Mass Study (FSI-YZ1)

Academic year 2025/2026
Supervisor: doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
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The course focuses on the basics of spatial design from a visual and tectonic point of view. Practical exercises on general themes are the introduction and stimulation of visual possibilities for later specific assignments in subjects of industrial design. Study models of mass emphasize art quality of objects, clear concept of solution, logic of construction of volume, significance of proportions and relationship of the whole and details. An integral part of the subject is mastering the realization of spatial models from basic materials.
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Type of course unit:
    Studio work   13 × 3 hrs. compulsory                  
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    Studio work

Assignment of 1st assignment - Composition study on general theme of basic geometric body and transforming such parts without the loss of volume into a new object, analysis of possibilities, 2D sketches, 3D sketches (clay, paper), variants
Modelling from industrial clay, work on poster
Assessment of the 1st assignment, analysis of individual works, assignment of 2nd task – Composition study on theme transformation of a natural object, analysis of possibilities, study of construction of a natural object, 2D sketches, 3D sketches (clay, industrial clay), variants
Modelling from industrial clay, work on poster
Assessment of the 2nd assignment, analysis of individual works, assignment of 3rd task -Composition study on theme of fixation of basic geometric body above a foundation, analysis of possibilities
2D sketches, 3D sketches, variants
Modelling from plaster and other materials, work on poster
Assessment of the 3rd assignment, analysis of individual works, overall assessment of the semester
Literature - fundamental:
1. WONG, Wucius. Principles of Form and Design. New York: John Wiley, 1993. ISBN 0-471-28552-8.
2. PIPES, Alan. Foundations of Art + Design. Second edition. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85669-578-7.
3. LIDWELL, William, Kritina HOLDEN a Jill BUTLER. Universal Principles of Design. Gloucester: Rockport Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-59253-007-9.
Literature - recommended:
2. PELCL, Jiří. Design: od myšlenky k realizaci = from idea to realization. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze, c2012. ISBN 978-80-86863-45-0.
3. TERSTIEGE, Gerrit, ed. The Making of Design: From the First Model to the Final Product. 2009. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 978-3-0346-0089-7.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- GCr 2 Compulsory 1 1 W