it became a state school and was renamed "slöjdskolan i stockholm" (handicraft school in stockholm) in 1859; and in the context of a thorough reorganisation, where the school was divided into four departments in 1879, to "tekniska skolan" (the technical school). from 1945 it was known as "konstfackskolan" (the school of art departments), when the institution was divided into the departments devoted to distinct disciplines that remain largely today: "textile, decorative art, sculpture, ceramics, furniture and interior design, metal" and "advertising and printing". the school also obtained official status and had a two-year day school and a three-year arts and craft evening school. to this was added a two-year higher arts and crafts school and a three-year art teacher institute. it was given the status of a "högskola" ("university college") in 1978. from 1993 it was called just "konstfack", the short form of the name formerly used colloquially.