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Royal College of Art announces the Pokémon Scholars for 2026
05 Oct 2026
The Royal College of Art and Pokémon with You Foundation announce Emily Millward and Joey More as the 2026 Pokémon Scholars, supporting creative pioneers.
Green light for transformation of Royal College of Art’s iconic Kensington campus
05 Oct 2026
Planning approval has been granted for the transformation of RCA’s historic Kensington campus.
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05 Oct 2026
Find out more about the RCA's diverse, inclusive, dynamic, critically engaged, collaborative creative environment – and the staff, students and alumni who are using their creativity to shape our world
Artist Hurvin Anderson and Designer Orla Kiely Awarded Royal College of Art Honorary Doctorates
01 Oct 2026
The Royal College of Art awards Honorary Doctorates to artist Hurvin Anderson and designer Orla Kiely. Read the full announcement.
Royal College of Art and MOP Foundation announce 2026 Future Stories initiative as participants arrive in London
28 Sep 2026
Four Galician artists join the Royal College of Art MA Photography programme via the 2026 MOP Foundation Future Stories initiative. Learn about the cohort.
RCA collaborates on launch of new vision for London Philharmonic Orchestra
28 Sep 2026
The Power of Listening, the new long-term vision for the LPO, launched today with a creative partnership with the RCA and Professor Neville Brody OBE, exploring how deep listening can inspire creativity in a distracted, divided age.
Royal College of Art launches innovative new academic programmes for 2027/28
28 Sep 2026
Discover the Royal College of Art’s new innovative academic programmes for 2027/28.
Inclusive app design supporting visually-impaired users to apply make-up independently and confidently wins Helen Hamlyn Design Award 2026
28 Sep 2026
The RCA announces the winner of the 2026 Helen Hamlyn Design Award.
Royal College of Art announces dynamic line-up for London Design Festival 2026
09 Sep 2026
A dynamic line-up of exhibitions, pop-ups, and collaborative showcases sees RCA students, researchers, and alumni present their works to the public and the international design community during the 24
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design - 40th anniversary | Royal College of Art
09 Sep 2026
Explore the 40-year history of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and discover how its pioneering approach to inclusive design continues to shape the future.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
