Birmingham Institute of Art and Design

The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (ocially abbreviated as BIAD) was the art and design faculty
of Birmingham City University in Birmingham, England.
It has now been merged into the universitys Faculty of
Arts, Design and Media.[1]

History

BIAD dates back, in various incarnations, to the year

1843. It reached its full maturity from the 1890s, as
the Birmingham Municipal School of Art at Margaret
Street, under the leadership of Edward R. Taylor. BIADs
Archives holds extensive records on the history of art &
The Fine Art Department on Margaret Street, formerly the
design in Birmingham, and 20 similar collections have Birmingham School of Art.
also been deposited with the archives.

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Organisation

Birmingham School of Architecture was opened in

1908.[3][4]

The main BIAD campus and library is located at The

Parkside Building, just north of Birmingham city centre,
and about three-quarters of a mile from both Birmingham
New Street railway station and the Custard Factory quar- 2.4
ter. It is adjacent to Aston University.
There are also smaller centres located in: Margaret Street
(former Birmingham School of Art) (Fine Art) in the 2.5
city centre next to Birmingham Central Library and
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; and Vittoria Street 3
(School of Jewellery) in the citys Jewellery Quarter.

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School of Visual Communication

Reputation

The Sunday Times University Guide 2004 stated: Rated

excellent (5) Art and Design.[5] Birmingham City University states that: BIAD received an excellent Quality
Assurance score of 22/24 for Art and Design[6] from the
QAA.

School of Art

Further information: Birmingham School of Art

The Birmingham School of Art was originally a municipal art school but was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and then became a part of the BIAD in 1988.
Its Grade I listed building located on Margaret Street remains the home of the universitys Department of Fine
Art and is still commonly referred to by its original title. It currently houses the Centre for Fine Art Research
(CFAR).[2]

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School of Fashion, Textiles and ThreeDimensional Design

The nationwide Research Assessment Exercise 2008

found that Birmingham City University has the highest
percentage of 4* research (17%) of any of the post-1992
new universities, and BIAD achieved a prole where 30%
of research was at 4* level and 30% was at 3* level. A 4*
rating is considered the 'top' level.

4 Notable graduates

School of Jewellery

Laurie Baker (19172007), British-born architect

who worked in India

Further information: School of Jewellery

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Patrick le Qument, Chief of Design, Renault
Saiman Miah, designer of the 5 Olympic coins for
London 2012 Games

See also
Robert Mapplethorpe UCE controversy

References

[1] http://www.bcu.ac.uk/arts-design-and-media/about-us/
biad
[2] Centre for Fine Art Research. Cfar-biad.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
[3] birminghamschoolofarchitecture.co.uk. Birminghamschoolofarchitecture.co.uk.
Retrieved 25 December
2014.
[4] BIAD. Biad.bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
[5]
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External links
Ocial website
BIAD Research ocial website
BIAD Archives
History of BIAD
The 1997 Mapplethorpe raid, and UCEs subsequent strong anti-censorship stand, the page has
been deleted so see also here via Archive.org
User-lab, user-centred design lab based at BIAD

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