Jurgen Bey is one half of Studio Makkink & Bey based in Rotterdam. Along with architect Rianne Makkink their design practise has been operating since 2002, investigating the various domains of applied art while studying the tension between the private and public domain. Taking a critical stance towards the designing of public space, architecture, interiors, exhibitions and products is pivotal. Bey is a former tutor on the RCA Design Products course, he is now Director of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.
Admission is free but places need to be booked in advance by email: architecture@rca.ac.uk.

Beginning with people or with nature, how can we create a system, be it economic, environmental or social, with which people really want to engage?

Sustainable architect and biomimicry pioneer Michael Pawlyn, evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility John Elkington and author and green business guru John Grant rub heads together towards a model for a human future that co-exists well with the natural world. Joe Kerr, Head of Critical & Historical Studies at the RCA, chairs a session with these three ‘future thinkers’.

6pm, Lecture Theatre 1, RCA Kensington
Free, no reservations, places allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

Professor Clare Johnston, Head of Textiles at the RCA will be talking to RCA graduate and Visiting Professor, Orla Kiely about the inspiration behind her vibrant and playful pattern designs and the history of her signature stem and pear prints.
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL.
Booking is required visit the V&A website.

Students from Communication Art & Design, Ceramics and Glass and Design Products will be exhibiting their work in progress in this exhibition. Some work will be available for sale or commission.

The first of the 2010/11 RCA Architecture talks begins with designer, commentator and fashion impresario Wayne Hemingway. Founder of Red or Dead, Hemingway set up HemingwayDesign in 1999, specialising in affordable social design such as The Staiths South Bank, a housing project on Tyneside for Taylor Wimpey Homes. The Staiths has won a series of high profile awards including Housing Design Awards and Building Magazine’s “Best Housing-Led Regeneration Project” as well as a Building For Life and the highest rating of any large-scale scheme in a recent CABE audit.
Admission is free but places need to be booked in advance by email: architecture@rca.ac.uk.

Enter into the Christmas spirit with a night of open source design events curated by students from the Design Products course. Students will be demonstrating how to make uniquely designed Christmas gifts and sharing skills such as how to build furniture and lights. Free live music and DJs.
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL.

RCA Secret is an annual contemporary art exhibition and fundraising sale consisting of original postcard-sized artworks. All cards are made and donated by professional artists, designers, illustrators, students and graduates from the College.  The 2,800 cards will be sold to the public at a one-day sale, with every postcard costing just £45, regardless of whether it has been made by a famous name or a young art student. What’s the Secret?  Each postcard is signed on the back, so collectors wont know the identity of the artist until they have made their purchase. All monies raised goes to the RCA Fine Art Student Award Fund. For further information and details of how to pre-register as a buyer visit the RCA Secret website. The postcards can be viewed on-line from 12 November but potential collectors must attend the sale day in person.

Viewing days: 12 & 14–19 November. 11am–6pm daily (late night opening until 9pm on 18 November). Please note that the exhibition will be closed on Saturday 13 November.

Sale day: 20 November, 8am–6pm.

With a world population forecast to rise by one third in the next 30 years, how can we redesign the oil-dependent transport and agricultural systems, and the inequitable social conditions, that bring food to our table? Is locally produced food the answer?

Architect Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City; artist and curator Clare Patey, the power behind ‘Feast on the Bridge’; and artist and film-maker Nina Pope, with the aptly titled ongoing project ‘What Will the Harvest Be?’ share their insights into the future of our sustenance. Michaela Crimmin, Curating Contemporary Art tutor at the RCA, chairs a session with these three expert foodies with art, architecture and design – and wellbeing – at the core of their work.

6pm, Lecture Theatre 1, RCA Kensington
Free. No reservations: places allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

Protected Characteristics is an exhibition that examines themes of characterisation, categorisation and the politicisation of personal traits. It marks the coming into force of the Equalities Act which aims to eliminate discrimination against people on the basis of certain 'protected characteristic'. The exhibition is organised by the RCA Student Support office for Diversity Week. It brings together artists' responses to the Act and a commissioned installation by RCA graduate Gaea Todd.

For more information, see DiverseRCA.

The Battle of Ideas is a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the RCA for the fifth year running.  Featuring contributions from hundreds of speakers, this year’s programme puts the behaviour of politicians, bankers, educators, scientists, eco-warriors and consumers under the spotlight.

For more information and to book tickets visit the Battle of Ideas website here.

The first ever research exhibition will profile the work of over forty MPhil and PhD students from all departments of the College. Work ranges across art and design disciplines and embraces the applied arts, design, communications, fine art and the humanities. Testing and challenging accepted methodologies and opening new areas of investigation, often through interdisciplinary approaches, research at the RCA presents original investigation into knowledge and creativity. An open day for prospective research students will be held in the afternoon of 25 October. A series of talks and workshops led by research students will coincide with the exhibition. For further details, please contact: research@rca.ac.uk.

RCA alumni, staff and honorands including David Hockney, Tracey Emin, Frank Auerbach, Bridget Riley, Paula Rego and the Estate of R.B. Kitaj have each donated an artwork to raise funds for the third and final phase of the College’s campus in Battersea, south west London. The Royal College of Art Auction will be one of the highlights in a series of art events happening in October when the international art world will gather in the capital for a showcase of exhibitions and sales, including the Frieze Art Fair. The lots will be on display from 10-14 October at Christie's.

Auction starts at 1pm, Christie's, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT.
See Christie's website for more details.

For the third year running, ReachOutRCA, the College's outreach team have been selected to programme the education events at the Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park. Encompassing workshops for schools, a weekend of interactive events for families, an activity guide for young visitors and an online resource, the programme offers an accessible yet innovative experience of contemporary art for young people's learning and creativity.

For further information visit: www.friezeartfair.com

Chinese painter Shi Shaoping is to show in his first European solo exhibition at the RCA. The Metamorphosis Series, features an extensive collection of 40 of his latest works, some an impressive five metres by two. Shaoping’s work is defined by mysterious creatures which captivate the viewer. At first they look familiar but quickly they mutate beyond recognition. The artist’s Monograph, published later this year, will also be launched at the exhibition with early copies available at the show.

This annual event has given thousands of young artists the chance to exhibit and sell their paintings, watercolours, sculpture and photographs, whilst also giving art enthusiasts the opportunity to buy affordable works by talented contemporary artists. Over 1,000 works of art valued from £200 to £3,500 are offered for sale by approximately 140 artists. Bonham’s Auctioneers conduct an auction on 13th October featuring more established artists.

For more information visit www.artforyouth.com

The opening lecture of the Sustain lecture series, Selling Sustainability explores the question: If you want to behave and work in a socially and environmentally responsible way, is designing perfectly functional sustainable solutions enough, or do you need to design in desirability?

Fashion designer and educator Dilys Williams, guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds, pro-environmental marketeer Ed Gillespie and architect Ken Yeang will discuss their own personal strategies for broaching the sustainability question with different audiences, turning hearts and minds for the better.

6–8pm, Lecture Theatre 1. Places are free. Seat bookings have now closed, limited seats are available on the day: first come, first served.

Today London is addressing big challenges in transport and wayfinding, housing and workplaces, the built environment and infrastructure, communications and information sharing, education and health, energy and waste. Other challenges design might address include the Big Society issues of the democratic deficit and citizen engagement. What can we learn from the past successes of design in the capital? How can it better help address London's future challenges? And can design be a major export for the UK in a globalised economy?

STIR Lecture at the Story of London Festival. 6.30–8pm, followed by drinks reception. Lecture Theatre G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building. Imperial College London, SW7 5BN

Admission free. To book, go to www.designlondon.net

As part of the citywide festival, Story of London 2010, InnovationRCA brings key creative visionaries together for a panel discussion on London’s innovative future. Chaired by Joe Kerr, head of Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art, the panel will include: Max Fordham, Founding Director of Max Fordham Partnership; Richard Seymour, Co-Founder of Seymourpowell; Erik Spiekermann, Co-Founder of Edenspiekermann and Chris Wise, Co-Founder of Expedition, and the designer and engineer behind the London Millennium Bridge. Hear these distinguished speakers discuss how innovative interventions, disruptions and achievements from the creative sector can help shape London’s future and address the wider challenges of twenty-first century urban living. Questions will be taken after the discussion.

7–8.30pm, Hochhauser Auditorium, The Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tickets, £8 or £6 with concessions. To book call 020 7942 2211 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets

Sustain brings together sustainable practice from across the art and design disciplines of the RCA, in a unique exhibition that showcases objects, thinking and solutions to issues and arguments in the ever-more-complex arena of sustainability. From nutshell jewellery to life-changing solutions to global water shortages, from a mobile chai trolley to re-using textile waste to reduce landfill, RCA graduates demonstrate the 'systems'-thinking creativity of cross-disciplinary practice that is unique to the world's most influential postgraduate art and design school.

The Royal College of Art presents its biggest programme of exhibitions to date as part of this year’s London Design Festival, bringing together seven exhibitions that reflect the incredible diversity and depth of innovative design thinking from the world’s most renowned postgraduate art and design university.

Open 10am–5.30pm daily.

The Design Products Collection – Entrance Gallery
This exhibition launches The Design Products Collection, exclusively created by graduates and staff associated with the RCA Design Products Department and made available commercially for the very first time. The intention of the Collection is to present more widely the wealth of creative ideas within the Department.

Sustain – Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Sustain brings together sustainable practice from across the art and design disciplines of the RCA, in a unique exhibition that showcases objects, thinking and solutions to issues and arguments in the ever-more-complex arena of sustainability. From nutshell jewellery to designing out packaging waste, from a livelihood-creating mobile chai trolley to re-using textile waste to reduce landfill, RCA graduates demonstrate the ‘systems’-thinking creativity of cross-disciplinary practice that is unique to the world’s most influential postgraduate art and design school.

IDE with iGuzzini & Fratelli Guzzini – Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
The collaboration of Innovation Design Engineering with Italian design company iGuzzini and Fratelli Guzzini resulted in two unique projects. Bin 2 Bin explores integrating cyclical sustainable materials for use in domestic consumer products. The designers had to consider sustainable materials lifecycle, consumer education, then produce a bin made from recycled materials. The second project, Space Hotel, tasked students with developing concepts for space tourists of the future, considering physical and psychological aspects such as eating and lighting in extreme micro-gravity conditions.

The Lives of Others – Courtyard Gallery 1
The 2010 Helen Hamlyn Research Associates exhibition will feature eleven collaborative projects led by thirteen new design graduates of the RCA, working with a range of industry, government and voluntary sector partners. The Research Associates develop live industry projects resulting in new thinking, products and services in relation to inclusive design, design for patient safety and workplace design - the three core research themes of the Helen Hamlyn Centre.

Redesigning the Ambulance – Courtyard Gallery 2
This collaboration between the RCA Vehicle Design Department and the Helen Hamlyn Centre supported by NHS London, shows a work in progress redesign for the interior of an Accident & Emergency ambulance.  The exhibit will feature a full size replica of the new design proposal.

White Feast – Courtyard Gallery 3
Seven groups of students from Innovation Design Engineering, Fashion, Textiles and Vehicle Design worked in cross-department teams to a brief set by BlackBerry® and the Helen Hamlyn Centre. The project aims to create a range of design proposals in which technology acts to significantly improve communication, with a focus on the body and lifestyle.

Album is an exhibition comprised of new and existing works by 17 Photography MA students. Working across the disciplines of photography, film and video, new site-specific works, which seek to respond to the particularities of the city will be produced and shown for the first time in a former textile factory as part of the Liverpool Biennial Independents. The exhibition has been curated by Morgan Quaintance, a student from the RCA Curating Contemporary Art (Inspire) course. On Saturday 18 September at 1pm there will be a curator's talk and meet the artists event in the gallery.

Wolstenholme Creative Space, 11 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool L1 4JJ
Free admission. Open Thursday–Saturday, 11am–5pm.

For more information go to www.rca-album.co.uk.

The Sackler Building will be open for the public to explore as part of the Open House London weekend. This is a rare chance to have a closer look at this RIBA award-winning building – an old factory converted into the impressive home of the Painting Department.

14–22 Howie Street, SW11 4AY
Free admission. Open 1pm–5pm. First come, first served.

For more details visit www.openhouselondon.org.uk

The only fair specialising exclusively in modern and contemporary British art.  Here you will find all the great names of 20th century art: Bacon, Freud, Frink, Frost, Hepworth, Hockney, Hodgson, Lanyon, Lowry, Moore, Nash, Piper, Riley, Scott, Sutherland and Spencer. Alongside is a large selection of work by both emerging and established contemporary artists.

Admission: £9 (concessions £6)
Open Wednesday 3-9pm; Thursday 11am-8pm; Friday/Saturday 11am-7pm; Sunday 11am-6pm.

For more details visit www.britishartfair.co.uk

A major retrospective exhibition of work by one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century. The show is curated by the Royal College of Art's David Crowley, Andrzej Klimowski, Jeff Willis along with Anna Grabowska-Konwent from the National Museum in Poznan and will be the first major retrospective of Cieślewicz’s work in Britain, showing over 150 key works from his diverse career.

Open Monday to Saturday, from 11am–7pm, (Friday 16 July 11am–5.30pm)

Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska! Year.

The following events will take place as part of the Roman Cieślewicz Exhibition:

Saturday 24 July, 2–4pm
RIP
Workshop exploring the language of the photocopied image with Åbäke graphic design collective.
Free entry. Please book in advance, email rsvp@polishculture.org.uk (or leave your name at the entrance of the exhibition).

Saturday 31 July, 2–3pm
Curators Andrzej Klimowski and David Crowley will lead a tour of the show.
Free entry. No booking required.

Wednesday 4 August 2–4pm
Collage
Workshop for children (4-14 years) led by George Wu and Sarah Gottlieb of Household design studio. Children will have a chance to explore the techniques of making images with collage.
Free entry. Please book in advance, email rsvp@polishculture.org.uk (or leave your name at the entrance of the exhibition).

Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute
www.polishculture.org.uk

MPhil and PhD graduating students from Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture are exhibiting together in their own graduate show in the Sackler Building. Some work will be for sale.

Sackler Building, 14–22 Howie Street, London SW11 4AY

Open 11am–5.30pm daily.

The final part of the graduate shows includes work by students from the following courses: Animation, Architecture, Communication Art & Design, Design Products, Design Interactions, Fashion Footwear and Accessories, History of Design, Innovation Design Engineering, Textiles and Vehicle Design. Some work will be for sale or commission.

Open 11am–8pm daily

Painting and Sculpture students show together for the first time in their  working studio spaces in Battersea. Some work will be for sale or commission. During weekends there will be a free Routemaster bus taking visitors between Battersea and Kensington to see both shows, courtesy of Arriva London

Sculpture: 15-25 Howie Street, London SW11 4AS
Painting:, Sackler Building, 14-22 Howie Street, London SW11 4AY

Open 11am–8pm daily

First year MA Curating Contemporary Art students curate the UK's premier solo show of the work of Mexican artist, writer and publisher, Ulises Carrión (1941-1989). Comprising an exhibition, series of events and publication, the project will invoke the spirit of Carrión’s practice through the activation of his provocative propositions and methodologies.

The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PQ. Open Wednesday to Saturday 12-6pm. Please visit www.theshowroom.org


Fashion students present their final collections as two catwalk shows at 4pm and 6.15pm, along with a static display of footwear and accessories.

Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 0207 590 4566 or through the online booking form.

First year Ceramics & Glass students are filling the Siobhan Davies dance studios with site-specific works that respond in some way to the space, demonstrating a lively individual response, with each student bringing their own agenda. The architecture of the building is characterised by a fusion of old and new, tactility, sensitivity and attention to detail. These qualities are echoed in the objects and installations that have been realised by each student selected for the exhibition. As part of the London Festival of Architecture, the RCA students will be at the building on Saturday 19 June from 2-5pm to talk to visitors about their work.

Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St. George’s Road, London SE1 6ER
Free admission. Opening times vary. Please check website for details: www.siobhandavies.com.

Contort Yourself brings together the work of three UK based artists - Harold Offeh, Jan Hendrickse and David Blandy - who twist, stretch, and reappropriate notions of the construction of the self, through performance, digital video and sound. In exploring the theme of self-realization, these works playfully critique processes of identity formation and re-formation.  Curated by first year MA Curating Contemporary Art (Inspire) students. Talks and film screenings will accompany the exhibition.

ACME Project Space Gallery, 44 Bonner Road, London E2 9JS.
Open Thurs - Sun, 11am - 6pm.
For more information visit: www.contortyourself.org

The first of the Royal College of Art's annual graduate summer shows. Featuring the work of students from Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics & Glass, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery. Most of the work is for sale or commission.

Open 11am–8pm daily. Free admission.

Marcin Mostafa and Natalia Paszkowska from wwaa and Karsten Huneck and Bernd Trümpler from office for subversive architecture/KHBTwill be in conversation, chaired by Professor Nigel Coates, Head of Architecture at the RCA.

Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore. Lecture theatre 1, 7pm.
Places are free but need to be booked in advance,
email: architecture@rca.ac.uk and state event in the subject.

Lecture theatre 1, 7pm.
Places are free but need to be booked in advance,
email: architecture@rca.ac.uk and state event in the subject.

The RCA Printmaking Department will be exhibiting and selling limited edition prints at this year's London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly. Prints will include work by students as well as renowned artists such as Sir Peter Blake, Paula Rego, Susan Hiller and a brand new edition by Chantal Joffe. For further information about opening times and tickets visit the Fair's website.

Exhibition by first year Painting students which has been selected for the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art in July. Curated by RCA graduate Mindy Lee and student Yelena Popova, the exhibition is in Imperial College's Blyth Gallery.

Open Monday to Sunday, 9am to 9pm. Free admission.
Level 5, Sherfield Building
Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ

Annual competition for RCA students to illustrate and design a selection of covers for book titles, which this year includes Gulliver’s Travels, The God of Small Things and The Velveteen Rabbit. The exhibition includes the shortlisted entries featuring illustration, typography, photography and graphic design.

Work in progress exhibition by first year students from the departments of Painting and Sculpture. Some work will be for sale or commission.

This exhibition celebrates crossovers between design, moving image, illustration and fine art at the College. Drawing is instinctive, children reach for anything that will make a mark, and make it. Yet as we grow up we seem to lose that instinct. DRAW is an exhibition of what mark-making used to mean for all of us: turning thoughts into lines. Includes work by RCA staff, as well as renowned artists such as Sir Peter Blake and Quentin Blake.

Lecture theatre 1, 7pm.
Places are free but need to be booked in advance,
email: architecture@rca.ac.uk and state event in the subject.

An exhibition presenting a decade of award-winning DBA Inclusive Design Challenge Projects. The title refers to the unique process behind the Challenge model, which has seen 500 professional designers from 41 DBA member firms 'trade places' with older and disabled people in order to find new ways to design more inclusively. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Helen Hamlyn Centre, the Design Business Association and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

For more information on 10 years of DBA Inclusive Design Challenge projects click here

Sackler Centre for Arts Education, Victoria and Albert Museum
Free admission
For museum opening times click here

Exhibition of submitted drawings to the Man Group Portfolio Prize, awarded annually by the Man Group Charitable Trust in conjunction with the RCA Drawing Studio. The RCA places drawing at the heart of every discipline in the College and this award is presented to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to an imaginative and sustained use of drawing in design and fine art practice.

RCA Animation graduates' films will be shown alongside award-winning French and Czech animation at Ciné Lumière in the Institut Francais, South Kensington. Directors include Johnny Kelly, Joe King, Laurie Hill and Max Hattler; from France the Oscar winning Logorama will be shown and the Czech Republic is represnted by five young animators, including Noro Drziak and Michal Azbka who will attend the screenings on 18 and 20 April.

For more information and to book tickets please visit the Institut Francais website.

The Department of Architecture presents a discussion on the architecture of set design, in relation to Fidelio in the Gulag, a site-specific opera production to be performed in the former Gulag camp, Perm 36 this July. Speakers will include the Director Michael Hunt, designer Charlotte Skene Catling and co-director George Isaakyan.

Places are free but must be booked in advance by emailing: architecture@rca.ac.uk

Curating Contemporary Art final year students have decided to present a solo exhibition as their graduate project. This will be the largest UK show by the pioneering east London based artist and filmmaker John Smith. Much loved for their wit, formal ingenuity and use of storytelling, Smith's films are influenced by the humour of Monty Python as well as the theories of avant-garde filmmaking. To see events relating to this exhibition visit the website.

Open 11am - 5.30pm. Exhibition closed 1–6 April.

Last Orders is an exhibition of new work by jewellery students from the RCA, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich and Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, at the recently opened Gallery S O. The exhibition shows the vastly differing approaches to jewellery from a contemporary group of young, international designer-makers.  Many of the students have exhibited world-wide and this will be the first time this new generation of jewellery artists will be showing work together in London as part of the international Three Schools Project.

Gallery S O, 92 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL. Open 12 noon to 6pm, free admission.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) collaborate with the RCA Design Interactions department to create an exhibition that sees 16 designers teamed up with groups of EPSRC funded researchers from Universities across the UK. The mixed media exhibition will explore the relationship between science and society and will show how research is making a huge impact on our everyday lives, such as healthcare, crime prevention and climate change. Participating designers include Onkar Kular, Noam Toran, James Auger and Revital Cohen.

Open 11am - 5.30pm daily.

4pm, Lecture Theatre 1. Free admission, no booking required.

Ceramic Art London is the leading selling exhibition in the ceramics calendar, presented by The Craft Potters Association with Ceramic Review and The Crafts Council. The event provides a unique focus on excellence in contemporary studio ceramics based on the work of leading makers from the UK and from overseas. Royal College of Art ceramics students will be exhibiting new work along with 75 leading contemporary ceramic artists who will be selling their work. There will be a programme of talks, demonstrations and films.

Opening times: 11am–8pm daily
For further information and admission charges please visit: www.ceramics.org.uk

Final part of the Architecture Foundation’s London_Rome series, this talk features Luca Galofaro from IaN+ and Stephen Witherford from WWM. Chaired by Italian critic and curator Pippo Ciorra.

7pm in Lecture Theatre 1. Places are free but need to be booked in advance by email: architecture@rca.ac.uk

Contemporary artists Franko B, Oreet Ashery, Ralf Obergfell, Tony Hornecker and Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre will be participating in an exploration of gender and performance as part of the DiverseRCA programme organised by the RCA Students Union. A symposium takes place on 24 February including a public participation in Franko B’s live sculpture, and lively discussions with artists and academics. For the full programme visit the RCASU website.

This selling fair features modern and contemporary art from galleries specialising in work from China, Japan, Russia,  the Ukraine, Poland, and the South Pacific alongside a large selection of Modern British and contemporary work.  Artists include Matisse, Miró, Picasso and Chagall, plus British 20th century favourites such as Henry Moore and David Hockney.

Opening times: Thurs: 11am–9pm; Fri: 11am–8pm;  Sat: 11am–7pm;  Sun: 11am–6pm
For further information and admission charges please visit: www.20-21intartfair.com

For full details of this lecture and to book a place, visit the DesignLondon website

6.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1

Blackett Building,
 Dept of Physics
Imperial College London

Prince Consort Road
, London SW7

Exhibition by RCA Painting students Chris Barr and Joseph Long in the Church located a short walk from the College. The artists have produced sculptural works as well as paintings that remain sensitive to their surroundings and were produced in an effort to draw attention to the Church itself. A discussion evening will be held at 6pm on 10 February, all are welcome to attend.

Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BA.
Open 11am to 6pm, free admission.

Part of the Architecture Foundation’s London_Rome series, this talk features Rome based practice Mao with young London architects the AOC. Chaired by RCA Head of Architecture, Professor Nigel Coates.

7pm in Lecture Theatre 1. Places are free but need to be booked in advance by email: architecture@rca.ac.uk

Work in progress exhibition by students from the following courses: Architecture, Design Interactions, Innovation Design Engineering, Vehicle Design, Printmaking and Animation. Some work will be for sale or commission.

Photographer Nadav Kander will be joining Bronac Ferran, RCA IDE Senior Research Tutor and Yanki Lee Curator of the Constant Stream Exhibitions in conversation . Kander will discuss his works and reflect on his China experience. It will be an exceptional opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading photographers talk about his work.

6.45pm in Lecture Theatre 1

A chance to see work by students from the departments of Fashion Menswear, Fashion Womenswear, Fashion Footwear, Millinery and Accessories, Constructed Textiles, Printed Textiles, Photography and Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery before their final graduation show in June. Some of the work on display will be for sale or commission. 

Organised by first year Curating Contemporary Art students, Fictional Geographies brings together work by five international artists and filmmakers who use film to explore alternative modes of engaging with space and place. Running time, 83 minutes.

6pm in Lecture Theatre 1, free admission, no booking required.

A display featuring highlights from the Royal College of Art (RCA) 2008 Fashion MA graduates' final collections.

The display will feature 55 outfits as well as accessories and sketchbooks from 27 young designers. Divided into four sections - Concept, Form, Technique and Detail – each explores the design stages the students go through to create their final collection from their inspiration to the finished garment, and will include preparatory drawings, design boards and photographs.

For more information click here.

Victoria & Albert Museum
Fashion, Room 40
Free admission