Course detail

Workshop - Experimental Design II

FSI-YEX-AAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course is a follow up to "Workshop-Experimental Design I", and using experiments it further develops creative invention, vision and original approach when searching for a new form, function and content of proposed work.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. akad. soch. Miroslav Zvonek, ArtD.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The free form and students` own presentation enable to discover new ways and attitudes to project solving. Knowledge and skills acquired in such a way may advance the boundary of understanding the problem.

Prerequisites

Students are assumed to have completed the course Workshop - experimental design I and mastered the fundamentals of drawing and moulding necessary for project presentation, understanding of the basic spatial creation, art composition and realisation of three-dimensional models. Mastering designer’s solution of simple industrial products is also expected. Knowledge of program Rhinoceros 3D, Photoshop or CorelDraw is desirable

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.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on projects. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". 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 course objective is working out projects related to workshops so that students would express their creativity.

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

Byars, Mel: Design encyclopedia, Klinkhardt+Bietmann, 1994

Recommended reading

Periodika: Design trend 1992-2004

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2A-P Master's

    branch M-PDS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

labs and studios

78 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. David Karásek
doc. akad. soch. Miroslav Zvonek, ArtD.

Syllabus

Project assignment - design of industrial product;
Problem analysis, acquiring data and information;
Design sketches, first correction;
Next sketches and drafts, model sketches;
Final version approval, final poster elaboration;
Final poster elaboration, 2nd project assignment;
Final poster completion, follow-up correction, 2nd project analysis;
1st project presentation, 2nd project - sketches and drafts;
Sketches and drafts to 2nd project, model sketches;
The final version approval;
Final poster elaboration, consultation;
Final poster completion, follow-up correction;
2nd project presentation/workshop project/.