Methods for recognising potential consumers’ needs. Creative design tools. Verification and selection of potential design ideas. Procedures, methods and criteria for qualitative evaluation in the design phase and later when the ideas are converted into concepts and models. Modes of testing prototypes with experimental and analytical methods. How to apply for a patent. Design as ... Read more
Notice, realise, understand, explain, describe and critically judge visible and hidden, compositional, aesthetic and communicative (positive and negative) characteristics of photography, starting from artistic analysis and synthesis to the creation of new independent photographic work based on visual photographic solutions with variations on a selected theme, problem or motif. Specific and high sensitivities in individual ... Read more
The aim of the course is to obtain skills for programming and numerical calculation with an emphasis on textile and graphics problems. Postgraduate students acquire knowledge of programming by using mathematical programming tools, which is essential in analysing signals and processing digital images. In the first part, the lectures for programming include an introduction to ... Read more
Candidates are acquainted with the basic principles of modern analytical techniques and the practical choice and use of these techniques in research work in the field of graphic and textile technology. Transformations of substrates in real samples. Separation methods and use of these techniques in research work. Comparison of classical and modern instrumental methods and ... Read more
Causes of colour formation. CIE regulations for colour measurement. Colour systems and colour spaces. Theories of colour vision. Colour appearance models. Regulations concerning dyed material preparation. Numerical evaluation of colour deviations. Instruments for colour measurement. Errors in colour measurement.
Development of microencapsulation technologies. Physical methods of microencapsulation. Chemical methods of microencapsulation in the emulsion systems: emulsification, simple and complex coacervation, interfacial polymerisation, in situ polymerisation. Isolation and drying of microcapsules. Testing and analytics of microcapsules. Formulations and applications of microcapsules in added value products. Uses of microcapsules in textiles and graphic communication.
Colour and chemical composition of a substance. Dyes: composition and properties. Selection of dyes and technological dyeing processes. Pigments: composition and properties. Pigments as a component of printing inks in textile and graphic printing. Photochromic, thermochromic and electrochromic colorants. Ecological and toxicological problems of dyes and pigments.
The course connects the knowledge of printing technology with the attainment of the course Principles of electronics for application in printed electronics. The basic goal is to capture first experiences in the field of printed electronics that are necessary for the application of such systems in practice. Special attention is devoted to existing printed electronic ... Read more
Overview of state of the art in the field of plasma modification of textile and graphic materials. The basis of non-equilibrium state of gas. Characteristics of discharges. Reactive gaseous particles in plasma. Interaction between plasma radicals and materials. Functionalisation and etching of materials. Characterisation of textile and graphic surfaces by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Atomic force ... Read more
Students gain some knowledge about polymeric materials that are used in the textile and graphics industry as well as about their structure and properties that are connected to degradation and recovery of polymeric materials. Students will learn about different processes of sorting solid polymeric waste and recycling technologies for polymeric materials and about the influence ... Read more