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13 unusual facts about Royal College of Art


Anthony R. Montalba

Ellen Emeline (1842–1902), who studied at the Royal College of Art and in Europe, being based in Venice along with her family.

Henrietta was a noted sculptor who studied first at what was to become the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, and then in the Accademia di Belle Arti at Venice.

Antics 2-D Animation

In 1972, Kitching met artist Colin Emmett, who was already experimenting with computer graphics at the Royal College of Art, using computers at Imperial College, London, and the Atlas Computer Laboratory near Oxford.

Kensington

Notable attractions and institutions in Kensington (or South Kensington) include: Kensington Palace in Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall opposite the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, the Royal College of Music, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Heythrop College, Imperial College, London, the Royal College of Art and Kensington and Chelsea College.

Mania Akbari

The Royal College of Art - screening of Video Arts Self and Sin (London, UK - October 2009)

Neil Cossons

Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA FRGS (born 15 January 1939) is Pro-Provost and Chairman of Council of the Royal College of Art, of which he has been a Governor since 1989.

Norman Potter

In the late 1950s, Potter attained a full-time position teaching design at the Royal College of Art.

Saya Saung

The art scholar and painter Min Naing, biographer of Ba Nyan, documents that after Ba Zaw returned to Burma in 1930 from three years of studies at the Royal College of Art in London that he began to teach watercolor “wash” painting to Saya Saung.

Sea Truck

They were designed partially by James Dyson in the 1970s, as part of his final year's project at the Royal College of Art.

Symondsbury

The stained glass in a memorial window in the church was designed around 1884 by William Lethaby, who later became Professor of Ornament & Design at the Royal College of Art.

Tigerlily Films

Tigerlily Films was established by co-managing directors Natasha Dack and Nikki Parrott, who first met when students at the Royal College of Art Film School.

Transgenerational design

In November, the transgenerational design concept was introduced in presentations to the European design community at the international symposiums, “Designing for Our Future Selves”, held at the Royal College of Art in London and the The Netherlands Design Institute in Rotterdam.

Woodgreen

When the village hall was built in 1930-1, two students from the Royal College of Art (Robert Baker and Edward Payne) were commissioned by the Carnegie Trust to decorate the walls entirely with murals, depicting village life as it was then.


Benoît-Pierre Emery

A graduate of the Royal College of Art and of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Benoit Emery began his career as a freelancer, working as an art director for Canal + and Louis Vuitton.

Carey Young

Born in Lusaka in Zambia in 1970, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London.

Christine Berrie

Berrie, who has been active since 2003, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in visual communication from Glasgow School of Art, and her Master of Arts degree from the Royal College of Art in London.

Concentrate Design

These products were designed by Concentrate founder Mark Champkins, who studied at the Royal College of Art.

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design

Many of the CIID faculty have been involved in the now defunct Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Royal College of Art's Interaction Design course, the ITP course at New York University, and the MIT Media Lab and visiting faculty have included people from IDEO, Smart Design, Frog Design, Stamen and The Rockwell Group.

Donald Gilbert

Aside from studies in Florence and Rome, Gilbert studied at the Birmingham Central School of Art, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy, where he was a silver and bronze medalist.

Elizabeth Heyert

She received her Masters Degree in photography and the history of photography from the Royal College of Art, London, where she studied with Bill Brandt.

Felix Idubor

In the late 1950s, he earned a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art, London after his work gained critical acclaim during an exhibition to commensurate with Queen Elizabeth's visit to Nigeria.

Garth Williams

He began his studies at Westminster School of Art in 1929 and in 1931 was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Royal College of Art, where he created a sculpture that was awarded the British Prix de Rome.

Gustave Barnes

Barnes obtained employment at the Doulton pottery works as a designer, painter and modeller, and during his evenings studied at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington.

Hugh Casson

Their projects included various corporate headquarters buildings, university campuses, the Elephant House at London Zoo, a building for the Royal College of Art (where Casson was Professor of Interior Design from 1955 to 1975, and later served as Provost), and the masterplanning and design of the Sidgwick Avenue arts faculty buildings for the University of Cambridge.

Ilse Haider

From 1988 to 1990 she completed additional studies at the Royal College of Art under the tutelage of Eduardo Paolozzi.

John J. Studzinski

Studzinski is also on the board of directors of several organizations: Bowdoin College, FAPE, Passage Day Care Center for the Homeless, American Patrons of the Tate, the Royal Parks Foundation, and the Royal College of Art.

Lee Wagstaff

He studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Royal College of Art, London, and Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, and has widely exhibited himself and his large format photographic self-portraits at fine art and performance art venues worldwide.

Manuel Lima

Among these venues are TED Global, Lift, Ars Electronica, OFFF, Eyeo, Reboot, VizThink, IxDA Interaction, Royal Society of Arts, New York Public Library, TEDx Buenos Aires, Royal College of Art, Open University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ENSAD Paris, University of Amsterdam, MediaLab Prado Madrid, Sheffield School of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon.

Mary Emily Eaton

She attended private schools in London, and received formal tuition in art at the Taunton School of Art, also attending classes at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, and the Chelsea Polytechnic.

Misha Black

The Royal College of Art (RCA), the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Design and Industries Association and the College of Medallists established the Sir Misha Black Awards to commemorate professor Sir Misha Black, whose pioneering work played a crucial role in the development of design in Britain.

Rolph Gobits

In 1967 he went to England to study photography at the Royal College of Art in London and went on to shoot for magazines as well as for campaigns for the department store BIBA, Benson & Hedges, and the Daily Mail.

Virginia Ironside

She is the daughter of painter and coin designer Christopher Ironside and fashion designer and the first-ever professor of fashion design at the Royal College of Art Janey Acheson, and the niece of the visionary painter and designer Robin Ironside.