2015 ⁄ 16 School of Design has transformed into a world-leading programme, which has become known for its emphasis on design for a rapidly changing urban and technological environment as well as design and sustainability. Professor Harrow is soon to publish a practitioner’s history of automotive design. Dean of School Professor Dale Harrow Appointed Dean of the School of Design in 2011, Dale Harrow was Head of RCA Vehicle Design from 1999 to 2014. This followed a career as an active design consultant for many automotive and design companies, specialising in cars and motorcycles. During his tenure, Vehicle Design at the RCA The School of Design engages with design on multiple levels: as a cultural and societal activity, and as an innovation process where design can deliver new products, new services and new ways of running or creating businesses – or even new ways of doing business. The School offers programmes in Design Interactions, Design Products, Global Innovation Design, Innovation Design Engineering, Service Design and Vehicle Design. These programmes range from the highly conceptual to the deeply practical; however all share a strong culture of experimentation, innovation and debate within differing approaches and curricula. Their shared aim is to provide a dynamic and vibrant environment that encourages risk and originality, diversity in thinking, opinions and ideologies. Programmes collaborate and innovate with industry partners (often global corporations), other academic institutions and with experts from the worlds of science, technology, engineering, business, society and culture. Through this, a lively environment is created where interdisciplinary projects flourish and develop; it underpins learning, teaching and research, and the School of Design brings together teams of staff with reputations for world-leading research, teaching and collaboration with industry, commerce and the public sector. Individual students are assisted with bursaries and prizes related to their activities as well as sponsored internships, work placements and research projects. Student work is exhibited at the College, in local venues and in prestigious museums and galleries in London and abroad. Staff — Programme staff are highly regarded practitioners, who ensure that practical application is relevant, and who are academically qualified to provide a critical context for the discipline. For further information on staff, including research interests, exhibitions and publications, please visit: rca.ac.uk/staff Applications are welcomed from — Any qualifying graduate or significantly experienced professional interested in how innovation and design can improve the lives of people, society and the economy at leadership level in international contexts. You should have a degree in art, design or a relevant discipline. Equivalent professional experience may be counted instead of a degree. For College-wide and programmespecific requirements and details on relevant degrees considered please see: rca.ac.uk/entrance-requirements School of Design ‘Our approach to teaching design reflects a passionate belief that the discipline – in its many forms – is both complex and constantly moving forwards. New designers have to be better informed to meet future challenges.We make sure that they are.’ – Innovation Design Engineering Gus Desbarats (The Alloy), James Dyson, Virginia Gardiner (Loowatt), Isabel Lizardi (Bare Conductive), Nick Munro, Maryam Nabavi (Idea Couture), Mark Sanders (MAS Design Products), Richard Whitehall (Smart Design) – Service Design Iban Benzal (Capita), Amy Lee (Ministry of Justice), Sebastian Nause-Blueml (Smart Design), Roman Schöneboom (Fjord, part of Accenture), Julia Schrot (Engine), Kate Wakely (IDEO), Tae Young Kang and Kyunsik Yoon (Samsung) – Vehicle Design Pratap Bose (Head of Design Tata Motors), Sonja Dahl (Senior Programme Manager, Innovation Skills at Nesta), Thomas Ingenlath (Senior Vice President Design, Volvo Car Corporation), Sergio Loureiro da Silva (Interior Design Director, Chery Motors), Marek Reichman (Design Director at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd), Frank Stephenson (Design Director, McLaren Automotive), Nick Talbot (Head of Design and Innovation, Global at Tata Elxsi), Giles Taylor (Design Director at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars), David Woodhouse (Design Director at Lincoln Motor Company) MA Design Interactions: Bioplastic Fantastic: Between Products and Organisms, Johanna Schmeer of its graduates’ achievements. Alumni from the RCA form part of an international network of creative individuals who have shaped and continue to shape the culture surrounding all of us – from the landscape of our cities and the way we communicate to the furniture and appliances in our homes, and from the clothes we wear and the films we watch, to the work we experience in galleries. Graduates from the School go on to work for multinational corporations, design consultancies, academic and industrial research labs, and – increasingly – to set up their own design studios. Well-known alumni include: – Design Interactions Nelly Ben Hayoun (Nelly Ben Hayoun Studio), Matt Brown (Apple), Will Carey (IDEO), Revital Cohen (Cohen Van Balen), Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Anab Jain (Superflux), Hiromi Ozaki, aka Sputniko! (MIT Media Lab) – Design Products Tomoko Azumi, Paul Cocksedge, Simon Hasan, Thomas Heatherwick, Alex Hulme (Barber Osgerby), Roland Lamb (ROLI Seaboard), Peter Marigold, Florian Ortkrass (Random International) School of Design Alumni — The Royal College of Art is rightly proud Design Products The Design Products programme, led by Dr Sharon Baurley, recognises that design is an activity that fundamentally shapes the world and influences the processes of change. The Design Products programme is about creativity for purpose – educating students to be design-thinkers, who address real-world challenges through balancing high levels of creativity and technical capability with contextual insight. The programme takes a pluralistic approach to product design by exploring it through a number of design cultures – ‘design through making’, ‘design for manufacture’, ‘object-mediated interactions’, ‘design as catalyst’ and ‘exploring emergent futures’ – underpinned by a set of contextual themes. Students conceptualise and validate ideas by canvassing, provoking, challenging and questioning people, places and things through crafted artefacts. Through team and individual projects, involving external partners and tutored by practising designers and design researchers, students determine their own personal design culture while building a portfolio of work. Graduates are creative catalysts and visionaries who go on to lead in design consultancies and to set up their own design studios. Collaborative projects include Fortnum & Mason and Formlabs, and there are opportunities to exhibit in London and elsewhere. [email protected] rca.ac.uk/designproducts Dunne, the Design Interactions programme explores new roles, contexts and approaches for interaction design in relation to the social, cultural and ethical impact of existing and emerging technologies. Projects, which are often speculative and critical, aim to inspire debate about the human consequences of positive and negative technological futures. Students work closely with people outside the College, designing for the complex, troubled people we are, rather than the easily satisfied consumers and users we are supposed to be. Project outcomes are expressed through media including prototypes, performance, video and photography. Design Interactions offers a multidisciplinary environment: students have backgrounds in interaction design; digital media; fine art; product, graphic and furniture design; architecture; life sciences; biotech; social sciences; and computer science. With access to a network of world-leading experts and scientists working in nanotechnology, synthetic biology, robotics and neuroscience, students curate and exhibit their work in international museums, galleries and festivals. World-class, design-led research, with funding from UK research councils and the EU, also opens up opportunities for industry collaborations with companies such as Intel, Microsoft Research, Philips Design and Vodafone. [email protected] rca.ac.uk/interactions MA Design Products: Polo, Dustin Jessen Design Interactions Led by Professor Anthony MA/MSc Global Innovation Design: Sketch Book of Ideas Led by Professor Miles Pennington (RCA) and Professor Peter Childs (Imperial), the Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme is a leadingedge, creative product development course that involves experimentation, design, engineering and enterprise activities. Students work at the centre of complex, demanding projects with an emphasis on prototyping and proving propositions. The programme requires a wide range of design skills and thinking; industrial design techniques, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, design research, usercentred design and sustainability among others. It encourages all to tackle real-world issues involving advanced technical, design and social parameters. We believe that design is a verb not a noun. IDE is a double Master’s joint course with Imperial College London, offering an MA (RCA) and MSc (Imperial). Students are fully enrolled at both institutions. There is a vibrant creative studio space for all MA/MSc students and a research studio, both situated at the RCA. IDE is home to a diverse and international mix of students, who have the opportunity to work with major companies such as Ford, Coca-Cola, Airbus, BBC, Unilever, Vodafone, LG and Pernot Ricard. International student modules are organised annually; recent visits include India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, China and Ghana. [email protected] rca.ac.uk/ide – ide.rca.ac.uk Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) Miles Pennington (RCA) and Professor Peter Childs (Imperial), Global Innovation Design (GID) is a unique, transnational Master’s design initiative that brings together major centres of design, culture, enterprise and industry, and a world-class design collaboration between internationally renowned academic institutions. Each partner brings distinct expertise and complementary approaches to design, engineering, technology and business with an emphasis on international design and innovation. GID offers a new global style of learning, and unique educational and cultural experiences designed to meet the changing needs of enterprise in the twentyfirst century. The programme is full time and runs over a period of two calendar years. There is currently a single route through the GID Master’s – London, New York and Tokyo. In this route students study at partner institutions in their first year: first the Pratt Institute in New York and then Keio University in Tokyo. The London-based second year of the programme is spent in a shared vibrant creative studio at the RCA, with access via Imperial College to a world-leading technology environment. GID is a joint Master’s programme between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and offers a double Master’s degree: MA (RCA) and MSc (Imperial). [email protected] rca.ac.uk/gid Global Innovation Design Led by Professor is the world’s leading centre for vehicle design education and research. Pioneering new design, innovation and approaches for our mobile futures, the programme creates an environment where that future will be discovered. Vehicle Design is a complex subject, concerned with aerodynamics, environmental impact, materials, ergonomics, legislation, production, safety and technology. Three pathways – Urban Flow, Automark and Inside Out – help to define and focus individual routes of study and exploration. The programme seeks to combine innovation with practicality, marrying experience and practice to creative thinking, in a climate of informed opinion, supported by in-depth research, creative cross-disciplinary experience, teamwork and academic excellence. This two-year MA programme is the only established and dedicated postgraduate course in Vehicle Design in the world and has an enviable graduate employment record. Our PhD level research activities form a significant part of the programme. The programme offers industrial relationships through sponsored projects, internships, portfolio reviews, trips and bursaries/awards, including: Bentley, Citroën, EXA (aerodynamic software), Fiat, Ford, Honda Motorcycles, Hitachi Rail Europe, Jaguar, Land Rover, Toyota and Umbro. [email protected] rca.ac.uk/vehicle Vehicle Design The Vehicle Design programme Service Design programme offers a two-year MA in Service Design as well as opportunities for MPhil and PhD research. The programme is delivered in association with Imperial College London. Students are immersed in the unique interdisciplinary environment of the RCA’s School of Design, as well as digital technology and management disciplines of Imperial College’s Department of Computing, alongside its prestigious MBA programme. The programme deepens students’ appreciation of how design can transform the experience and value of services, making them compelling to users, as well as attractive and profitable for the organisations that deliver them. It educates students in the very latest tools and techniques of service design, and explores as well as stimulates research in this field. The MA combines lectures, workshops and projects, grounded in empirical evidence drawn from ‘real world’ practice as well as theory. Students undertake group and individual projects that tackle the different domains of public service provision, consumer and business services, in partnership with leading service sector companies and public sector organisations. Recent projects include UK Government’s Cabinet Office and Ministry of Justice, the NHS, Mind, Fiat, Sainsbury’s and Samsung. [email protected] rca.ac.uk/servicedesign MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering: Silk Leaf Capable of Photosynthesis, Julian Melchiorri Service Design Led by Dr Nick de Leon, the MA Service Design: Active Values, Marion Ferrec and Kate Wakely [email protected] [email protected] rca.ac.uk/design-research Research Students: MPhil and PhD — We welcome applications for MPhil/PhD study, for postdoctoral research and from visiting scholars whose research interests are close to our own. As a research student in the School of Design, you may be designing an innovative object or system, or your research may prioritise the conceptual or historical. Research topics range from the strongly needs-focused – such as designing new forms of medical equipment, to the more speculative – such as considering the philosophy of computer games. Research students normally enrol as MPhil candidates and then proceed to PhD. Occasionally, applicants may be admitted as PhD candidates. In either case, the programme extends over three years full-time, and a minimum of five years part-time. All research students attend the cross-College Research Methods Course in their first year, supplemented by research methods provision within their chosen programme. Unlike PhD study in some countries, research at the RCA is primarily led by personal enquiry, not by taught courses. All UK doctoral applicants to the School of Design are eligible to apply for LDOC scholarships, funded by the AHRC, which can pay fees and a stipend. A small number of these scholarships are available each year, on a competitive basis. LDOC scholarships for non-UK EU students pay fees only. Research in the School of Design MA Vehicle Design: Seyan Individual Urban Mobility Concept, Henri Peugeot School Research Leader: Professor Stephen Boyd Davis — The School of Design is home to internationally significant research by its staff and students, much of which is practice-based. The six teaching areas of the School – Design Interactions, Design Products, Global Innovation Design, Innovation Designing Engineering, Service Design and Vehicle Design – represent a wide range of approaches to research, from the industrially orientated to the highly speculative. The School is home to SustainRCA, developing sustainability across the College, and RapidformRCA, the digital manufacturing and rapidprototyping centre. We have a close relationship with Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. Our research ranges from individual projects by world-leading designers to large team projects with other institutions including international companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Tata, Tussauds Group and Philips, with academic partners such as Imperial College London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Natural History Museum, and government bodies such as the Technology Strategy Board, Transport Systems Catapult and Future Cities Catapult. Students are also able to use workshops and have access to an impressive range of facilities across the College, from glassblowing to textile weaving, to printmaking, to photography and moving image studios. There are also technical workshops that run throughout the first year on 3D modelling, electronics and programming, filmmaking and prototyping. Facilities Research: Into Your Hands Are They Delivered, Studiolab project, Tobias Revell Every student has personal desk space along with access to a wide range of facilities. The Schools’ shared workshops consist of a main workshop covering plastics, woodwork, metalwork, welding and fabrication, paint spraying, and a synthetic clay workshop and resin facility. Equipment includes a five-axis mill, vacuum formers and laser cutters, as well as the rapid-prototyping facilities of RapidformRCA. RapidformRCA provides a range of rapidprototyping and digital manufacturing solutions for use by students throughout the product development cycle. Applications of the technology can enable design verification and communication, and produce form, fit and function models, rapid-manufactured components and high-quality models. The department has Sensable Haptic Devices and Z Corp, hand-held laser scanning with scan registering and clean-up software. Apple Mac-and PC-based 2D and 3D modelling programmes are also available. School [email protected] For more information about the School please go to rca.ac.uk/school-of-design Admissions Royal College of Art Kensington Gore London SW7 2EU [email protected] +44 (0)20 7590 4444 rca.ac.uk Facilities: Design Products Studio, Photograph by Richard Haughton Design Interactions Design Products Global Innovation Design Innovation Design Engineering Service Design Vehicle Design
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