Preparatory courses for the 1st year
Preparatory Course in Industrial Design
Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Debnár, MFA
The course teaches students the specifics of designer creation and at the same time with the procedural stages involved in a designer’s work. The themes of the course are selected so that the student understands the process, and does not search merely for marginal solutions. Each solution to a theme is analysed from the constructional, technological and ergonomic aspect.
Main subject – STUDIO (practice based creative studio work)
Studio of Product Design
Prof. František Burian, MFA
BA level: The aim of the undergraduate level of the study of design is for the student to acquire the basic principles of designer creation with an emphasis on creative procedures and an understanding of material and technological limits. In the upper years emphasis is placed on a complex approach to the design process, such as analysing the problem, proposing the concept and final processing supported by a visual and text presentation. Students will usually solve two topics over the course of a semester, which are detailed following mutual discussion with regard to the individual’s progress.
MA level: The conception of the studio reflects the understanding of design in the context of contemporary controversial polemics as well as in the further development of global post-industrial society. Students are provoked towards a broader understanding of design as well as to a critical appraisal of the consequences of the consumption of material products in relation to the environment and man’s actual needs. The solution of thematic problems should emphasise the individuality of the person, make a statement about the author and their reaction to the present with an emphasis on experiment, sensibility and the semantic statement. The designs created may be reproducible both in serial industrial production, as well as in artistic craft with the possibility of an overlap into a conceptual understanding or solitary occurrence.
Studio of Industrial Design
Assoc. Prof. Ferdinand Chrenka, MFA
BA level: The subject of the study is man and his activities. The spectrum of products emerging from this relation reacts to the past as to an inspiring genetic link, perceiving the present through the real development of designer practice and looks into the future with the feeling of co-responsibility of the design for ethics and environmental awareness. Developing the professional abilities of a bachelor graduate is realised through special projects according to the tutorial objective. Preparing the student for creative work in a team is ensured through organising cooperation with specific Slovak and foreign manufacturers and institutions.
MA level: The study takes its priority as being preparation for individual designer work and the forming of a personality. The semester is divided into stages of design solution, which are regularly evaluated and discussed. In the case of studio-wide projects joint corrections and discussions are held also with external experts, or teams are created according to the nature of the project.
Studio of Transport Designbr />
Assoc. Prof. MSc. Štefan Klein, MFA
BA level: The transport design studio is specifically aimed at the issue of transport facilities. The studio itself contains a unique technological workplace, providing the technological background for undergraduate and graduate study. Over the course of its development the studio has built up a very strong corporate background and ties with production. During the undergraduate study a student is taught the basic procedures of designing transport facilities in the broad scope, ranging from the conceptual or experimental point through to the specifically and narrowly targeted assignments generated by a corporate environment. It is expected that during the study the student will master the basics of the technological procedures offered (3D display – animation – CNC paring – a digital method of model creation).
MA level: Graduate study is focused on creating a symbiosis of study and practice. One of the instruments for effective graduate study is the possibility of an internship at the top studies in the world, such as the Ford Development Centre in Cologne, Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Škoda design in Mladá Boleslav, etc.
Compulsory vocational subjects
Drawing
Assoc. Prof. Svätopluk Mykita, MFA
Cieľom výučby je zvládnutie klasickej kompozície a proporcií zobrazovaného modelu a vytváranie vlastného výtvarného názoru s možnosťou odklonu od klasicistického zobrazenia. Osnova predmetu: Programom predmetu je zvládnutie kresby podľa živého modelu, rozvíjanie kresliarskeho a výtvarného vnímania reality s dôrazom na možnosti využitia predmetu vo vlastnej tvorbe študentov v odbore grafický dizajn, priemyselný dizajn.
Basics of Designer Work
Václav Kautman, MFA
The subject is based on a series of professional and theoretical lectures introducing the student to the basic issues in designer work. Students are taught the procedure of a designer theme assignment, and with basic terminology. In the assignment of the simple task the subject steers the student in the progression from the initial idea through research, construction of a working model, to accompanying documentation.
Production Technology of Models and Prototypes,
Peter Zelman, MFA
The aim of the subject is that the student acquires the ability to correctly decide how to steer his/her project to successful realisation, and how to combine a design with its production technology so that the resultant project best fulfils the author’s vision. The subject covers various production technologies for models, forms, products.
Simulation of processes,
Ing. Anton Hlinka
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Technical Drawing
MSc. Dušan Červeňan
The subject aims to familiarise students with the parameters of technical drawings. Brief content of the course: Technical documentation in the production process. Technical drawings, general requirements. Drawing formats, treatment, storage. Descriptive fields. Scales. The basics of depiction
in technical drawings, etc.
Ergonomics
Prof. RNDr. Radoslav Beňuš, PhD.
The subject familiarises students with the basic functions of the human body relevant for construction and designer solutions.
Basics of Computer Modelling
RNDr. Pavel Bukoven
The subject covers the basics of modelling objects in 2D and 3D with the aid of computer equipment. Programs RHINO 3D, 3ds max.
Computer Modelling
RNDr. Pavel Bukoven, Ivan Adamčík
The subject teaches students to model in the programs MAYA and 3ds max, and at the same time create animations and video presentations.
Technology of production of models and prototypes
Peter Zelman, MFA
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3D Printing and 3D hub
Peter Zelman, MFA
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Simulation of processes
Ing. Ján Hlinka
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