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The Royal College of Art is a leading postgraduate design school located in London, United Kingdom. In 2015, it was named the top university for Art & Design, in the QS World Universities Ranking.

Graduates

Hanson ChengDeepak MallyaSiobhan AndersonHugo RichardsonAgata JuszkiewiczAllison RoweAnand Manohar AsinkarAnne-Sophie GeayAntton PenaAnya MuangkoteCal CravenChao ChenChiam Yong Sheng (Kevin)Chunhao WengClea JentschDajinder (DJ) SangheraDaniel GarrettDongyuan LiDougie MannEd Tam ... Show all


Projects

The Tyre Collective

The Tyre Collective

Mobility

A system to capture and recycle micro particles of rubber from tyre usage, reducing dispersal in the environment

Knowtrition – healthtech and food retail innovation

Knowtrition – healthtech and food retail innovation

Health and Well-being

A system to monitor nutritional needs and encourage more balanced eating habits

Simi

Simi

Health and Well-being

A personal health assistant for women based on lifetime hormone monitoring

CARe

CARe

Electric vehicles

Car for fractal family that can break apart for different uses

Wearable Shelter

Wearable Shelter

Poverty and Hunger

A jacket that doubles as a sleeping bag and transforms into a tent

Farewill

Farewill

Smart technology

An online platform that reinvents how people write their wills

Orion’s Belt

Orion’s Belt

Water and Sanitation

The average super yacht owner uses his ship for one month per year. How could the yacht be used to benefit society in its spare time?

Water Reaction

Water Reaction

Cities and Communities

An organic architectural material that changes with the weather

Flex

Flex

Health and Well-being

This cane’s foot collapses to give greater support

Steppa

Steppa

Health and Well-being

Sitting is killing us. This can help.

Mealtime

Mealtime

Living alone

Kitchenware designed for eating alone

Sensei

Sensei

Work and Economic Growth

Platform to connect people who need technical assistance to both humans and machines

The Touching Illusion

The Touching Illusion

Education

Train yourself to find tumors

TypeCase

TypeCase

Empowerment

Make any smartphone accessible to amputees

Land Rover Samerim

Land Rover Samerim

Health and Well-being

A driverless ambulance designed for extreme conditions

Sibicare

Sibicare

Health and Well-being

An support system for the siblings of mental health patients

MIMO and Spector

MIMO and Spector

Digital design

Shazam for fonts and a copy-paste keyboard

ONIXX

ONIXX

Energy

Soon, your shorts will charge your phone

Vochlea

Vochlea

Music

This microphone transforms vocal sounds into digital beats

Materialize.X

Materialize.X

New materials

A building material made from biofuel waste

Rehber

Rehber

Health and Well-being

Find loved ones lost among the masses in Mecca

Aura

Aura

Health and Well-being

On a bad day, breathing Beijing’s air is equivalent to smoking 21 cigarettes

London City Trailer

London City Trailer

Cities and Communities

Move big belongings by bike

Fridays for Innovation

Fridays for Innovation

Cities and Communities

A digital gathering of problem-solvers

Recandescent

Recandescent

Energy

A recyclable light bulb that lasts longer than LED

Open Water Guard

Open Water Guard

Health and Well-being

If you fall overboard on a cruise, there is a less than 6% chance you will be found alive

The Ventnor Brickworks

The Ventnor Brickworks

Sustainable construction

A new carbon negative, low cost brick to make construction more sustainable

Folks Kitchenware for the Blind

Folks Kitchenware for the Blind

Health and Well-being

Knife, chopping board, etc. designed to give sensory feedback

Odor Hand Strips

Odor Hand Strips

Health and Well-being

Keeping Our Hands Away From Our Face

Airtomo Air Purification System

Airtomo Air Purification System

Health and Well-being

A new, nature-inspired system to purify air in underground environments

Soap Tattoos

Soap Tattoos

Education

Teaching hygiene through fun

Liminal Autohabitat

Liminal Autohabitat

Health and Well-being

An autonomous vehicle that drives you to sleep

Raiden

Raiden

The Supernatural

This glove gives you superpowers

Jelly Drops

Jelly Drops

Health and Well-being

Drinks in a drop for dementia patients

Hirde

Hirde

Child development

Design your imaginary friend

Biomaterials & Music

Biomaterials & Music

Silk violin

The world’s first silk violin

First Bite Café

First Bite Café

Education

Product service system designed for children to experience edible insects

Creoto

Creoto

Health and Well-being

A prosthetic leg that reacts to its user

Touché

Touché

Connectivity

Wearable pods that let musicians compose and perform tracks as vibrations on your skin

OPACITY

OPACITY

Artifical intelligence

A tool for building ethics into A.I.

Perfect Silence

Perfect Silence

Automated vehicles

An autonomous car designed to drown out the sound of the city

Happaratus

Happaratus

Haptic technology

A power glove that let’s you sculpt stone by hand

Rolar

Rolar

Energy

Solar blinds that store energy and beautify your home

Scroll

Scroll

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality interface ring

V//SM

V//SM

Education

A swim coach that you wear

Unloop

Unloop

Artifical intelligence

This app is designed to wreck your routine and add adventure to your life

Thrive

Thrive

Electric vehicles

A sports car for off-the-grid exploring

GrowFrame

GrowFrame

Sustainability

Most shipping containers return to Asia empty. What if we grew food in them?

The Reagiro

The Reagiro

Manual wheelchair

First ever wheelchair with manual steering

Petit Pli

Petit Pli

Child development

Expandable clothes a grow together with child

Treasure

Treasure

Work and Economic Growth

System for adding friction to payment process so user thinks twice before buying

Corridor Society

Corridor Society

Health and Well-being

This furniture turns a hallway into a living room

Di.tect

Di.tect

Data privacy

This digital detective can map your digital footprints and removes content you no longer wish to share

Chlorophyll – Film

Chlorophyll – Film

Work and Economic Growth

Using biomaterials to control pests and improve the efficiency of small scale salad farming

WENSTEP

WENSTEP

Education

Turn the web into a tool for learning a new language

Lacu

Lacu

Health and Well-being

An anonymous outlet for your deepest fears

SYTH

SYTH

Digitization

A digital tool that inspires analog thinking

Ripple

Ripple

Relationships

Know who is attracted to you

Involuntary Pleasures

Involuntary Pleasures

Health and Well-being

Home electronics that insist on interaction

Pivot Projector

Pivot Projector

Energy

A portable projector that turns any surface into a screen

Polyglossia

Polyglossia

Cities and Communities

Communication tools for improved patient to doctor communication at the hospital for migrants with language barriers

Post/Biotics

Post/Biotics

Health and Well-being

A toolkit that empowers amateurs to search for the next antibiotic

Sello

Sello

Digitization

A smart stamp that joins our digital and physical lives

Assembly

Assembly

Health and Well-being

Cook without a kitchen

ULINK

ULINK

Work and Economic Growth

A teamwork tool that senses stress and shows who needs help

Panic in the Arctic

Panic in the Arctic

Education

Learn about electrical circuits by creating your own

Violet Cleaner Beauty

Violet Cleaner Beauty

Health and Well-being

Light technology to kill common microbes in makeup kits

shADe

shADe

Media servicing

Consumer information platform to help identify sustainable retailers

Quark

Quark

Data control

Decentralised blockchain-based browser giving you control of your internet searches

F*** Ethics

F*** Ethics

Education

New tools to build ethical practices in tech start-ups

Mealody

Mealody

Interactive food experiences

Using music to make healthier and more conscious eating choices

Fablo

Fablo

Interactive teaching

Interactive storytelling game preserving languages at risk of disappearing

For U With U

For U With U

Education

Educating and informing regulators to protect the needs of vulnerable consumers

THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE

THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE

AI Vision

Interactive installation questioning Al's subservience to humans

Float

Float

Water flow impact

Low-cost robotic device for measuring water quality

BlueNose

BlueNose

Energy

Aerodynamic, fuel-saving bow attachment for container ships

inC2

inC2

Harmful emission reduction

Carbon pricing tool incentivising decarbonisation practices

Resting Reef

Resting Reef

Ecosystems

Eco-burial system restoring nature for the next generation

AlgaeWave

AlgaeWave

Bio-engineering

Revolutionising biomass production by turning noise into growth

Vleur

Vleur

Food waste reduction

Turning kitchen waste into organic compounds and essential oils

Unify

Unify

Education,Cities and Communities

Inclusive smart city development, connecting governments with domain experts

Hydra Bioreactor

Hydra Bioreactor

Sustainability

3D biofabrication using bacterial materials

PulpaTronics

PulpaTronics

Sustainability

Sustainable RFID tags for eco-friendly inventory management

Pyri

Pyri

Low-cost solutions

Early wildfire detection using natural materials

Vox Aeris

Vox Aeris

Air purification

Acoustic air purification for energy-efficient buildings

MindSens

MindSens

Alzheimer's

Rapid, accessible screening for Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia