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Studio Projects

Last updated 25 November 2020

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Our Studio Projects enable companies to explore innovation horizons and blue sky thinking through research led projects, which are undertaken by the RCA’s Master’s and research students.

Explore innovation

With design and creativity at their core, our Studio Projects help organisations to re-ignite their innovation potential, challenge conventional assumptions and identify business growth opportunities. These research-led knowledge exchange projects deliver creative solutions through a unique workshop-based approach that brings together business partners, academics and students to explore long-term horizons and develop speculative design concepts.

Studio Projects are delivered with students from a wide range of degree programmes across the RCA, usually lasting a term. Recent projects include a collaboration with CERN exploring how science technology and design can propose solutions to international sustainability challenges; a project on the future of work as a result of AI disruption with Microsoft; and architecture design projects in partnership with British Land.

Case studies

RCA students partner with Rainbird and EY to develop AI banking apps that help vulnerable customers

Developing AI banking apps for vulnerable customers

The RCA’s MA Service Design Programme collaborated with Rain-bird (intelligent automation platform) and EY (global consultancy) to develop cutting-edge AI-enabled apps that will help vulnerable banking customers better manage their finances and navigate the complex financial services industry.
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Future of British luxury

Recent Intelligent Mobility MA graduates envisage the future of British luxury in collaboration with Bentley Motors.
Fujitsu IDE Hackathon

Fujitsu Hackathon

Custom executive education hackathon for Fujitsu employees to collaborate with ten Innovation Design Engineering MA students.
ADS1 The Shape of the City, The Shape of the Home - Live Project collaboration with British Land

School of Architecture Partnership with British Land

The School of Architecture’s partnership with British Land provides a platform for testing the agency of architecture and gives students the opportunity to work with external partners and collaborators on projects that have real-world impact.

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CERN Workshop at the RCA