The main objective of the study is to develop the capability of critical application and evaluation of modern analytical methods for the analysis of structure and properties of textile and graphic materials that are almost all polymeric materials. Some structural properties and methods that student will study in the framework of the course: molecular mass, ... Read more
The main objective of the study is to develop the capability of critical evaluation of quality management systems and procedures for constant quality improvement, understanding of contemporary quality management systems on the basis of critical analysis of practical cases, developing of the awareness of the importance of the quality for the achieving of business excellence, ... Read more
Environmental legislation. Impact of production processes, services, materials, wastes and products on environment. Environmental protection solutions. Environmental monitoring. Industrial wastewater treatment. Decolourisation of effluents. Waste management. Processing and recycling of wastes of textile and graphic industry and their final products. Toxic chemicals in textile and graphic industry. Legislation on chemicals. Environmental management systems. Development of ... Read more
Specific costume design methods for different types of performances – opera, theatre, ballet, dance, television, video and film. Contemporary approaches to costume design and performance concepts. Relation of costume design and drama/directing/set concepts from the 1980s onward. Functions, aims, tasks and the role of costume design. Relationships: text–costume, directing–costume, actor/singer/dancer–costume. The development of theatre, stage ... Read more
Interdisciplinary research work, based on essential tenets of visual theory, on innovative technological development and solving problems with textile design. Suitable evaluation of textiles: visual and tactile characteristics, capacity and applicability of textiles. Placement of textile products into the wider cultural and civilisational context. Development of analytical and theoretical methods in textile design. Definition and ... Read more
The course addresses fashion from the perspective of cultural analysis. Fashion is in this context understood as a unique signifying system, yet not autonomous. Namely, there are several social relations that are inscribed in it, from economic, gender and sexual to ecological and political. Fashion, on the other hand, transforms these relations into a seemingly ... Read more
The course deals with important issues related to artistic productive thinking, conceptualisation, articulation, materialisation and public presentation. It extends to the field of perceptions, attention directing and selection of thematic materials as well as to the field of communications transfer. It deals with theoretical and expression issues relating to several branches of art in historically ... Read more
Modification of the body, fashion and identity. Production and consumption: dress as a cultural sign. Modernism and fashion. Private/public. Ideology in fashion. Postmodernism. Deconstruction. Fashion, fetish and eroticism. Development and modification of fashion in the historical context. Socio-psychological interpretation of fashion. Phenomena, reasons and developments of contemporary fashion. Connecting fashion with other design fields. Modifications ... Read more
Textile and fashion for visual art purposes and their role in the wider social and cultural context. Social criticism and formalism, the (un)culture of living and other phenomena in society that concern, mark and transform textiles and fashion. Understanding the role, meaning and communication of textiles and fashion in the sphere of art. Recognition of ... Read more
The course focuses on the critical-historical presentation of the main features of modernity, i.e. the post-Renaissance paradigm. Some of the relevant stages in the development of stylistic formations in modernity, including romanticism, realism and symbolism, will be critically unpacked. Based on this knowledge, students gain an analytical view of European modernism and historical avant-gardes, including ... Read more