PV078 Graphical Design I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Wessely (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:50 C416, Thu 10:00–11:50 C416
Prerequisites
PV123 Visual communication &&SOUHLAS
Subject "Graphic Design" pressupposes a creativity as well as respecting the nature of the subject including a manual work depending on the set task.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course helps to develop the ability to create pictographs as basic elements of visual and informatic systems ( and grafic design all together)in self-contained series.
Syllabus
  • Analysis and shape synthesis.
  • Pictograph (geometric, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic).
  • Style- and idea-line of pictographs.
  • Screens and prefabricated elements.
Literature
  • TWEMLOW, Alice. K čemu je grafický design? Translated by Kateřina Cenkerová. V Praze: Slovart, 2008, 256 s. ISBN 9788073910273. info
  • AGI graphic design since 1950. Edited by Ben Bos - Elly Bos. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007, 800 s. ISBN 9780500513422. info
  • DORRIAN, Mike and Liz FARRELLY. One hundred at 360° : graphic design's new global generation. London: Laurence King, 2007, [350] s. ISBN 9781856695268. info
  • The big book of graphic design. Edited by Roger Walton. 1. ed. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007, 334 s. ISBN 9780061215247. info
  • HARPER, Laurel. Provocative graphics :the power of the unexpected in graphic design. Gloucester: Rockport Publishers, 2001, 192 s. ISBN 1-56496-725-5. info
  • Restart : New systems in graphic design. London: Thames and Hudson, 2001, 175 s. ISBN 0500282978. info
Assessment methods
Working on projects in the studio, an independent work ( using computer graphic programes), finishing projects. The colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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