen, 2005.
  • JAKUBÍČEK, V.; KOLESÁR, Z. (eds.). Rozum versus cit. Zlínský průmyslový design 1918-1958. UTB Zlín, 2019.
  • JAKUBÍČEK, V.; KOLESÁR, Z. (eds.). Rozum versus cit 2. Zlínský průmyslový design 1958-1992. UTB, Zlín, 2021.
  • Knobloch, I.; Vondráček, R. Design v českých zemích 1900-2000. Praha, academia, 2016.
  • KOLEČEK, M. (ed.). Mo(nu)mentální topografie. Ústí nad Labem: FUD UJEP, 2019.
  • Kolečková, Z.; Koleček, M. (eds.). Design Ústí. Ústí nad Labem, 2015.
  • KOLESÁR, Z.; JAKUBÍČEK, V.; STANICKÁ, S. Design ve službách trvale udržitelného rozvoje. Zlín: FMK UTB, 2017.
  • KOLESÁR, Z. Kapitoly z dějin designu. Praha, VŠUP, 2009.
  • Michl, J. Funkcionalismus, design, škola, trh: Čtrnáct textů o problémech teorie a praxe moderního designu. Brno, Barrister & Principal, 2012.
  • PACHMANOVÁ, M. Design: aktualita nebo věčnost. Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová, Praha, 2005. ISBN 8086863050.
  • PACHMANOVÁ, M. (ed.). Ex-pozice. O vystavování sbírek umění, designu a architektury. UMPRUM, Praha, 2018.
  • Pelcl, J (ed.). Design. Od myšlenky k realizaci. Praha: VŠUP,, 2012.
  • PŘIDALOVÁ, K.; BACHORÍK, J. Co je vlastně design. Praha, UMPRUM, 2021.
  • SUDJIC, D. B jako Bauhaus. Zlín, Kniha Zlín, 2013.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026