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Course title Studio 1
Course code KGI/GD1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ezzeddine Jana, doc. akad. mal.
Course content
Subject content 1.-13. Setting the principles of mutual communication during the seminar. Getting acquainted with the equipment and work rules in the seminar rooms. Setting the final work topic. Design principles and rules in typography. Typographic tools in graphic programmes and their use. Practical exercises. Type in computer systems and their administration. Typesetting and a line break. Typeface and image. Publication design and its pre-print preparation. Making a publication dummy. Making student´s own print portfolio. Seminar evaluation. Mutual consultations of the work between the teacher and the student proceed throughout the semester.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Project-based instruction, Instruction based on dialogue, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 78 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
equip drawing and layout procedures with free hands in basic graphic editors reproduce the names and definitions of the basic building elements of the graphic language compare the results achieved on the given field of creation (both own and foreign) to apply the knowledge about the basic graphic morphology when designing the composition
Skills
make drawing sketches of their own compositional designs by hands free in basic graphic editors develop research on the topic present your suggestions to other team members, the sponsor (the teacher)
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
about a wider range of basic graphic assets - font, image, shape, color, etc., about their possible reciprocal compositional relationships, about historical and contemporary style canons about graphical tools suitable for graphic design in the publishing, book and magazine production
Skills
designing prints and electronic media on a given topic uses a wider range of basic graphics, proposes surface stylization of visually processed topics and their integration into a graphically effective composition, reflects his work in historical and contemporary contexts, reflects its work in the context of professional, technical and technological processes, with erudition, presents his work to the professional community he is able to accept and assert in a way the evaluation and critical response
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Skills
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Project
Practical exam
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Deleatur.
  • Font : reklamní grafika a DTP : první grafický časopi.
  • Grapheion : Evropská revue o moderní grafice, umění knihy, tisku a papíru. Praha : Středoevropská galérie a nakladatelství, 1997.
  • Graphis : the International Magazine of Design and Communications. New York : Graphis Inc., ----.
  • Typo : typografie, grafický design, vizuální komunikace : typography, graphic design, visual communication. Praha : Svět tisku, 2003.
  • Typografia : odborný časopis českých typografů @ typografů. Praha : Kolegium Typografie, 1888.
  • V průběhu seminářů bude literatura tématicky aktualizována o časopisecké tituly a internetové odkazy..
  • Caduff, Reto,; Heller, Steven. Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action. 2015. ISBN 978-3-03778-424-2.
  • Dabner, David. Grafický design v praxi : [zásady, postupy, projekty]. [Praha] : Slovart, 2004. ISBN 80-7209-597-8.
  • Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter. Contemporary graphic design. Hong Kong: Taschen, 2007. ISBN 978-3-8228-5269-9.
  • Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter. Graphic Design Now. Taschen 2001.
  • Heller, Steven. Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design. Allworth Press 2000.
  • Heller, Steven. Icons of Graphic Design. Thames and Hudson, 2001.
  • Heller, Steven. Paul Rand. London : Phaidon Press, 1999. ISBN 0-7148-3994-9.
  • Heller, Steven; Pettit, Elinor. Graphic Design Time Line, Allword Press 2000, ISBN 151150644.
  • Hollis, Richard. Graphic Design, Concise History, Thames + Hudson 2001.
  • Jean, Georges. Písmo, paměť lidstva. [S. l.] : Slovart, 1994. ISBN 80-7145-115-0.
  • Kulka, Jiří. Psychologie umění. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2329-7.
  • Kurlansky, Mervyn. Masters of the 20th Century : the Icograda design hall of fame. New York : Graphi, 2001. ISBN 1-888001-85-2.
  • Lozan, Petr; Smékal, Jan,; Třešňák, Kamil. PDF pro tisk. 1. vyd. Praha : Grafie CZ, 2007. ISBN 978-80-239-9672-2.
  • Meggs, Philip B. A history of graphic design. New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN 0-471-29198-6.
  • Michl, Jan. Funkcionalismus, design, škola, trh : čtrnáct textů o problémech teorie a praxe moderního designu. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87474-48-8.
  • Müller-Brockmann, Josef. Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung : ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter. 9th edition. 2015. ISBN 978-3-7212-0145-1.
  • Tschichold, Jan. The new typography : a handbook for modern designers. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006. ISBN 0-520-25012-5.
  • Voit, Petr. Encyklopedie knihy : starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. Praha : Libri ve spolupráci s Královskou kanonií premonstrátů na Strahově, 2006. ISBN 80-7277-312-7.
  • White, Alexander. Elements of Graphic Design. Allworth Press 2002, ISBN 1-58115-250-7.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 23.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026