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RCA Council welcomes two new members
14 Oct 2026
The RCA Council has recently seen the addition of two new Council Members: Louis Watt and Ify Jibunoh.
Design as mutual exchange: Lukman Ipese on Visual Communication and community design
08 Oct 2026
From football kits to worship on the beach, RCA Visual Communication MA alumni Lukman Ipese unites communities through story telling, participation and design.
IN SESSION: Designing for the 8 Senses: Sensory Profiles, Personal Taste, and Tailored Experiences
08 Oct 2026
Watch this conversation between sensory expert Dr. Winnie Dunn and Special Projects co-founders Clara Gaggero Westaway and Adrian Westaway, where they explored how our eight human senses can unlock richer, more inclusive design.
Excellent results for the RCA in the sixth Knowledge Exchange Framework
07 Oct 2026
The RCA has achieved an exceptional set of results in the sixth iteration of Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF6), which looks at the performance of Higher Education Providers from a variety of different perspectives.
Dr Ben Cranfield appointed Dean of Creative Education
07 Oct 2026
Dr Ben Cranfield has been appointed as the Royal College of Art’s first ever Dean of Creative Education.
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.
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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.
