Course detail

Workshop - Industrial Design I

FSI-YA1Acad. year: 2007/2008

The course is concerned with the interdisciplinary co-operation - the basis of designer’s activity. It integrates the knowledge of science, technology and arts in the design process of any industrial product. Practical tasks (actual company, consultations available) are assigned to students during the semester. The design project is documented by drawing sketches, plan documentation, perspective views, and a three-dimensional model of final solution.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

10

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be able to solve elementary and more difficult projects when designing industrial products and to present their work.

Prerequisites

Completion of courses Workshop - Product Design I, II is assumed. Students are expected to have mastered the fundamentals of drawing and moulding necessary for project presentation as well as the basic spatial creation, art composition and realisation of three-dimensional models.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: attendance at lessons, handing over assigned projects by the deadline in a sufficient quality. Presentation of an elaborated project. Design and the level of presentation of each project are evaluated separately. According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. Complete evaluation of the course is calculated as an average of all projects in the semester. If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., complete evaluation of the course is "failed". Final evaluation takes into account clausura projects as well. 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.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim is to familiarize students with problems of solving a design problem and to develop already acquired skills and habits. Students learn how to apply their own invention with respecting all conditions of the product.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance in workshops is controlled. Students are required to attend workshops in scheduled hours, work on given projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives any other individual plan. Students have to inform the lecturer in advance about his working-place in the scheduled education time (studio, workshops, modelling room, eventually college dormitory, home, or producer etc.) - absence is not excused without this information. The absences are possible only due to serious reasons, e.g. illness. Unexcused absence may cause the project is not accepted. The total absence greater than 50% (including excused absence) may threaten project acceptance.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DREYFUSS, Henry. Designing for people. New York: Allworth Press, 2003. ISBN 1581153120.
NORMAN, Donald A. Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things. New York: Basic Books, 2005. ISBN0-465-05136-7.
PELCL, Jiří. Design: od myšlenky k realizaci = from idea to realization. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová vPraze, c2012. ISBN 978-80-86863-45-0.

Recommended reading

MALANIUK, Bohdan. Design v architektuře a stavebnictví: z dějin průmyslového designu. Praha: ČVUT, 1991.í
Design trend: evropská revue soudobého designu. Brno: Design centrum České republiky, 2007. ISSN 1210-1591.
FIELL, Charlotte a Peter FIELL. Industrial design. Praha: Slovart, c2003. ISBN 3-8228-2426-7.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B2379-00 , 3. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

labs and studios

104 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Project assignment - design of industrial product;
Problem analysis, acquiring data and information.
Design sketches, first correction, /clausura project/;
Next sketches and drafts, model sketches;
Final version approval, model construction;
Model construction, 2nd project assignment;
Model construction, follow-up correction, 2nd project analysis;
1st project , 2nd project - sketches and drafts;
Sketches and drafts to 2nd project, model sketches, /clausura project/;
The final version approval;
Model construction, follow-up correction;
2nd project completion and submission;
2nd project presentation /workshop project/. During the semester are assigned 2-3 one-day individual clausura project.