SUMMARY The article focuses on the situation in regional gastronomy and how it is reflected in the material culture in Slovakia—which is part of our country’s cultural identity and plays a significant role in tourism as one of its pillars. Gastronomic culture encompasses not only traditional regional dishes or drinks, but also the way they […]
SUMMARY The aim of the article is to map the development of ornaments from Čičmany village, their “journey” from the past to the present day, as they are currently the most used Slovak folk pattern, especially in the graphic and product design. In the beginning, the author explains why she is interested in this topic […]
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SUMMARY The following text outlines a collection of observations made at various occasions between 2017 and 2020, which include onsite workshops at automotive design studios such as Volvo (April 2018), Volkswagen (November 2018), and Opel (July 2019), where I worked with professional designers from both vehicle interior and exterior departments. These events focused primarily on […]
SUMMARY The paper mainly focuses on the creation and formulation of a design strategy in a creative process, on multidisciplinary communication, personal experience and teaching methodology. An important although not the only result of our research is a university course Design Strategy in Industrial Design, intended for the 1st year of master’s studies in the […]
Design DNA as a principle of creation: terms of meditativeness, contemplativeness, and their reflection in the design Ing. arch. Martin Somora, ArtD., M.A. In the presented dissertation thesis titled: DNA, or Fundamental Principles of the Creative Process in Design. Meditativeness, Contemplativeness and their Reflection in Design, I focused on the ways in which these notions are […]
Design as a transcultural phenomenon Mgr. art. Jana Kumorovitzová, ArtD. Our thesis is focused on the status of design in transcultural, west-oriented society. We regard a man, as its living representative, as the main holder of values and context. Through his understanding and meeting his own needs, cyclically repeating due to evolutional deficiencies of homo sapiens […]
SUMMARY This article focuses on the use of virtual and mixed reality in transport design. The advancement in virtual reality hardware and software also enables more extensive use of this technology in the design process. The possibility to visualize new designs in real scale is especially useful with larger objects, such as cars and motorbikes, […]
Development in energy-autonomous building renovations and their impact on architecture Ing. arch. Holger Hasenritter, PhD. The presented work explores the developments in energy-autonomous building renovations and their impact on architecture. First of all, this article will look at the current state of science and technology of the building stock and its energy supply. This covers […]