Rector's Speech
From Wikicliki
History of RCA
- Government School of Design - tutor sits on high chair, watches students copying designs from below
- Christopher Dresser - teapot - creative emphasis
- Albertopolis, Great exhibition of 1851
- Apparently graduates from RCA have included:
- the designer for London's Tube (MRT) logos
- the designer for all of UK's highway signs
- Until the 90s even the painting department was located INSIDE the Victoria & Albert Museum, the world's largest museum of the decorative arts. Sculpture dept was also previously located INSIDE the museum
- Decision to open up fine art programme sparked parliamentary debate