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Theory and Criticism of Design

Code 11111
Year 2
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload PL(30H)/T(30H)
Scientific area Design
Entry requirements Non applicable.
Mode of delivery Face-to-face instruction.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes To find the main lines of theoretical and critical thinking that marked the paths of Design framing them in the various contexts, historical, social, economic and cultural.
To convey the idea of the need to define the parameters in which the designer's activity is based, to the extent that this need allows students to become aware of the discipline and activity of design.
Allow students to know the evolution of design and understand its implications in the social, economic and cultural fields. Transmit knowledge and theoretical tools of history and design theory, which allow to develop the critical and analytical spirit, confronting students with the realization of description sheets, analysis and contextualization of design objects. To raise in the students the reflection on the current trends of design, assuming our cultural reality, integrated in the program of exposed content that lead them to the understanding of design.
Syllabus What is design: origins and chronology
Design concepts
Industrial revolution. Universal exhibitions
The Arts and Crafts (1850-1920) and Art Nouveau (1880-1910) movements
Art Deco (1919-1940)
Modernism (1910-1939)
Mid-century Modernism (1940-1959)
The Cultural Revolution (1960-1979)
Postmodernism and Contemporaneity (1980)
Design in Portugal
Styling, redesign and kitsch concepts
1950s
1960s and 1970s | Forms of affirmation
The protagonists
1980s and 1990s | Contemporary Design
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DESIGN: WERKBUND, BAUHAUS AND ULM
The design methodology in design
The image of the profession
Consumption and need
Democratic design, author design, inclusive design
Ecodesign, green design, recycling design and sustainable design
Brands and designers
The Design Object
Distinction between artistic object and design object
Introduction to design research
Product analysis: making design product analysis sheets
Main Bibliography BONSIEPE, G. (1992). Teoria e prática do design industrial. Elementos para um manual crítico. Lisboa: CPD.
BURDEK, B. (2004). Diseño: historia, teoria e práctica del diseño industrial. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.
DARDI.D.;PASCA.,V. (2019). Manuali di Storia del Design. Milão. Silvana Editoriale
GUIDOT, R. (2004). Histoire du Design de 1940 à Nos Jours. Paris: Ed. Hazan.
HESKETT, J. (2005). DESIGN: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press
LÖBACH, B. (2001). Design Industrial: Bases para a Configuração dos Produtos Industriais. São Paulo. Edgard Blütcher
MALDONADO, T (1999) Design industrial. Lisboa: EDIÇÕES 70.
MANAÇAS, V.M.T. (2005). Percursos do design em Portugal. [texto policopiado]. Lisboa: [s.n.]. Dissertação para a obtenção do grau de doutor apresentada à FBA-UL.
PAPANEK, V. (2007). Arquitectura e Design. Ecologia e Ética. Lisboa: Edições 70.
BLACK, A; GRANT. R.G.; KAY, A.; WILKINSON, P. ; ZACZEK, I. (2015) DESIGN: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY. Londres. DK Publishers
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-05-19

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