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B.R.E.A.D: Beyond Resilience Elemental Acts of Design

Every autumn term, our second-year IDE students embark on a three-day team bonding exercise to prepare for their upcoming group project.

This year, at the @Grymsdyke farm, they stepped into a fictional scenario called B.R.E.A.D - Beyond Resilience Elemental Acts of Design.

🌽 The challenge? As a community, design and build field-deployable mechanical production lines to make corn flatbread from grain.

Working in 12 teams across 2 parallel production lines, the students had to build machines for milling, sieving, mixing, measuring, pressing, and baking. All of it in 72 hours.

They could only use the material provided by the staff and locally sourced waste material. Everything must be powered mechanically. No electricity. No additive manufacturing. No Internet. No AI. No supply chains. Just hands-on design and collaboration.

🎥 Watch the video to show how they tackled the challenge!

A huge thank you to Grymsdykefarm Farm for hosting us again this year! Videography @joeltrotter1988

⁉️Interested in studying with us? We are now accepting applications for Innovation Design Engineering.  
👉Discover more about the programme, explore the course, and find out how to apply via the link in our bio by @idecourse

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📣 Announcing the winners of the 9th @pokemon scholarship at the Royal College of Art, @emilymillward1 and @joeymoredesign!

The scholarship from the RCA and the Pokémon with You Foundation supports the next generation of creative pioneers. The 2026/2027 Pokémon Scholarship funds two RCA students pushing boundaries in design, visual arts, and communications.

Emily Millward (MA Architecture) is a designer exploring the intersection of architecture, visual narrative and drawing. Her recent work explores complex ecological systems, developing fluid, multi-scalar drawing methodologies to reveal the hidden impacts of human activity around Lake Windermere and their consequences for the lake’s ecology.

Joey More (MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering) is a design engineer interested in creative applications of technology to tackle complex problems. Recent works have included a bespoke CNC needle felting machine to create woollen objects with complex internal structure, a smart ‘pet rock’ for self-soothing on the go, and a custom data visualisation platform for researchers and policy makers to understand global trade infrastructure.

Beyond receiving scholarship support for their studies, the pair will also be invited on an exclusive visit to The Pokémon Company’s headquarters in Japan 🇯🇵 Emily Millward and Joey More at the Pokémon Company with a giant Pikachu character and lots o shelves of Pokémon characters in the background, they are holding trophies. by @idecourse

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An inclusive app supporting visually-impaired users to do their make-up independently has won the Helen Hamlyn Design Award 2026 💄

The annual Helen Hamlyn Design Awards recognise creativity in people-centred, inclusive design celebrating the most visionary, inclusive and innovative projects.

The awards are organised by the RCA’s Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (@hhcdesignrca) – a global leader in inclusive design, design thinking and creative leadership.

This year there are three winners ⬇️

🔴 Check My Look by Hanming Xu (Royal College of Art | MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering, 2026) won the Helen Hamlyn Design Award 2026.

Developed through interviews, co-design and prototype testing with blind and partially sighted people, Check My Look translates visual information into clear, actionable feedback using computer vision and voice guidance to help visually impaired users confidently and independently apply their make-up.

🔵 Ziv’s Bicycle by Shai Shinfeld & Roi Apter (Holon Institute of Technology) won the Helen Hamlyn Fixperts Award

Industrial design students Shai and Roi designed adaptive bicycle attachments for Ziv, a five-year-old boy with hypertonia in his left limbs. Focused on helping Zin gain independence and eliminating the need for assistance the team's bike design features an adjustable pedal add-on that provides an easy, intuitive mount and steady grip to keep Ziv’s foot secure, while allowing a quick-release for safety, alongside a handlebar extension that brings the grip closer to his body for better control.

🟢 Mind the Yap by April Clough, Diana Osisigu Ndubuisi, Brook Shields, Yang Song, Zhixuan Zhou & Talia Stollman (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London).

Working closely with their Fix Partner, Edward, the design team developed a bespoke board game, Mind the Yap, inspired by Edward’s life story and interests. Together, they created a playful way for people to share experiences, exchange ideas, and build confidence through conversation, encouraging others to learn from Edward’s journey and from each other.

🔗 Discover more bout all these projects at the link in the RCA bio. by @idecourse

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London Design Festival 2026!

This weekend, our MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering alumni and students are showcasing 11 projects at the Park Royal Design District as part of the London Design Festival 2026, cutting across the themes of Body Literacy, Circular Materials and Inquisitive Minds.

The exhibition is curated by Jubilee Tai @jubitai and Lucy Tam.

Come and meet the exhibitors, hear from guest speakers across healthcare, sustainability, agriculture and consumer manufacturing, and explore the work of the next generation of design innovators! 💡

📍Sciopolis. Base One, North Acton, Park Royal Design District
🗓️ 11–12 September 2026 (12:00–5:00pm)

✍️ Sign up via the link in our LinkTree.

Graduate and student exhibitors:
✳ Anoushka Sawardekar
✳ Antoine Mehdi
✳ Aya Khayat
✳ Eddy White
✳ Joey More
✳ Jubilee Tai
✳ Lucy Tam
✳ Nefeli Vitoraki

👥 Guest Speakers (12 Sep only):
Lucie Legrandois, @omnilabsresearch
Nitin Premkumar, Miou
Jesslin Ho, @project.tofu

Featured Startups:
@carbon_cell_co
@iceninedrinks
Omnilabs Research

The @idecourse programme is run jointly by the Dyson School of Design Engineering and @royalcollegeofart.

#LondonDesignFestival2026 #InnovationDesignEngineering by @idecourse

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From IDE student to award-winning start-up founder – meet Pierre Paslier! 🎉

Ahead of World Entrepreneurs' Day tomorrow, hear from @pierre.paslier, @idecourse alumnus and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of @notpla.

In this video, Pierre reveals what made the Innovation Design Engineering programme special, how the Dyson School of Design Engineering prepared him to launch his own venture, and shares his advice for anyone thinking about starting their own business. 💡

MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering is delivered jointly by @imperialdyson and @royalcollegeofart.

#WorldEntrepreneurDay #IDEShow2026 by @idecourse

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2 months ago

The IDE Summer Show 2026 brought together some of the most ambitious and creative final projects we have seen, and we have the highlights right here! 🎉

Organised around six themes — Health Autonomy, Body Intelligence, Living Systems, Reformed Matter, Deliberate Thinking, and Future Crafting — this year's graduating cohort presented projects spanning healthcare technologies and conservation tools to sustainable materials, robotics, and AI literacy.

🔗 Watch the highlights above and head to our YouTube channel for the full video, where our students introduce their themes and the ideas behind them. Link in our bio.

MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering is delivered jointly by the Dyson School of Design Engineering and the Royal College of Art.

@royalcollegeofart @imperialcollegeengineering

#IDEShow2026 #DSDEShows2026 by @idecourse

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Two weeks. Three shows. And that's a wrap!

Just like that, our Summer Shows 2026 are over – and what a two weeks it has been!

A huge thank you to our incredible graduating cohorts from MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering, MSc Cleantech Innovation, and MSc Design Engineering for sharing their work and amazing ideas! 🙏

Thank you also to all the staff and volunteers who made the show possible. And, of course, to everyone who came through the doors and visited our Shows! 🙌

To our graduates: we cannot wait to see what you do next! 🚀

📸 Swipe for a few highlights from the shows.
Photos by Joel Trotter and Alek Ziolkowski.

See you next year! 👋

The @idecourse is delivered jointly with @royalcollegeofart.

The @cleantech_innovation programme is delivered jointly with @granthaminstituteicl.

@imperialcollege @imperialcollegeengineering

#DSDEShows2026 #DesignEngineering by @idecourse

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3 months ago

Ever seen giant smoke rings in a nightclub? 🪩💨

Gruffydd Gozali explains how his new invention works and how the bold thinking of MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering inspired it.

You can see his work along with more work from our MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering, MA Design Products, MDes Design Futures, MA Textiles and MA Intelligent Mobility at our Battersea campus as part of RCA2026: School of Design Expo this weekend!

Opening Times ⏰
Saturday 18 July: 12–6pm
Sunday 19 July: 12–6pm
Last entrance 30 minutes before closing. taken in Royal College of Art by @idecourse

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Meet the student using peanut butter to combat invasive species 🥜

Zac is the mastermind behind Project Ruru; a simple, low-cost sensor with a lure that detects dangerous predators in New Zealand's wilderness.

By detecting sounds made by animals as they lap up the peanut butter, they can be caught before they affect native species like Kiwi birds!

The Project will help towards #PredatorFree2050: New Zealand's aim to eradicate harmful introduced predators by 2050.

Zac showcased his work as part of the Innovation and Design Engineering Summer Show, with other classmates from the joint @imperialdyson @royalcollegeofart course.

Zac has received funding from the RCA and @Pokemon with You Foundation scholarship, which supports designers transforming the art and design landscape. by @idecourse

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"Designers have a major opportunity...to create products that are not only beautiful and culturally desirable, but also deeply supportive of long-term human wellbeing.” @tims_barefoot_shoes

As an MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering @idecourse student at the Royal College of Art, Tim Brennan developed a new approach to footwear design that allowed the foot to work as nature intended. His shoe, @vivobarefoot, went into production a year after graduating — sparking the modern barefoot running movement.

"The initial idea came from a very simple question: what would footwear look like if its purpose was not to interfere with the natural function of the foot?"

Continuing his work as a design innovator, Tim is now working on the AirPoise Chair. Unlike conventional ergonomic chairs, the AirPoise Chair removes lumbar support entirely and instead uses an adaptive upper back support to help the body achieve natural alignment.

"The chair supports the back while still leaving it free to change shape and move naturally, this is made possible by a low-pressure air-filled support system that is currently patent pending."

Following its launch at Isola as part of Milan design week, AirPoise has been successfully licensed to UK manufacturer Ergochair with first deliveries expected later in 2026.

🔗 Read @alumni.rca's interview with Tim at the link in our bio. by @idecourse

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You missed our show in Imperial College ?
No problem!

We will be showing our student’s work again !

School of Design EXPO @royalcollegeofart
RCA Battersea Friday 17 July: 12–8pm Saturday 18 July: 12–6pm Sunday 19 July: 12–6pm

👉Link in bio by @idecourse

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