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Intelligent Mobility Design Centre

The Intelligent Mobility Design Centre (IMDC) leads research at the intersection of people, mobility and technology within a complex and changing urban and global environment.

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The RCA Intelligent Mobility Design Centre (IMDC)

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Professor Dale Harrow
Chair & Director
Royal College of Art
Rausing Research & Innovation Building
15 Parkgate Road
London SW11 4NL
+44 (0)20 7590 4186

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Automotive transitions

Automotive Transitions Studio

The Automotive Transitions studio is focussed on vehicle design and explores the paradigm shifts of the car industry, its transition to a focus on sustainability and its connection with car design heritage, material culture, fashion and people’s aspirations.

People and places

People and Places Studio

The People & Places studio explores the relationships between society, place-making and our transport systems and how design might respond to this relationship through new forms of architecture and sustainable mobility products, services and experiences.

Humanising Technology Studio

Humanising Technology Studio

The Humanising Technology studio explores how mobility experiences and services may be transformed by the impact of emerging technologies and how these can be made accessible, usable, and enjoyable by understanding people and leveraging creative methods.

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Chair and Director

Dale is Chair of the Intelligent Mobility Design Centre (IMDC) and Head of the Intelligent Mobility Design Programme recognised as a global centre of excellence in automotive and design education.

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Deputy Director

Cyriel works with the IMDC's multi-disciplinary team to lead research at the intersection of people, mobility and technology within a complex and changing urban and global environment.

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Reader in Intelligent Mobility Design

Jiayu is an innovation methods educator for technology and business integration, and a professional user experience designer for the new mobility and automobile industries.

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Senior Tutor

Chris is Director of Intelligent Design Associates Limited, a strategic interdisciplinary 3D design studio focused on the commercial ethical-technical design space.

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Tutor

Cynthia Charwick-Bland is an automotive designer with 30 years of experience in the industry, primarily as a consultant. She specialises in interior vehicle design.

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Senior Research Fellow

Artur is an architect and urban planner committed to design and architecture, practice, education and research.

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GATEway Project Manager

Dan Phillips is a designer and engineer with 30 years’ experience in the development of innovative environments, products and services.

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Post-doctoral Research Associate

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PhD student

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PhD student

PhD student

PhD student

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My GenerationRCA

Farhana Safa

28 October 2022

Intelligent Mobility Design MA students show Bentley Projects at Guggenheim Bilbao

Research Degree Open Day: 21 January

21 January 2023

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