Architectures of Art and Design Education: An exploration of UK and international design schools - Hardcover

Drabble, Neil; Gridneff, Rose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1915722535 ISBN 13: 9781915722539

Publisher: RIBA Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

The art school has had a fundamental effect on society internationally, influencing how the creative arts are represented and perceived. At a time that funding in the UK is placing arts education in crisis, this is the first book of its kind to investigate the concept of the 'art school' and its social impact and legacy. It highlights how the physical studios and workshops, designed for learning, teaching and making, influence and interact with the curriculum, creativity and practice. Beautifully illustrated, with both archival and contemporary photographs, many taken by the authors, this book celebrates the spaces dedicated to learning and teaching creative disciplines. Exploring a drastically shifting landscape in higher education, it celebrates the crucial relationship between the creative working spaces and the development of creative minds. A timely reflection on the current social and political climate, this book emphasises the significant role that the art school has to play in society, developing thriving creative industries and a wider culture of the arts.

Featured art schools include:

• Chelsea College of Arts
• Government College of Art, Chandigarh
• The Bauhaus
• Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (ENA), Cuba
• Manchester School of Art.

About this title

About the Author

Neil Drabble is an academic and artist based in London. He holds an MA in Academic Practice and has worked on numerous educational projects looking at pedagogies supporting physical learning environments and studio cultures. His art practice focuses primarily on photography, publishing and curation, with photographic monographs published by Steidl/MACK alongside other book projects including ‘Into the Woods; Trees in Photography’ (Thames & Hudson) which accompanied a large photographic survey exhibition at the V&A Museum. He has work in various collections including the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A.

Rose Gridneff is a designer, writer, and academic at University of the Arts London with experience of leading successful undergraduate and postgraduate design courses at a broad range of institutions across the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: RIBA Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1915722535
• ISBN 13: 9781915722539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224