DOCUMENT
Name and surname doc. akad. soch. Ferdinand Chrenka
Document type: Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava
The seat of the university Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, 814 37 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Chrenka
I.2 - Name
Ferdinand
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. Prof.
I.4 - Year of birth
1956
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Design
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Drotárska 44, Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor Head of studio
I.8 - E-mail address
chrenka@vsvu.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11748
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Design

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.c - Study field and programme
Department of Design
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1986
II.c - Study field and programme
Department of Design, doc Tibor Schotter
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1993
II.c - Study field and programme
Department of Design, Industrial Design
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Head of studio Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Studio of industrial design Design Bachelor's degree Art
Studio of industrial des Design Master's degree Art
Bachelor's thesis (consultations, elaboration) design Bachelor's degree Art
Diploma thesis (consultations, elaboration) Design Master's degree Art
Doctoral consultations Fine Art Doctoral's degree Art
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Design (one of the responsible teachers) Bachelor's degree Art
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1.

2019 - cooperation with TATRALIFT a. s., Author's output;

Name: SLO 6 Six-seater ropeway with detachable attachment;


2.

National award for product design 2017 - product design, design and implementation of O-Pen

National product design competition (13 : Bratislava, Slovakia : 2017) Competition category Professional product design


3.

Light in architecture 4 - 7 April 2013; Prague Veletržní palác, Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7

Project: Zasviet(Turn the light up) - exhibition of lamps from three Slovak universities

Organizer: Czech Architecture Week Exhibition of industrial design studio VŠVU

Curator of the exhibition Ferdinand Chrenka

Article in the catalog p. 18-20 invitation,

Special award - Exhibition of student works awarded in magazine Svetlo(Light) for the best exhibit

www.architectureweek.cz output/performance: http://www.architectureweek.cz/cz/pic_window.php?pic=http: //www.architectureweek.cz/admin/user_img/svetlo_gallery/big/6_23118109851a0f4eeb1092.jpg;


4.

2012 - Crystal Wing award - awarding the most important personalities of Slovakia, in the Fine Arts category.

Beginning in 2011: Conception, organization and implementation of the Fairplay Design exhibition, the central idea of ​​which was designing the future on the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day in cooperation with the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic focused on the issue of protection of Art and Design objects.


5.

2001 – 1st place National award for design of the Ministry of the Interior and SCD ( dental chair SMILE) - recognition,

National award for design (Klára refrigerator service display case)


VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1.

2019 - cooperation with TATRALIFT a. s., Author's output;

Name: SLO 6 Six-seater ropeway with detachable attachment;


Tech. description: basic

technical parameters of the wagon: dimensions: 3500 x 1190 x 1900 mm, maximum load capacity: 480 kg, maximum transport capacity

capacity: 3200 persons per hour, maximum transport speed on the track: 5 m/s, transport speed in the station: 0.5 – 1

m/s, track gauge: 6.1 m, time interval between cars: min. 6.75 s; the seats are disconnected from the transport rope in

stations, which allows: to increase traffic speed, or reduce the transport time, reduce the speed of the seat at

getting in and out of the seat - provides users with greater safety and comfort, using the seats

with a protective cover, so-called "bubble", to store (garage) the seat outside of seasonal operation directly in the stations

or in the garage;


Company

TATRALIFT, a.s. exhibited work at: "Expo Andes 2019 Santiago-Chile", South America, 16. - 19. 10. 2019 -

https://tatralift.com/novinky/expo-andes-2019-chile/, at "INTERALPIN 2019", Innsbruck (Austria), 08 - 10 May.

2019 - https://tatralift.com/novinky/interalpin-2019/,


2.

National award for product design 2017 - product design, design and implementation of O-Pen

National product design competition (13 : Bratislava, Slovakia : 2017) Competition category Professional product design


O.pen is a multifunctional digital pen that enables

control various types of devices supporting Bluetooth, USB, HID and all standard hardware and software

products on the market.;


3.

Selection of the 30 best works from the collections of the Slovak Design Museum (November 5, 2021– November 20, 2021,

Bratislava, Slovakia);


An exhibition in the city center at the citylights and then an exhibition in the church

Klarisky, the author presented a dental chair from the Smile series. Dental sets of the Smile series with modular

16,000 were sold to 40 countries of the world, from 1999 to 2015, using the system for choosing the assembly and color scheme.



4.

participation in the exhibition - Dimensions of design (November 11, 2021 – January 23, 2022: Prague, Czech Republic);


Retrospective exhibition of the Industrial Design studio of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of the Tomáš Bata University in Zlín in

Museum of Applied Arts in Prague.


Exhibited work: O.pen, multifunctional digital pen


5.

participation in the exhibition - Design Harvest (September 3, 2021 - September 8, 2021: Bílovice u Uherského Hradiště, Czech Republic);


Characteristics: 4th annual WIFIČVEN festival, industrial exhibition, the author presented his project

the dental set Chirana Cheese UNI, which he designed for the Slovak manufacturer Chirana Medical;


The exhibition ŽNĚ DESIGNU maps the current state of industrial design and is organized as part of it

outdoor meeting WiFi out! – loosely follows on from the activities of the already defunct Design Center of the Czech Republic.


VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1.

SCHOOL versus COMPANY project. Design of property for public space. Participating schools: Atelier industrial design VSVU Bratislava Institute of Design Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava Faculty of Art and Design UJEP Usti nad Labem CR Collaborating companies: Polytrade CR Kodreta SR The result of the student project were models of property design on a scale of 1:10 and selected works were realized in cooperation with by companies in prototypes on a scale of 1:1 The project was exhibited 14.-19.4.2010 at SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL BAGNO, SALONI MILANO


2.

The H2O project Cooperation with the company RONA, Lednicke Rovne SR The result of the project were utility glass designs patterned by the company Rona. The project was exhibited on October 4 - 17, 2010 as part of the Architectureweek festival in the Manes gallery in Prague. Curator Doc. Ferdinand Chrenka acad. sculpture. Published catalog


3.

Exhibition Light in Architecture - LIght and Design as part of Architectureweek in Manes gallery, Prague 8. - 12.3. 2010 Curator Doc. Ferdinand Chrenka acad. sculpture. The name of the exhibition of student works "Zazni" Selection of lighting design from three universities: Department of Design VSVU Bratislava Institute of Design Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava Department of Design Faculty of Art TU Kosice Awarded a special award for the exhibition of student works from the magazine SVETLO in the competition for the best exhibit. Published catalog


4.

Deed in 2011: Conception, organization and implementation of the Fairplay Design exhibition, the central idea of ​​which was designing the future on the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day in cooperation with the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, focused on the issue of protection of Art and Design objects.


5.

The exhibition Time for the Game, a side event of the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna. Organized by SCD Bratislava, part of the exhibition is a selection of toys from the Department of Design VSVU Exhibited in Bologna Reinstalled at Designblok, Superstudio in Prague Reinstalled in Satelit gallery SCD Bratislava


VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1.

project Digitization of technological processes in design - structural funds


2.

Project Center for applied research of new materials and technology transfer - EU structural funds / in cooperation with SAS


3.

Development and implementation of new cable cars for TATRALIFT, a.s.


4.


Development and implementation of the O.pen digital pen

5.

Development of ecological power plants using renewable resources


IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Selection from exhibitions: 2004 – ZŠ Píla, From ZŠ to VŠ, SR 2005 – Design Slovakia 05, Looshaus Vienna, Austria 2005 – Design in the dark, Technical Museum Prague, CR 2005 – Design in Slovakia 1990-2005, MK SR, SR 2005 - Euroshop, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006 – Design in the dark, gallery Medium Bratislava, SR 2006 - Watch design, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, SR 2006 - Bio 20, Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, Fužine Castle, Slovenia 2006 - exhibitions with the company Chirana Medical a.s. - Bratislava /Slovakia/, Prague /Czech Republic/, Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Lodz /Republic of Poland/, Vilnius /Lithuania/, Budapest /Hungary/, Moscow /Russia/, Kyiv /Ukraine/, Almaty /Kazakhstan/ , Samsun /Turkey/, Satu Mare, Brasso, Bucharest, Tirgu Mures, Timisoara, Constanta, Jasi, Cluj Napoca, Arad /Romania/ Zagreb /Croatia/, Düsseldorf /Germany/, Paris /France/, Madrid /Spain/, Beijing /China/ 2006 - exhibitions with Pastorkalt a.s. - Shopdesign MOSCOW, INDAGRA Bucharest, Foodapest Budapest 2007 - Dental show, Cologne 2009 - Dental show, Cologne 2011 Dental show, Cologne


Date of last update
05.12.2022