(en)Katalog ECTS

Design in Poland

(en)Pedagog: dr Krystyna Łuczak-Surówka

(en)Pole (en)Opis
Course type Obligatory, basic subject. Classes for third year full-time undergraduate students (Interior Design Department, Design Faculty)
Didactic methods

1. Course lecture.
2. Exercises - discussions.

Language of lecture polski;
Prerequisites

Entry into the third year of undergraduate study

Final requirements

The condition for obtaining a credit is a positive completion of a written test at the end (semester one) and written homework at the end (semester two).
The course ends with an oral exam covering the content of the classes (summer session).

The form of passing the course (assesment methods and criteria)

1. Assessment of the level of knowledge gained during the course.
2. Independence and the substantive value of the presented written work.
3. Activity during classes.

Teaching goals (program content, subject description)

The curriculum aims to introduce students to the history of design in Poland - interior and furniture design, 3d design - in the context of cultural, social, political and economic transformations. To acquaint students with key design concepts, events, design groups and individual designers. Encourage historical-critical perspective, independent evaluation and analysis.


1. THE ZAKOPANE STYLE. Native traditions and the search for a national style.
2. YOUNG POLAND. Activity of the 'Polish Applied Art Society'.
3. exhibition of architecture and interiors in the garden surroundings - with tradition into the future.
4. KRAKÓW IN THE SECOND AND THIRD DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Museum of Technology and Industry, ARMR Association, Kraków Workshops.
5. SUCCESS OF POLAND at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925 .
6. AVANT-GARDE AT THE TURN OF THE DECADES. BLOK and Praesens groups, The Least Flat exhibition. Władysław Strzemiński, utilitarianism and 'Little Bauhaus' in Koluszki. Presidential Castle in Wisła.
7. CO-OPERATIVE OF ARTISTS 'ŁAD'.
8. POLAND'S FLOATING SHOWCASE. Polish transatlantic liners M/S Piłsudzki and M/S Batory.
9. JAN BOGUSŁAWSKI.
10. TRAIN TO MODERNITY. PM36-1 and tourist train - Poland at the World Exhibition of 1937.
11. 1930s DESIGN Analysis of selected Polish designs from interiors, furniture, ceramics, glass to appliances.
12. BARBARA BRUKALSKA.
POLAND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Issues of interior architecture and design at colleges of fine arts. WW and BNEP. Art industry exhibitions in the 1940s.
14. DESIGN AS AN "OASIS OF FREEDOM" IN SOCIALIST REALISM. CPLiA. IWP. Polish school of posters. World Youth Festival in Warsaw.
15. NEW CHALLENGES. ŁAD 30th anniversary exhibition.
16. PHENOMENON OF "POST-WAR" MODERNITY. 1st and 2nd National Exhibition of Interior Design in Warsaw.
17. TRIUMPH OF MODERNITY. National Exhibition of Interior Design in Kraków.
18. NEW PARADIGM OF CONSTRUCTION. Furniture made of wicker, plywood and plastics.
19. TERESA KRUSZEWSKA.
20. ORGANIC FORMS IN CERAMICS. The phenomenon of figurines. Evolution of services. Selected projects and their creators.
21. SMALL STABILIZATION OF THE SIXTIES AND DESIGN. RWiEPP. SPFP. Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and first Polish Industrial Forms Department. First Polish Design Fair. Changes in IWP.
22. ANDRZEJ PAWŁOWSKI.
23. CONCEPT OF FURNITURE and POZNAŃ SCHOOL OF FURNITURE. The "mmm" competition and its consequences in the following decades.
24. polish glass of the 60s, 70s, 80s. makers, technologies, products.
25. GLASHES AND SHADOWS OF POLISH POSTWAR MOTORIZATION. Microcars. Syrena and its incarnations. Prototypes. Products. Design and industry.
26. 70s versus 80s. From dreams of luxury to DIY.
27. CHALLENGES OF TRANSFORMATION. New situation of design after 1989.
28. polish designers of the last decades - selected issues.
29. YOUNG POLISH DESIGN. Can we talk about Polish school of design?
30. visit to OWN gallery of the National Museum in Warsaw.

Compulsory literature used during classes

Irena Huml, Polska sztuka stosowana XX wieku, Warszawa 1978.
Warsztaty Krakowskie 1913-1926, red. Marii Dziedzic, Kraków 2009.
Spółdzielnia Artystów ŁAD 1926-1996, red. Anna Frąckiewicz. T. I. Warszawa 2007.
Wzornictwo w Polsce, praca zbiorowa, red. M. Kulik, Warszawa 1987.
Rzeczy pospolite. Polskie wyroby 1899-1999, katalog wystawy, Olszanica 2001.
Rzeczy niepospolite. Projektanci XX wieku, 2013.
Irma Kozina, Polski design, Wydawnictwo SBM, 2015.

Additional literature recommended for the student's self learning

Władysław Matlakowski, Budownictwo ludowe na Podhalu, Kraków 1902. [źr.]
Stanisław Witkiewicz, Styl zakopiański, Lwów 1904-1911. [źr.]
Stanisław Witkiewicz, O sztuce, krytyce, stylu zakopiańskim, wybitnych twórcach, sprawach narodowych i społecznych, Wrocław 1972. [źr.]
Barbara Tondos, Styl zakopiański i zakopiańszczyzna, 2004.
Tadeusz Dobrowolski, Sztuka Młodej Polski, Warszawa 1965.
Stefania Krzysztofowicz-Kozakowska, Sztuka Młodej Polski, Kraków 1999 oraz Kraków 2004.
Jerzy Warchałowski, Polska sztuka dekoracyjna, Warszawa 1928. [źr.]
Karol Homolacs, Rękodzielnictwo jako sztuka. Szkic historyczny, Warszawa 1948. [źr.]
Irena Huml, Warsztaty Krakowskie, Wrocław 1973.
Anna Sieradzka, Art Déco w Europie i Polsce, Warszawa 1996.
Maria Rogowska, Paryskie zwycięstwo sztuki polskiej w roku 1925, [w:] Z zagadnień plastyki polskiej w latach 1918-1939, red. J. Starzyński, Wrocław 1963, s. 21-50.
Spółdzielnia Artystów Ład 1926-1996, red. A. Frąckiewicz, Warszawa 1998.
Andrzej Turowski, Konstruktywizm polski. Próba rekonstrukcji nurtu 1921-1934, Wrocław 1981.
Andrzej Turowski, Budowniczowie świata. Z dziejów radykalnego modernizmu w sztuce polskiej, Kraków 2000.
Anna Kostrzyńska-Miłosz, Polskie meble 1918-1939. Forma – Funkcja –Technika, Warszawa 2005.
Irena Huml, Sztuka użytkowa dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, [maszynopis powielony CBWA] Warszawa 1972.
Irena Huml, Sztuka użytkowa w Polsce po II wojnie światowej, [maszynopis powielony CBWA] Warszawa 1972.
Teoria:
Wanda Telakowska, Tadeusz Reindl, Problemy wzornictwa przemysłowego, Warszawa 1966.
Andrzej Wróblewski, Wzornictwo przemysłowe, Warszawa 1972.
Andrzej Pawłowski, Inicjacje, Kraków, 1980 (wydane przez ASP w Krakowie na prawach rękopisu); Warszawa 1987; Inicjacje. O sztuce, projektowaniu i kształceniu projektantów, Kraków 2001.
Janusz Krupiński, Z-wiednie. Ontologiczne podstawy sztuki projektowania, Kraków 1993.
Janusz Krupiński, Wzornictwo/design. Studium idei, Kraków 1998.
Czasopisma:
„Projekt”, „Biuletyn Rady Wzornictwa i Estetyki Produkcji Przemysłowej”, „Architektura”, „Ty i Ja” oraz „Stolica” [źr.]
„2+3D”

Learning outcomes
SkillsKnowledgeSocial competences

1. Analyze designs in terms of style, functionality, materials and technology, and added value.
2. Interpretephenomena/stylistic elements/designs, combining them into cause-effect sequences on the basis of mutual relationships.
3. Formulate critical judgments on the basis of known design works, the ability to compare different projects.
4. Analyze, formulate arguments, and discuss design.
5. Create artistic concepts (with the intention of their planned realization) - based on theoretical capital
6. Design on the basis of an understanding of interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity, including the use of theory-design it provides.

1. General knowledge of the history of design in Poland from the late 19th century to the present day - in the context of cultural, civilisational, social, political, and economic transformations
2. Recognition of basic projects, designers, events in the history of Polish design.
3. Importance of connections between theoretical and practical elements of education and work on a design work.

1. Sensitivity to aesthetic and functional issues in the history of design.
2. Openness to the diverse sociological, cultural, geographical, political, and religious contexts in which design disciplines operate.
3. Critical thinking about the history of design and the relationship of design to other creative and scientific fields.
4. Recognition of the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems.
5. Healthy criticism and self-criticism.
6. Care about the achievements and traditions of the profession.
7. Take a multi-faceted reflection on their profession and its ethos.

Description of the requirements for the studio, workshop or teaching aids

Lecture hall equipped with multimedia projector, computer, sound system.

The weekly number of hours of classes or lectures, the number of ECTS points assigned to the subject and information on the form and completion of the subject are included in the study program and Course Cataloque (information is displayed in Akademus system)


(en)Lista studiów

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(en)Semestr 2023/24-WS (en)(Z-zimowy,L-letni)
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