Design and Applied Arts

Industrial Design

Studio head: Mgr. art. Jan Korabečný
Assistant: Mgr. art. Štěpán Soutner

The Industrial Design studio teaches students how to design high-quality products and it sees designing as inventing. Of all the Faculty’s studios, it lays the greatest emphasis on combining artistic talent and technical skills. That is also evident from the studio’s courses and assignments which are often carried out in cooperation with the technical faculties of the university. The teachers Jan Korabečný and Štěpán Soutner put particular stress on general practicability, the rules of physics, technical parameters and ethics in the designing of new products. The studio participates in many international projects, works in multidisciplinary teams and regularly cooperates on its assignments with business companies.

In the course of the semester, the students usually work on 2 to 3 assignments related to the future of mobility, social responsibility and the potential of new technologies. You can find below several examples of the studio’s projects from the past years.

Ideal applicants – who we look for:

  • students of grammar schools, technical and artistic high-schools
  • students with technical skills and artistic talent
  • students with general knowledge, who like to create, experiment and present their ideas
  • students with various interests through which they enrich their environment


Examples of the studio’s projects:

 Tram 2050

In cooperation with Škoda Transportation and the students of the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Health Studies of the University of West Bohemia, the students designed a tram of the future. The creation of the full-fledged design was regularly mentored by an expert from the partner company.

Water Rescue

The World Health Organisation estimates that 236,000 people drown worldwide every year. In cooperation with Taylor’s University Malaysia, the students of the Industrial Design studio designed a product aimed at reducing this number.

Collaborating in an international team and discussing their ideas in English, the students worked on social topic of global relevance.

Urban furniture designs for the City of Pilsen

A student competition aimed at creating designs of urban furniture (benches, public transport stops and other elements of the urban environment) to be installed in Pilsen.

The individual student designs were consulted with the representatives of the relevant municipal authorities and the local public transport provider. The project included also discussions with urban planners about city planning and visual smog.

Clay modelling workshop

A workshop organised in cooperation with a partner school from Germany and aimed at teaching the basics of clay modelling. The event included practical work on clay models of selected products, cooperation in international teams and experience sharing.

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