Knowra Royal College of Art Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art is a public research university in London specializing in postgraduate art, design, architecture, communication, and humanities education.
Government School of Design : A British design school founded in 1837 to improve the quality of manufactured goods through art education. The school’s founding in 1837 began the institutional lineage that led to the Royal College of Art.
Industrial design : The design of products and systems for manufacture, use, and distribution. The college’s design teaching grew from efforts to improve the quality of British manufactured goods.
Henry Cole : A British civil servant, designer, and educator who promoted design reform and helped establish the South Kensington institutions. Cole’s design-reform campaign helped create the educational setting from which the college developed.
University of the Arts London : A public university in London comprising specialist colleges for art, design, fashion, communication, and performing arts. Unlike the Royal College of Art’s postgraduate focus, it offers substantial undergraduate as well as postgraduate study.
Marlborough House : A London royal residence that housed the Government School of Design and its successors during the nineteenth century. The college’s early teaching took place here before it moved to South Kensington.
Fashion design : The practice of creating clothing and accessories, including their forms, materials, and production. Fashion is one of the creative disciplines taught and researched at the college.
William Morris : A British artist, designer, writer, and socialist associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Morris’s work and ideas formed part of the design culture against which the college’s teaching developed.
Royal Academy of Arts : An independent London institution that promotes visual arts through exhibitions, education, and membership of elected artists. It shares a royal title and art focus but is not a degree-awarding university.
South Kensington : A district of west London known for museums and educational institutions. The college settled in South Kensington in the nineteenth century, close to the institutions shaping British design education.
Architecture : The art and practice of designing buildings and other built environments. The college’s architecture programs examine design through buildings, cities, and spatial practice.
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