SustainRCA Show and Awards 2014 Finalists Announced
A computer interface that works on vibration rather than electrical circuit board; an emergency programme that tackles the loss of coral reefs from ocean acidification; a camping equipment rental system to reduce festival waste; and a pot that cooks without gas or electricity are among the 35 SustainRCA Awards finalist projects selected yesterday during Show RCA 2014.
The 35 finalist projects will go forward to the SustainRCA Show and Awards – SustainRCA's visionary showcase of exceptional sustainability-themed work during the London Design Festival in September .Â
Finalists' work this year tackles issues including: the circular economy and electronics waste; plight of coral reefs and bees; air pollution; dealing with nuclear disaster; animal welfare and meat processing; preserving heritage and craft skills through new industries; the use of synthetic biology technologies for food production; transparency in supply chains; crowd-funding for community energy and much more.Â
Many of the SustainRCA Show finalists
have been supported, inspired and mentored by SustainRCA through its dedicated programme of tutorials, talks,
workshops, specialist resources and access to a professional sustainability
network.Â
Head of SustainRCA Clare Brass said, ‘The diversity, depth and quantity of graduate work this year is unprecedented. There’s growing awareness that sustainability – environmental and social equality and justice – really underpins the fabric of our future. The SustainRCA team has worked hard throughout the academic year to really engage with students across the College through our dedicated tutorials, talks and research programme.’
Almost 100 graduating students from across 16 programmes and five schools at the Royal College of Art applied to the annual SustainRCA Show and Awards.Â
Winners this year will be chosen by a judging panel including critic and writer John Thackara; former BIMA chief executive Justin Cooke; former Philips head of social foresight and change, Josephine Green; Griffith University sustainability expert Malcolm McIntosh; and RCA Head of Design Products Sharon Baurley on 17 September. The winners across four categories: Moving Minds, Visionary Process, Inspired Product and Solutions for Society will be announced at a private view, and will each receive a bursary to support their ongoing work in sustainability.
The SustainRCA Show and Awards is supported by Climate-Kic.
 The 35 SustainRCA Show and Award 2014 finalists are:
Architecture
- Isobel
Davies, State of Emergency
- Janice
Lau, Architecture, Atrocity Exhibition – a Public Abattoir
- Tom Price, Indispensable Infrastructure
- Timothy
Sadler, VIBE
- Nell
Bennett, Coral3
- Julian
Melchiorri, Silk Leaf & Exhale
- Paul
Stawenow, Project Phoenix
- Sol Lee,
Smart Festivals
- Julia
Johnson, Plan Bee
- Andreas
Bilicki, eGlu
- Rodrigo
GarcÃa González, Ooho!
- Pierre
Paslier, Advanced Activism
Design Interactions
- Johanna
Schmeer, Between Objects and Organisms
- Mohammed J
Ali, A New Enlightenment
Design Products
- Jess Fügler, Inked
- Marcin
Rusak, Flowering Transition
- Julia
Georgallis, The Bread Companion
- Ashley de
Garmo and Federico Trucchia, Mag-Cook
- Mireia Gordi
Vila, Fragile
- Tino
Seubert, The Colour of Air
Service Design
- Amy Lee,
Energy Seed
- Marion
Ferrec and Kate Wakely, Disclosed
Information Experience Design
- Peter
Shenai, Change Ringing
Sculpture
- Vesta
Kroese, Skirting Board
Printmaking
- Gabriele Dini, Swarm Scale
Photography
- Felicity
Hammond, Restore to Factory Settings
Textiles
- Lida
Marinkova, Melting Away
- Hana Mitsui,
New Value Of The Waste
- Neha Lad,
Beauty In The Discarded
Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery
- Max Danger, Let it Bee
Ceramics & Glass
- Alicja
Patanowska, Plantation
- Monette
Larson, Aspiring Nature
- Tana West,
Culverted
Womenswear
- Louise Bennetts, Sustainability by Stealth
Animation
- Alice Dunsheath, Plastic Shores
The SustainRCA Show and Awards runs from 18 September – 3 October 2014 at the RCA Kensington, during the London Design Festival.