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FutureSound launch
Royal College of Art spinout company Future Acoustic, which is developing advanced new concepts in acoustic technology, has announced the launch of its first product, FutureSound. More...
New licence signed
A licence for the development and manufacture of the Tongue Sucker device, has been signed between major first aid supplier, Wallace Cameron Group, the Royal College of Art and four graduates of the Royal College of Art. More...
Research Fellowship awarded
Adrian Westaway has been awarded a Research fellowship in Design by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. More...
Start-up company formed
A start up company, StickSafe Ltd, based on Royal College of Art intellectual property has been formed. StickSafe aims to protect healthcare workers from the potentially lethal needle stick injury. More...
London Experience innovation forum
The London Experience, a new innovation forum for brand leaders in London, was piloted by InnovationRCA in association with Think London at last year's Innovation Night. Now is has stepped up its activities. More...
Exploring Innovation launched
Exploring Innovation, a one-day innovation fair of early-stage technologies that will change the way we live and work, was launched at the Royal College of Art in July 2008 as a creative platform to introduce new inventors and designers to business. More...
Licence for hospital trolley partner
A Royal College of Art innovation project to redesign the standard hospital resuscitation trolley – or ‘crash trolley’ as it is better known – has granted a licence for European production to Bristol Maid (Hospital Metalcraft Ltd), which is manufacturing five prototype trolleys for clinical trials. More...
Wheeling into Mobility Roadshow
A folding full-sized wheel developed by RCA Industrial Design Engineering graduate Duncan Fitzsimons went on show in June 2008 at the Mobility Roadshow, the UK’s leading exhibition of mobility solutions for older and disabled people. More...
New Selected Works
Three new graduate innovations from the Royal College of Art were chosen for commercial development in summer 2008 by InnovationRCA’s Selected Works panel. More...
FuelRCA brand is the business
The branding for FuelRCA, the Royal College of Art’s central professional practice programme, was showcased at the Enterprise Educators UK conference in January 2008 as an example of good practice. More...
Innovation Fellowship in Materials
A new Innovation Fellowship in Materials has been awarded to the Royal College of Art by the London Design Festival. The first recipient is Yemi Awosile of RCA Textiles, who has developed a range of cork-based textiles. More...
InnovationRCA at London Design Festival 2008
The Royal College of Art’s contribution to this September’s London Design Festival featured three design exhibitions and a hands-on experience called The Materials Experiments. More...
Innovation Night speaker
David Higgins, Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, which is responsible for the 2012 London Olympics, gave the annual Innovation Lecture at Innovation Night, the Royal College of Art's key event for business, industry, government and research partners, on 1 July 2008. More...
Liquid Orange licence signed
Liquid Orange, an innovative RCA kitchen device that allows you to liquidise and eat an orange without peeling it, has been licensed to Home-tek International. More...
Hong Kong Design Challenge
The Royal College of Art organised a 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Hong Kong in summer 2008 to mark the 60th anniversary of the British Council in Hong Kong. More...
WorkTech connects at British Library
InnovationRCA is working with the Cordless Group to develop an annual conference at the British Library to explore the impact of new technology on workplace design and architecture. More...
Challenge looks at Sedentary Lives
Sanctuary Care, a leading social housing provider with a turnover of £51 million, sponsored the 2009 DBA Inclusive Design Challenge, a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the Design Business Association, on the theme of sedentary lives. More...
Four chosen as Selected Works
Four RCA graduate innovations, from lighting to footwear, have been chosen for commercial development in 2007/08 academic year by InnovationRCA’s Selected Works programme. More...
Innovation at the RCA 2007
The Royal College of Art’s contribution to this September’s London Design Festival featured two exhibitions and four special events, under the banner of Innovation at the RCA 2007. More...
Rapidform shapes up sports academy
RapidformRCA, the rapid prototyping bureau based at the Royal College of Art, is playing a growing role on London’s architectural scene to enable architects to get their concepts into the real world fast. More...
WorkTech connects at British Library
InnovationRCA is working with the Cordless Group to develop an annual conference at the British Library to explore the impact of new technology on workplace design and architecture. More...
RCA innovations at NESTA
InnovationRCA staged an exhibition of College Selected Works at the London headquarters of NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) in September as part of the London Design Festival 2007. More...
Dyson sets up innovation fellowship
Designer, inventor and RCA alumnus James Dyson has set up an innovation fellowship at the Royal College of Art with an award of £100,000 from his charity, the James Dyson Foundation. More...
Design London at RCA - Imperial
InnovationRCA is playing a key role in a joint venture between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London to develop a new global innovation centre that combines design, engineering, technology and business. More...
RCA joins global list of D-Schools
The Royal College of Art has been named as one of the world’s leading innovation and design schools in a survey published by America’s BusinessWeek. More...
Nick Leon appointed Director of Design London
Design London, the new multidisciplinary innovation venture jointly set up by the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, has appointed Nick Leon as its first Director. More...
Danish prize for RCA team
A first-aid device designed by a team of RCA innovators has won one of the world's most prestigious awards for design that improves life. More...
Innovation Night 2007
New York-based business guru Bruce Nussbaum, design editor of Business Week, gave the 2007 Innovation Lecture at the Royal College of Art’s Innovation Night on 26 June 2007, a special evening for partners in business, industry, education and research organised by InnovationRCA. More...
Back to school for RCA designer
RCA graduate Mark Champkins has hailed as ‘the Jamie Oliver of the design world’ for his innovations to make life in the school classroom more bearable. More...
Formerol forms company
An introduction made by InnovationRCA between College graduate Jane ní Dhulchaointigh and business mentor Roger Ashby has resulted in the formation of a company to develop an exciting new material called Formerol. More...
Home alliance with Heal's
Heal’s, the leading contemporary design retailer, is working with InnovationRCA to develop creative new products for home interiors. More...
Concrete Canvas
An innovative concrete shelter designed by two RCA graduates to be used in disaster relief areas by aid agencies has won the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World-Changing ideas. More...
Innovation Night 2006
RCA alumnus James Dyson was the guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art’s Innovation Night on 27 June 2006, a special evening for partners in business, education and research. More...
Leader of the pack
InnovationRCA has stepped up its work in the packaging industry by running expert workshops on inclusive design as part of the easyFairs Packaging Show at the Birmingham NEC. More...
New Intellectual Property Manager
Dr Nadia Danhash has been appointed as the Royal College of Art’s first-ever Intellectual Property Manager. More...
Future of Work roadshow
InnovationRCA is working with international furnishings company Milliken on a roadshow around Britain to share ideas on the future of workplace design. More...
New Selected Works 2009
New student innovations from the Royal College of Art have been chosen for commercial development this summer by InnovationRCA’s Selected Works Panel. More...
Targeting disability equipment
InnovationRCA has stepped its collaboration with the College of Occupational Therapists - the 20,000-strong body for the profession - to improve the design of disability and rehabilitation equipment. More...
Braun at the RCA
InnovationRCA welcomed global product development company Braun to the College for an Innovation Week in March 2005 that combined the past, present and future in design. More...
Partners in plastic
InnovationRCA has signed licensing deals on three of its Selected Works to bring three innovative plastic products designed by RCA graduates to the market. More...
Innovation centre for RCA
The Royal College of Art has opened a new innovation centre at 22 Jay Mews on its Kensington Gore campus to accommodate the InnovationRCA team and act as a meeting point for RCA business partners. More...
RCA at London Design Festival 2009
The Royal College of Art made its mark at this autumn’s London Design Festival with two major exhibitions in the RCA galleries exploring aspects of sustainable and inclusive design, and a one-day innovation fair called Exploring Innovation. More...
Future Acoustic launch
Royal College of Art spinout company Future Acoustic, which is developing advanced new concepts in acoustic technology, has announced the launch of its first products on the Apple iTunes platform. More...
Deutsche Bank support graduates
Two Royal College of Art graduates have cashed in at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Awards, which provide practical and financial support for arts graduates to start a business or carry out a project directly upon leaving college. More...
Olympic Gardens community workshop
InnovationRCA has stepped up its London 2012 Olympics programme with a community workshop to generate locally-inspired art and design ideas for the Olympic Park. More...
Swedish photography 2009
An exhibition by three new Swedish graduates of the RCA’s Department of Photography goes on show during July at the European Commission’s 12 Star Gallery in London. More...
Innovation Fellowship in Materials
Yemi Awosile of RCA Textiles is the first recipient of an Innovation Fellowship in Materials at the Royal College of Art, awarded by the London Design Festival. She has developed a range of cork-based textiles. More...
RCA brand valued at £57million
The Royal College of Art brand has been valued at £57 million by leading brand consultancy Interbrand in an exercise believed to be the first of its kind in the higher education sector. More...
WorkTech connects at British Library
InnovationRCA is working with the Cordless Group to develop an annual conference at the British Library to explore the impact of new technology on workplace design and architecture. More...
Jonathan Ive at Innovation Night 2009
Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Computer, was the special guest at the Royal College of Art’s Innovation Night 2009 on 30 June, organised by InnovationRCA. More...
The Simulator has landed
The Simulator, a new innovation facility to help RCA students and graduates to visualise their ideas, has been set up in the Royal College of Art’s Stevens Building by Design London, the College’s joint venture with Imperial College. More...
London Experience Innovation Forum
The London Experience, a new innovation forum for brand leaders in London piloted by InnovationRCA in association with Think London, has stepped up its activities. More...
Safe Ways With Glass (SWIG)
Innovation RCA in playing a key role in the campaign to design safer beer and wine glasses and reduce alcohol-related violence in Britain through an innovation project called SWIG (Safe Ways In Glass), commissioned by the Home Office and the Design Council. More...
InnovationRCA under new direction
After five years as Director of InnovationRCA, Jeremy Myerson has relinquished the role to concentrate on leading the Helen Hamlyn Centre as the first Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design. More...
Crossbreed Folding Wheel selected
The Crossbreed foldable wheelchair wheel is currently being developed for commercialisation by Dyson Innovation Fellow, Duncan Fitzsimons, in collaboration with InnovationRCA. The design has been selected by Wolff Olins and Wallpaper* Magazine as one of 10 Designs For 2010 that they believe will make a big impact on the world in the year to come. More...
InnovationRCA research behind Safe Pint Glass
On 4 February, the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, launched prototypes of a new generation of 'safe' pint glasses - possibly the most significant innovation in drinking vessel design for 50 years. More...
Materials resources for art, design and business
InnovationRCA hosted the first Materials and Design Exchange (MADE) Forum of 2010. Over 50 design educators, practitioners, scientists and manufacturers debated what kind of resource would help improve access to materials and process know-how. More...
Launch of the Selected Works Programme 2010
On 16 February, FuelRCA hosted the annual James Dyson Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Seminar and launched both the Selected Works Programme 2010 and the fourth James Dyson Innovation Fellowship. More...
YouTube's Chad Hurley at Innovation Night 2010
YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley was the guest speaker at RCA Innovation Night on Tuesday 29 June 2010. More...
Zara Gorman selected as an ITS#NINE finalist
Zara Gorman, designer of the Flat Pack Hat, an InnovationRCA Selected Work, has been selected by an international jury as a finalist in the ITS#Accessories category of this Award. More...
Selected Start-Ups pitching
May 2010 saw the first ever Selected Start-Ups early stage business investment evening at the Royal College of Art when six student-led enterprises pitched to 30 angel investors. More...
Save the date
Details of upcoming events for 2010-2011 at the Royal College of Art and InnovationRCA. More...
Full Steam Ahead
On 1 October 2010, some of the sharpest creative minds in London gathered at the Victoria & Albert museum to discuss what the creative industries could do for the capital. More...
The Goldilocks ultimatum
Rightweight, a one day seminar, was held on 15 November 2010 and organised by InnovationRCA on behalf of the Materials and Design Exchange (MaDE). More...
