Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2016
 
TCM012 Historic Furniture Archetypes, 8 ECTS credits.
/Möbelhistoriska arketyper/

For:   CM-DE   CM-KO   CM-SN   CM-TA  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 64
Rec. self-study hours: 149

  Area of Education:

Main field of studies: Furniture Design, Furniture Conservation, Furniture,Carpentry, Furniture Upgholstery

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
To provide the student with qualifications needed to identify and discuss the archetypes of furniture history and furthermore adopt the elements in solving an actual problem.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
  • describe the archetypes as regards techniques and materials as well as stylistic and symbolic aspects
  • reflect upon technically, socially and culturally related factors and how these have affected the design of some of our fundamental furniture archetypes
  • measure, reconstruct, document and correctly describe an archetypical piece of furniture and design and produce a new object based on these observations
  • evaluate and analyze materials, construction and coating as regards functional requirements, durability and sustainibility
  • in a critical way evaluate the importance of individual preferences and how these relates to the general achetypical features in design history
  • observe, examine and evaluate the fact that some furniture have become archetypical while others have not
After completing the course the student should has gained insights in in what way the archetypical elements have affected our conception of design history, and how these elements, including their intrinsic message, may be instrumental in approaching and solving an actual problem


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)


Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures, Seminars, Excursions, Workshops

Course contents:
Vernacular furniture and leading design. Individuals and normatives. Techniques and materials. Measuring, documentation, designing and producing.

Course literature:


Examination:
Written examination
Assignment
Oral and written report
2 ECTS
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Ulf Brunne
Examiner: Johan Knutsson

Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 01/15/2015