Conteúdo / Main content
Menu Rodapé
  1. Início
  2. Cursos
  3. Design Industrial
  4. Crítica de Design

Crítica de Design

Código 16387
Ano 1
Semestre S2
Créditos ECTS 5
Carga Horária TP(45H)
Área Científica Design Industrial
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Work placements Not applicable
Learning outcomes This course aims to develop and deepen the analytical and critical thought on design's contemporary products. In this manner promoting different methods of interpreting design, allowing a plural reflexion on both, design objects and the design field.
Learning outcomes
a) Thoroughly analyse and criticise design objects using multiple perspectives;
b) Examine, understand and contextualise the contemporary production of design;
c) To develop a critical voice on design and it's different implications
d) Apply design criticism knowledge to a design project
Syllabus 1. The critical discussion of design and its objects;

2. Forms of critical analysis in design;
Hermeneutics
Semiotics
Phenomenology
Rhetoric

3. Critical perspectives
Mediation
Political
Historical
Main Bibliography Barthes, Roland (2007). Crítica e Verdade, Lisboa, Edições 70;
Bürdek, B.E. (2006). História, Teoria e Prática do Design de Produtos, São Paulo, Edgard Blücher;
Eagleton, Terry (2005). The Function of Criticism, London, Verso Books
Sparke, Penny (2013). An Introduction to Design and Culture (3rd ed.), New york, Routledge;
Twemlow, Alice (2017). Sifting the Trash, A history of design criticism, Cambridge, MIT Press;
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Data da última atualização: 2025-03-10
As cookies utilizadas neste sítio web não recolhem informação pessoal que permitam a sua identificação. Ao continuar está a aceitar a política de cookies.