Het huis van IK is a broad exploratory study into the meaning of ‘theory’ in Dutch design education between 1921 (Dutch Industrial Art Education Act) and 2012. The book focuses on the courses in graphic design (including advertising, typography), product design (including silversmithing, product design, industrial design) and fashion (textile and fashion design).
Dutch art academies, which since the inception of (industrial) art education have clearly dedicated themselves to training the professional artist type, have applied and/or developed forms of theory that are still relevant to current and future design education. The book addresses questions such as the following: Which artist types were trained where (at which academy/course) and when (between 1921 and 2012? Which forms of knowledge and theory were used or developed at the academies/design schools studied? What forms of knowledge and theory are still relevant to contemporary design education?
Using existing statistical data on art education, it is shown that Dutch art education is mainly design education, dominated by the graphic design courses.
This book contributes to the current debate about the role that art schools can fulfil as knowledge institutions. It offers
