Between June 6th and 11th, 2024, the doors of the historic UMPRUM building on Jana Palacha Square were traditionally opened. Due to the forthcoming reconstruction, this was the last time for a long time that visitors were able to soak up the unique atmosphere of the Summer 2023/2024 Artsemester.

Studio of Architecture I

Studio of Architecture II

Studio of Architecture III

Studio of Architecture IV

Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain

Studio of Glass

Under the assignment, A Think Thank: Our life in 100 objects, the Glass Studio, apart from referring to the philosophical work of Edward Le Bon, was primarily concerned with developing each student's own creative direction and placing it in the context of contemporary art.

Studio of Concept – Object – Meaning (K.O.V.)

The combination of the "hard" and "soft" parts of the Department of Applied Arts was presented by the students of the K.O.V. and Textiles Studio, who experimented with raw wool cuttings from the farm of Linda Havrlíková, a fashion designer and farmer who manages her family's estate in Mníšek pod Brdy.

Studio of Fashion and Footwear Design

The students of the Fashion and Footwear Design Studio continued with the Red Carpet assignment and the subtitle Everyday's Red Carpet, which aimed primarily at the attention drawn to everyday clothing.

Studio of Fashion Design

The students of the Studio of Fashion Design had the task to choose a type of pattern, material, clothing form with which they did not identify and transform it into a form acceptable to them. Thus, on the theme of Clothing Reflection of Internal Resistance, garments were created from different materials, such as agar dresses or garments using hair.

Studio of Fine Art I

Students of Studio of Fine Arts I dealt with the theme The Problem of the Senses, through which they critically looked at the generally set standards, but also at the distinction between what is the norm and what is "different".

Studio of Fine Art II

Students of the Studio of Fine Arts II were given space for their independent work with a focus on self-portraiture or self-fiction.

Studio of Fine Art III

The students of the Studio of Fine Arts III were free to work on one of the assigned topics. They had a choice of Rave until the grave or the combination of Sad clowns.

Studio of Fine Art IV

The Studio of Fine Arts IV also allowed its students’ free rein and left all of their efforts to the students' own independent creations, which were to be related to the semester's Performance assignment.

Visiting Artist Studio

The Studio management also chose a free theme for their own expression with a guest artist - currently led by artist Setareh Shebazi. Throughout the semester, the students engaged in the assignment Strategies of Exchange, sharing interests and skills with a focus on physically manifested experiences.

Studio of Photography 2

After establishing several studio collaborations and photographing the works of students from other disciplines, the students of the Studio of Photography 2 were left time and space for individual work during the finals period.

Studio of Industrial Design

The Studio of Industrial Design traditionally presented several different projects during the final term period, the topics of which were assigned according to the students' progress. The main and most numerous presentations included paddle boats for Prague.

Studio of Product Design

The product design studio dealt with the theme of Mask, which always resulted in one mask with an emphasis on the individual mindset of each student, but also inspiration in Japanese culture.

Studio of furniture and interior design

Students of the Furniture and Interior Design Studio processed wooden bent waste material discarded from the traditional Czech furniture company Ton in Bystřice pod Hostýnem.

Studio of Design and Digital Technologies

During the semester, the students of the studio worked on a basic understanding of the principles of analog and digital music. At Artsemester, they exhibited mainly reprises of an interactive video mapping created for the House of Culture in Ústí nad Labem called Rytmik Mosaic, as well as echoes of the Exploring Sound Fields project, which they presented this year in Berlin.

Graphic Design and New Media Studio

The graphic design and new media studio dealt with a new complex visual style, logo creation, or 3D merch for the well-known domestic company Prusa Research and its subsidiaries.

Studio of Graphic Design and Visual Communications

Students of the GDVK studio were given the task of redesigning book editions of their choice. The extensive task included one fully finished book and several mock-ups, in the future working on the same principle.

Studio of Animation and Film

With the reconstruction approaching, the students of the Animation Studio have been working on an original work on the theme of the Monument to the Studio, for the place that the Animation Studio has occupied since the 1970s and which the studio will leave forever at the end of the academic year. 

Studio of Illustration and Graphics

The students of the Illustration and Graphics Studio focused on the theme of Bestiary - a book depicting mythical animals and creatures. The second sub-commission was a children's interactive book presented at the Bologna fair. 

Studio of Type Design and Typography

The Studio of Type Design and Typography was filled with various works exploring Narrative, as well as publications resulting from workshops with external guests. 

Visual Arts

The Master's program prepared a workshop for students from abroad to make clay masks, during which students were asked to think about the question of what makes us foreigners in another country but also in our own. The results were then presented under the collective title Foreigners Everywhere.