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Design Criticism

Design Criticism

Code	16387
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	TP(45H)
Scientific area	Design Industrial
Entry requirements	Non applicable.
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, Bernhard.E. (2006). História, Teoria e Prática do Design de Produtos, Edgard Blücher; Eagleton, Terry (2005). The Function of Criticism, Verso Books; Heller, Stephen, Heinz, Molly (Eds.)(2025). The Education of a Design Writer, Allworth; Sparke, Penny (2013). An Introduction to Design and Culture (3rd ed.), Routledge; Twemlow, Alice (2017). Sifting the Trash, A history of design criticism, MIT Press.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.