Product Design

The Studio of Product design was established in 2005 following the decision of FUUD as an integral part of the Department of the Applied Art and Design to cover the desired demand for tutorial of industrial design. The tutorial programme is based on proved methods of conservative way of teaching - drawing and modelling, study of the nature and its regularities in the development of the form, in combination with modern elements, especially with studying the latest findings about development of technologies, materials and applications of computer technology in the creative process. Integral part of the tutorial is also study of economic subjects and humanities, and their transformation in a real output to be used for communication and presentation purposes. The aim is to bring up a personality who perceives and processes information presented by means of the teaching, who is communicative and open to new ideas; at the same time, this personality is conservative in utilizing experience and values verified by time and practice, and brings new information and ideas corresponding to the era.

He/she has the gift of intuition to create relatively timeless projects, depending on flexibility of the industry and society. This personality respects other professions that together create a new intelligent product conforming the cultural and humanistic goals of the modern society.
The PD graduate must be able to understand principles of the branch in a general aspect, and to generate an opinion on their own, which has a quality appropriate to a profile of an academically educated person.

Study in the specialized Studio of Product Design is divided into two levels: the Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree. The scheme of 8 + 4 semesters ensures that the students during their study in the specialized studio perceive the rudiments of the studied subject in the whole extent and that they are able to apply the acquired knowledge in practice.

Bachelor's Degree Course
1st semester - study of the nature - drawing, modelling, composition, parallel tutorial on PC. (2D and 3D),

2nd semester - special composition - drawing, modelling, simple design project, parallel creating of compositions by means of programs Autodesk, AutoCAD 2004 and Invertor 10,
3rd semester - creating projects with the aim to verify the acquired knowledge - the form, the utility value.

4th semester - focusing projects on the basic construction of the composition, depending on limitations determined by the technology of production and the material.
5th semester - design of simple objects with the aim to think comprehensively in the form of an intelligent project, divided into individual production and collective production; if possible the tutorial will be in a foreign language
6th and 7th semesters - solution of designer projects according to a specific assignment, preparation for the final bachelor´s work, foreign study stay according to the foreign English
8th semester - the final bachelor´s work - comprehensive solution of a project, cooperation with an industrial enterprise (approved by the Board of the Department of Applied Art and Design).

Master Degree Course
9th semester - individual solution of projects directly linked to the industry
10th semester - individual solution of projects directly linked to the industry
11th and 12th semesters - the final diploma work - a comprehensive solution of a project, cooperation with an enterprise (approved by the Board of the Department of Applied Art and Design)