Design of Machines and Instruments (FSI-YDE)

Academic year 2026/2027
Supervisor: doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Course type: departmental course
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The prerequisite for this course is the acquisition of the necessary knowledge, skills and general creative erudition in the previous study. Students have mastered the basics of drawing and modeling. It is also necessary to understand the basic spatial creation, artistic composition and realization of three-dimensional models. The proposals require mastery of design solutions for industrial products. Knowledge of Rhinoceros 3D is desirable.
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Requirements for graded course units: Attendance in class, submission of assigned projects on time and in sufficient quality. Presentation of a completed project. The design and level of presentation of each project will be evaluated separately.
The resulting evaluation consists of evaluations of projects and exclusive tasks. The total number of points is 100. The resulting classification is defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects receive less than half of the maximum points, the 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.
Compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.
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Type of course unit:
    Studio work   13 × 8 hrs. optionally                  
Course curriculum:
    Studio work

- 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, 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.
- The final version approval.
- Model construction, follow-up correction.
- 2nd project completion and submission.
- 2nd project presentation /workshop project/.
Literature - fundamental:
1. DREYFUSS, Henry. Designing for people. New York: Allworth Press, 2003. ISBN 1581153120.
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. FIELL, Charlotte a Peter FIELL (eds.). Designing the 21st century: design des 21. Jahrhunderts Le design du 21 siécle. Köln: Taschen, c2001. ISBN 3-8228-5883-8.
Literature - recommended:
1. MALANIUK, Bohdan. Design v architektuře a stavebnictví: z dějin průmyslového designu. Praha: ČVUT, 1991.
2. Design trend: evropská revue soudobého designu. Brno: Design centrum České republiky, 2007. ISSN 1210-1591.
3. FIELL, Charlotte a Peter FIELL. Industrial design. Praha: Slovart, c2003. ISBN 3-8228-2426-7.
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 7 Compulsory 1 3 W
C-AKR-P full-time study CZS -- GCr 7 Elective 1 1 W