The Institute comprises departments focusing on design, multimedia and information and communication technologies. It is characterized by the specialized teaching in the artistic field of design that deter- mines the character of work at the Institute. The artistic field of design can be taken on undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels. The main aim of the Institute is to develop students’ creative potential within the whole process of designers’ training, i.e. to present students with the most possible complex information in the field of humanities and technical sciences; to teach them to be able to use artistic expression; to gain manual skills and to allow them to express their individual creativity. Video production, photography and multimedia are the other fields of the Institute. The Department of Computer Aided Architec- tural and Urban Design plays an important role in the process of using new information and communication technologies in the creative work and realizations of architectural and design projects. The Institute cur- ricula are accredited for all degree levels. Its aim is to conduct the pedagogical process at the Institute. The core teaching areas include artistic and creative disciplines, supplemented with the theory and methodology of design and design work, also with history of arts and design, technical subjects (products construction technology and uses and processing of materials). A very important part of the study is the understanding of human behavior and their at- titudes to the work environment, ergonomics, as well as ecological and aesthetic criteria of products. Creative design studios are the core sub- jects, where students develop the skills of model making. The manual and computer design methods are applied proportionately within the whole process of school training. The core subjects include Design Basics I, II, Drawing, Model Making Studio, Industrial Design Studio I-IV, Physics of Shape, Technology, Model Making Techniques, Technical Mechanics, Constructions in Design, Typography, Graphic Design, His- tory of Design, Surface Finishing, Technology of Product Construc- tions, Manufacturing Tools, Experimental Design Studio, Theory and Methodology of Design, Semiotics of Design, Integrated Studio, Visual Design – Studio, Mercantile Design – Studio, DTP – Studio. The aim of the international project of cooperation among universities, KODRETA furniture company (production of bent metal furniture) and Polytrade CE (manufacturing, thermoforming of natural acrylic material HI-MACS) is to gain specific knowledge on furniture design, which is then produced by real producers, respecting the investor’s require- ments, material and technological limits, ergonomics, marketing, psychology, sociology, etc. Customized metal furniture production searches for new material ideas to diversify its product offer. LG HI-MACS, thanks to its characteristics, offers vast possibilities of application in design. By joining these to mo- mentums, we expect creative design, free of stereotype and boredom To all project participants, to the project organizers / KODRETA furniture: Mr. Dušan Neveďal, Polytrade CE: Mr. Tomáš Valent and Ms. Zdenka Poliaková, to LG HAUSYS company Special thanks to CETECHO CZ, DUOLIT CZ , TOMOS workshop SK, kovovýroba BLECHA SK, KORYNA furniture CZ head of the studio: Peter Paliatka graphic design: Peter Simonik THE DEPARMENT OF DESIGN PROJECT SCHOOL VS. COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 14.4 - 19.4. 2010 MILAN DESIGN WEEK SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL BAGNO THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 01> Denisa Tóthová Dog - eared chair & table 02> Jaroslav Mackov Dinning set 03> Matej Hríbik Canteen 04> Peter Simoník Folklore 05> Soňa Otiepková Sciolto 06> Ľubica Mildeová Frame yourself 07> Ján Bača Express 08> Lenka Obuchová Signature 09> Sanja Porubič 100 nožka chair & table 10> Jakub Ondreička Flowermeet 11> Vladimír Pánik Business time 12> Vanda Gábrišová Baroque chair & table 13> Mária Balliová hanger chair & table 14> Eva Štucková Dinning set 15> Lenka Kubíčková Lens 16> Katarína Brozmanová Svoré 17> Bohuslav Koňuš Tarpauline www.fa.stuba.sk 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 13. 09. 06. 14. 10. 07. 15. 11. 17. 08. 16. 12.