SUS_151a Personalities of Czech and international Design I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (lecturer)
Mgr. Karolína Kouřilová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 N51, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 95/120, only registered: 2/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 2/120
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 34 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Abstract
Within the course students will be introduced to the leading personalities of Czech contemporary design. The aim is to introduce the designers in the field of housing culture, furniture accessories, glass, ceramics, porcelain, textile, clothing and jewelery, as well as designers of vehicles, tools and implements, common consumer goods for industrial production.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
to focus on contemporary Czech design
to know the most important personalities of Czech design in the field of so-called product design, with an emphasis on housing culture and home accessories
Key topics
  • 1. OBJECTS / ATIKA: Vít Cimbura - Bohuslav Horák - Jiří Javůrek - Jaroslav Šusta jr.
  • 2. FROM THE OBJECT TO THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN / Jiří Pelcl
  • 3. EXPERIMENTS / Bořek Šípek - Olgoj Chorchoj (Michal Froněk, Jan Němeček) - Barbora Škorpilová
  • 4. DESIGN AS A GAME / Daniel Piršč - Maxim Velčovský - Jakub Berdych
  • 5. HONESTY / Jan Padrnos - René Šulc - Jan Čtvrtník
  • 6. BETWEEN CONCEPT AND DESIGN / Koncern (Jiří Přibyl, Martin Imrich)
  • 7. YOUNG - SUCCESSFUL / BOA design (Petr Mikošek, Michaela Vrátníková) - Michal Riabič - Jaroslav Juřica - Matej Chabera - Lucie Koldová
  • 8. "INDUSTRIAL" DESIGN / Ivan Dlabač - Martin Surman
  • 9. PUBLIC SPACE / mmcité (Radek Hegmon, David Karásek)
  • 10. visit the exhibition
  • 11. discussion with the designer
  • 12. discussion with the designer
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • KNOBLOCH, Iva a Radim VONDRÁČEK (eds.). Design v českých zemích 1900–2000. Praha: Academia 2016.
  • KOLESÁR, Zdeno. Kapitoly z dějin designu. V českém jazyce vyd. 2., d. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2009, 172 s. ISBN 9788086863283. info
    recommended literature
  • LAMAROVÁ, Milena. Signum design. Český design 1980 - 1999. Praha: UPM, 1999
  • PELCL, Jiří. Český design 1995 - 2000. Praha: Prostor, 2001
  • BRUTHANSOVÁ, Tereza. Český design 01. Praha: Prostor, 2007
  • KOUDELKOVÁ, Dagmar. Atika 1987 - 1992 / Emoce a forma (Atika 1987 - 1992 / Emotion and Form). Olomouc: ERA : Muzeum umění Olomouc, 2007, 173 pp. ERA extra. ISBN 978-80-7366-087-1. info
  • KOUDELKOVÁ, Dagmar. Jiří Pelcl. Subjective x Objective. Brno: ERA, 2006
  • Bohuslav Horák. Design - architektura. Praha: Galerie Peron, Anthologie Quartett, 2000
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, class discussion, excursion
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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