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Design History I, 6 ECTS credits.
/Stilhistoria I/
For:
CM-DE
CM-KO
CM-SN
CM-TA
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Design
Main field of studies: Furniture Design, Furniture Conservation, Furniture Carpentry, Furniture Upgholstery
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G1
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Aim:
To provide the student with means needed to understand and describe a piece of furniture, its place in time and space; furthermore how it relates to general social conditions, and in what way its form reflects the materials and techniques used, the functional requirements and the individual preferences and skills.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
- discuss age and place of origin of a piece of furniture from the period focused in the course, and some of the methods and sources availible for research in the field of furniture history
- Identify and describe materials and techniques used in furniture making before the age of industrialization, including issues of labour, resources and sustainibility through the ages
- describe in what way the design, materials and techniques of a piece of furniture may be related to general social conditions and cultural context
- describe a piece of furniture correctly and adequately with a vocabulary intended for this
After completing the course the student should has gained insights in the impact of materials, techniques, function and individual preferences as regards the development of design
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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.
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Organisation:
Lectures, Seminars, Excursions
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Course contents:
Art history and furniture culture and its scientific basis. Furniture culture as subject of research and some methods and sources for this. Techniques and materials in furniture making before the age of industrialization. Swedish and European furniture from the middle ages to the 19th century.
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Course literature:
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Examination: |
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Written examination
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6 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Ulf Brunne
Examiner: Johan Knutsson
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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