Samuel Johnson
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Area
Intelligent Mobility Design Centre
Role
Research Associate
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Sam is a vehicle designer with a range of experience and skills. He specialises in digital concept generation. A graduate of the RCAs Vehicle Design course he has also worked in product, furniture, and transport design. Prior to joining the RCA Sam gained a degree in Transport and Product Design from Coventry University. He has a strong interest in translating research into tangible design outputs. A common theme throughout his work is exploration of the relationship between people and their wider environment.
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Biography
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Sam joined the Helen Hamlyn Centre of Design in 2014, where he has worked on the Future London Taxi project and the Greenwich Automated Transport Environment project (GATEway). More recently, he has been working with industry partners at the Intelligent Mobility Design Centre looking at the how the future of luxury will affect the automotive industry and the future of urban mobility.
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Publications, exhibitions and other outcomes
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Exhibitions
Show more(2017)
Design.Different, Speaker & Exhibitor, Royal College of Art, London
New Old Exhibition, Exhibitor, Łódź Art Centre, Łódź
New Old Exhibition, Exhibitor, The Design Museum, London
Driverless Futures, Exhibitor, London Transport Museum, London(2016)
Seoul Smart Mobility, Speaker & Exhibitor, DDP, Seoul(2015)
On the Frontline, Speaker & Exhibitor, Royal College of Art, London(2013)
Concours of the Future, Exhibitor, Salon Prive, London
Jaguar @ Clerkenwell, Exhibitor, Clerkenwell Design week, London(2012)
Hitachi Train for London, Exhibitor, Innotrans, Berlin
The Natural Audi, Speaker & Exhibitor, Audi Universe, Ingolstadt
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Awards and Grants
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(2013) Coachmakers Bursary Award
(2013) Commendation: Pilkington Awards
Selected work
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Extended mobility provocation designed during the GATEway project.
Extended mobility provocation designed during the GATEway project.
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Extended mobility provocation concept sketch designed during the GATEway project.
Extended mobility provocation concept sketch designed during the GATEway project.
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GATEway workshops captured the publics hopes and fears on the subject of driverless vehicles.
GATEway workshops captured the publics hopes and fears on the subject of driverless vehicles.