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DesignProducts

The Design Products programme, led by designProessor Tord Boontje, recognises that design

is an activity that undamentally shapes theworld and inuences the processes o change.

We aim or our students to nd their own place,rom where they can lead or contribute to theseprocesses. Although there is a ocus on productand urniture design, we do not see anylimitations to our eld, understanding very wellthat most o tomorrows products and services

do not yet exist today. The nature o the courseis pluralistic; we encourage diversity in thinking,opinions and ideologies. There is a vibrantatmosphere that engenders experimental,ground-breaking work, encouraging a criticalapproach and a questioning o acceptedpractices. There are no preerred methods orstyles; we aim or our students to develop theirown voices.

The MA course is a continuum across two years,with rst- and second-year students workingtogether in small study groups called Platorms.

Each Platorm is led by tutors who are activedesign practitioners. While the tutors primary

ocus is the students in their Platorm, theirknowledge and expertise is available to theentire programme and there are opportunitiesor students to have tutorials with other staf.Technical support is provided or model-makingand prototyping, along with access toCollege workshops.

There are oten collaborative projects with

external partners, or example FENDIand Yamaha, and there are also opportunitiesto exhibit in London and elsewhere.The programme ofers a truly internationalperspective, with students coming romaround 20 nations. Graduates go on towork or multinational corporations, designconsultancies, and academic and industrialresearch labs, with many choosing to set uptheir own design studios.

SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Programme 2013/14

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STAFF

At the Royal College o Art, programme staf consist o highlyregarded practitioners who ensure that practical application isrelevant, and experienced academics who provide a critical contextor the discipline. We attract some o the most eminent artists,designers, intellectuals and business people working in their elds to

give seminars, lectures, masterclasses, crits and individual tutorials.

Programme Direction Proessor Tord Boontje; Hilary French

Senior Tutor Gareth Williams

Visiting Professors Proessor Ron Arad; Dr Kenneth Grange

MA External Examiners Ineke Hans; Matt Ward

Tutors and Senior TutorsPlatorm 8: Dr Gabriel Klasmer; Stuart BannocksPlatorm 13: Onkar Kular and guestsPlatorm 14: Andre Klauser; Ben WilsonPlatorm 15: Harry Richardson; Max LambPlatorm 17: Ian Ferguson; Martin PostlerPlatorm 18: Sarah Van Gameren; Philippe MalouinPlatorm 19: Simon Hasan and guests

School Research Leader Dr Stephen Boyd DavisComputing Simon Bird

Workshops shared with the School of Design Paul Booth;Boyd Costen; Brian Davey; Philip Harrison; Peter Longellow;Neil Shepherd; Ian Whittaker

Rapidprototyping Centre Nick Grace; Alistair Hamer;James Russell; Hannah Terry

Programme Administrator Katherine Dickerson

For urther inormation on staf, including researchinterests, exhibitions and publications, please visitrca.ac.uk/designproductsstaf

ALUMNI

The Royal College o Art is rightly proud o its graduatesachievements. Alumni rom the RCA orm part o an internationalnetwork o creative individuals who have shaped and continue toshape the world around us rom the landscape o our cities to theurniture and appliances in our homes, and rom the clothes we wear

and the lms we watch to the work we experience in galleries.

A few of our well-known alumni are listed below:

Shay Alkalay and Yael MerRaw Edges Design StudioTomoko AzumiSam BuxtonPaul Cocksedge

Robin DaySimon HasanThomas HeatherwickPeter Marigold

For more inormation please contact designproducts@rca.ac.uk

rca.ac.uk/designproducts

Royal College o ArtKensington GoreLondon SW7 2EUadmissions@rca.ac.uk+44 (0)20 7590 4444www.rca.ac.uk

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