- There's three sites as we know
- Also a shuttle bus
People
Debbie Cook
Illustraration tutor Runs a first year elective
Dr Eleni Ikoniadou
Senior Tutor (Research) Also a tutor on graphics
Jon Wozencroft
Senior tutor eperimental communication Electives: Discovery Channel, Design Without
Emilia Noble
1st year tutor Professional practicer person
Rob
Camberwell dude (dissertation) Visiting lecturer
Nicky Hamlyn
Experimental Communication Also runs a film screening seminar which I think is in the calendar
Laura Gordon
Graphhics tutor Research Design Publish (ie. RDP) elective Also edits Contentfree
Jack Llewellyn
Visiting lecturer
Jeff Willis
GD lecturer expanded practice 1st year tutor
Leah Fusco
Illustration
Dr Rathna Ramanathan
Head of programme, also dean of communication
David Blamy
Viscom
Places
3d workshop on the ground floor have library books sent to the ground floor
Technical spaces
Inductions are on a thing called ConnectTo vc-admins@network.rca.ac.uk email for admin stuff
The Programme
The year ahead
- pathway
- programme
- school
- college
Do all of the above during 1st year, specialize during 2nd. Also AcrossRCA.
40 credits for each
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No teaching, but dissertation things | 10:00-16:00 Workshops (type family by radim pesko), hand teaches brain, 16:30 bright labyrinth lectures | 10:00-13:00 school elective, 14:00-17:00 Critical positions (this is the by Way of Introduction presentation) | School elective, Expanded practice | School elective (visual forensics), Workshops, Expanded practice |
You have to do a school elective, which runs 2 terms and shapes 2nd yeaer Autumn 24 sep - 14 dec pring 7 jan - 5 april summer 29apr - 5 july
Expectations
The usual. We've been assigned tutors based on our interviews, and they'll email us.
Vice chancellors lecture
Got a suit in.
The perfect place to grow exhibition
History
Started at sommerset house (the government school of design in those days) Founded 1837 THis was essentially a trade school which trained teenagers Design in those days was mainly copying examples from the past That's why all those plaster casts in the v&a come from
Christopher Dresser modernist teapot
1851 great exhibition Henry Cole and Prince Albert The government school of design in those days was in the henry cole wing at the v&a
1896 the gov sch o d changes its nae to ra Edward Johnston used to teach calligraphy
Henry Moore Barbara Hepworth
THe Mandrake was the first student magazine
Gropius applied for director of the rca in the 30s and didn't get it
The artist is evacuee
Robin Darwin was the first director after ww2 whos charles' great grandson
1951 festival of britain All designed/built by the rca
Brigitte Riley hesitate
Hockney the night I danced the cha cha cha a procession of dignitaries
Sandra Rhodes
Margaret Calvert used to be a tutor Calvert Typeface Calvert Brody typeface
Ridley Scott
Peter Blake used to teach painting beat;es cover
Mischa Black portrait
Ford financed the vehicle design programme in the 60s
James Dyson
YBAs
Gavin Turk
Innovation design engineering joined programme with imperial college ldn
2012 shanghai expo pavillion David Nelson museum of african american history washington architect
2012 turner prize winners