RCA Grand Challenge 2020/21

Mále Uribe Forés (MA Information Experience Design, 2018) is a London based architect, artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, spatial design and material design. She was Designer in Residence at the Design Museum in 2019 where she developed a project re-imagining salt as a precious material based on her research in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

October is Black History Month in the UK, the annual celebration of the history, culture, achievements and contributions of black people across the country. It originally began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. This Black History Month we’re reflecting on a selection of work by 2020 graduates that present and explore Black history through their work.

Jeremy Atherton Lin (MA Critical Writing in Art & Design, 2015) is a writer based in London. His debut book Gay Bar is published by Little, Brown (US) and Granta (UK) in February 2021. He was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize and his work has been published in The White Review, Tinted Window, and the Times Literary Supplement.