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🚀 🚀 Eight years as the World's No. 1 Art and Design University – and a 100% score for Academic Excellence!
Across the RCA, we all feel hugely proud of our
@worlduniranking
showing the global reach of our unique community 🌎 💫
Find out more:
#QSWUR
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The shortlisted
#TerraCarta
Design Lab projects from RCA students and alumni promise new solutions to the
#climatecrisis
.
The Design Lab was launched in 2021 by HRH The Prince of Wales and Sir Jony Ive as part the
@TheSMI
.
Winners announced in Spring.
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Do you have an idea that could transform transport options as we age – helping us stay independent, active and connected?
APPLY for up to £120k as part of our
@DesignAge_
Institute's Transport Pathfinder Innovation Programme funded by
@innovateuk
👇
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Today we had the honour of hosting our first visit from our new Royal Visitor, HRH The Prince of Wales. He toured the many workshops and studios at
#RCABattersea
and met Ceramics & Glass and Print students, staff and start-up innovators.
@ClarenceHouse
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We’re thrilled to be ranked the world’s number one Art and Design university in the 2019 QS World
Subject Rankings for the fifth year running
@worlduniranking
#QSWUR
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Well what did you expect? Meghan Markle’s wedding dress is - of course - designed by
@RCA
Fashion alumna and queen of style
#ClareWaightKeller
#royalwedding
#HarryandMeghan
#thedress
#AlumniRCA
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Today David Hockney unveiled his latest artwork, the Queen's Window
@wabbey
– designed on his iPad, it shows blue skies and a red country path through blossoming Yorkshire Wolds hawthorn. Just beautiful.
@AlumniRCA
via
@markbrown14
@guardian
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Super talented director and award-winning animator
@AlumniRCA
@AnnaMantzaris
will be speaking
@itsnicethat
'Nicer Tuesday' on 26 Feb. Tickets via
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BREAKING NEWS! We are delighted to announce the appointment of Sir Jony Ive KBE as the RCA's new Chancellor. More details soon.
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We've all been there....
@RCAanimation
graduate
@AnnaMantzaris
has perfectly captured those
#commuter
feels...Her short 'Enough' has garnered a whopping 15 awards. Watch the full clip here:
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New to
@DesignMuseum
collection – David Bowie's Blackstar ★ designed by
@AlumniRCA
@barnbrook
via
@guardianculture
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Excitement as
#driverlessfutures
become real –
@GATEway_TRL
driverless shuttle public trials begin
@HHCDesign
@DigiGreenwich
@oxbotica
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Did you catch
@BBC
#Springwatch
last night? Design researchers from the
@RCA
&
@GoldsmithsUoL
have developed a DIY wildlife camera that anybody can make at home from everyday items and simple technology for around £30.
#MyNaturewatch
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Today, we’re announcing the Sir Frank Bowling
#Scholarship
!
Supporting 24 UK MA and MRes students and 1 PhD student every year from Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage, or mixed Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage.
#GenerationRCA
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The RCA’s new flagship building at Battersea has been given the green light following planning approval by
@wandbc
! Read here for the full details:
#RoyalCollegeofArt
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HRH The Prince of Wales participated in a demonstration of the historic ‘Hockney Press’. Dating from 1851 and officially known as the John Haddon Etching Press, the press was used by
@alumnirca
#DavidHockney
to create his 'A Rake’s Progress' etchings.
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Congratulations to our MA Photography student, Lowena Poole on winning the Human Rights Photography Prize 2020 from the Act on Your Future Foundation! Lowena's incredible infrared photos show up previous sites of radiation to highlight ecological crisis. 👏👏🔥🔥
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#Royalcollegeofart
has been named the number 1 art and design university for the fourth consecutive year by
@worlduniranking
! Read more here:
#qswur
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The Colour Reference Library at the
#RCA
is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of colour-related publications in the world! Containing over 1,000 items, the library covers numerous aspects of the vast field of colour-based studies.
#LibrariesWeek
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HUGE Congratulations to
@_PhoebeCummings
@AlumniRCA
(2005) winning ceramicist
#womanshourcraftprize
@BBCWomansHour
@V_and_A
@CraftsCouncilUK
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A great, simple DIY design hack from our alumnus Paul Priestman, Chairman and Co-Founder of
@Priestmangoode
in
@dezeen
. Perfect for your
#WFH
set-up!
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Apple's Sir Jony Ive to become RCA's new Chancellor from July. Read the full news story here:
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With 100 days to go until
#COP26
, we’re proud to announce the
#TerraCarta
Design Lab, a major initiative for RCA students & alumni to develop sustainable solutions to the
#climatecrisis
Founded by HRH Prince of Wales,
@TheSMI
& Sir Jony Ive
Read more:
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Congratulations to Prof Teal Triggs, Associate Dean in the School of Communication on being made a Fellow of the Design Research Society in recognition of her established record of achievement in design research!
@tealtweets
@RCACommResearch
@thisisDRS
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Have you seen
#VivienneWestwood
's (
@FollowWestwood
) A/W 22/23 campaign yet? Our Battersea neighbours used our new campus for their backdrop – shot by the legendary Juergen Teller 📸
Read the
@Dazed
interview for more behind the scenes insights:
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Huge congratulations to
@peterkennardx
well-deserved winner of
@phf_uk
artists' award enabling people to access, enjoy and benefit from the arts
@juancruz_rca
#jarviscocker
@RCA
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We are excited to announce our new partnership with
@ExtremeELive
!
Design Academics from the RCA will travel to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland this month to collect data on the world's oceans aboard Extreme E’s floating operations hub – the St Helena.
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We're excited to announce being awarded a grant of £5.4m from UK Research and Innovation (
@UKRI_News
) to lead the new Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) researching the circular economy in textiles turning waste products into renewable materials.
>>>
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'From the RCA I learned to start everything again. ‘Everything you know is wrong’ was the spirit... You are encouraged to do the impossible.'
@pentagram
's Marina Willer discusses her time at the RCA with
@CreativeReview
@AlumniRCA
@RCAartshuman
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🎓 It's convocation day!
#Congratulations
to all those graduating today. Watch along live
@RoyalAlbertHall
from 11am:
#ConvocationRCA
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We are LIVE! 🙌
Go to to discover the world's top emerging artists, designers and creatives, with over 5,000 works to explore.
Plus, browse over 120 events including live performances, radio broadcasts talks and special guests - all free online.
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📢 Announcing the winners of the
#TerraCarta
Design Lab – an RCA student and alumni led response to our environmental crisis. 🌍
Launched by HRH The Prince of Wales and Sir Jony Ive as part
@TheSMI
, in collaboration with the RCA.
Meet them all ↓
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Congratulations to
@InnovationRCA
start-up
@GravitySketch
from our
@IDE_RCA
graduates, Oluwaseyi Sosanya and Daniela Paredes Fuentes on their $33M funding to take their 3D design platform to the next level!
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Our Chancellor, Sir Jony Ive, confers the honorary doctorates to the brilliant Dr Sue Black OBE, Siobhan Davies CBE and Peter Gabriel.
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'A visionary and imaginative way of helping to address the world’s increasingly urgent environmental problems.’ Sir Jony Ive on the
#TerraCarta
Design Lab, just launched
Read more in
@wallpapermag
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Take a listen to
@AlumniRCA
Rose Wylie in conversation with
@russelltovey
on
@davidzwirner
's new
#podcast
. They discuss how they create their art, their trance-like state of performing and painting, and the similarities of their craft.
The second episode of our new podcast
#DZDialogues
pairs artist Rose Wylie with actor
@russelltovey
for a conversation about improvisation, the importance of character, and the value of mistakes. Join the conversation:
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Our MA Fashion student Danielle Elsener has just won a iDesign Fashion Awards Grant for her zero waste medical scrubs! 👏👏👏
The pattern for the scrubs is open source - click the link to make your own:
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Our V&A/RCA MA
@HistoryofDesign
Class of 2019 present their final work in Material History/Virtual World.
Going beyond panels and presentations to bring you workshops, tours, polls and more!
This is Design History, for the curious, by the curious!
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A huge thank you to all our artists and designers, whose generosity towards the next generation makes
#RCASecret
such a special event! You’ve already raised over £30,000 to support the
@RCA
student experience and there are plenty of postcards still to snap up tomorrow.
@AlumniRCA
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Holy smokes! Who would have predicted?! Congrats to all four winners of this year's
#TurnerPrize
! 🔥
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Fantastic news just in:
@TopUnis
have ranked the RCA as the No 1 University for Art & Design in the world!
http://t.co/KLrgKVCtGV
#QSWUR
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Check out what our wonderful MA Fashion students have been creating at the School of Design WIP Show.
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#rcaconvocation
yesterday: a joyous celebration of the power of creativity across art and design
@RCA
#thefuturestartstoday
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COMING SOON:
#Architecture
,
#DesignProducts
,
#Animation
,
#Ceramics
,
#ServiceDesign
,
#Painting
,
#Print
,
#Photography
and much much more! Over 800 art and design postgraduate students will present work in
#ShowRCA
2018.
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One of our superstar
@AlumniRCA
,
@AstridStavro
, joins
@pentagram
as a new partner. Check out her interview with
@lucybourton
in
@itsnicethat
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Research Biennale 2021 is now live! For the first time, the platform brings together our PhD, MPhil and MRes students from across the College, highlighting the urgency, vitality and ambition their Art & Design research.
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Starry night skies by our students provided a stunning visual backdrop at Windsor Castle for the
#CoronationConcert
!
We joined
@RCMLondon
,
@theRSC
,
@RoyalOperaHouse
and
@TheRoyalBallet
for this creative collaboration accompanying Ncuti Gatwa and Mei Mac.
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Fantastic news for Lubaina Himid, MA Cultural History, RCA 1984 (the year of the first ever Turner Prize)
@AlumniRCA
– winner of
#turnerprize
2018
@HullFerens
– huge congratulations from the RCA!
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'Our universities are a core part of what makes London the greatest city in the world'
@MayorofLondon
#LondonIsOpen
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A lovely piece on
@Londonist
about RCA alumna Pauline Boty, from Lucy Dahlsen, Associate Curator at
@NPGLondon
. Pauline Boty studied Stained Glass at the College and was later a key member of the British Pop Art movement.
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Ever had a dream you’re flying?
@RCAvisualcomm
grad Ping Mu’s latest work shows weightless figures floating in mid air. Launched on
#WorldMentalHealthDay
, it is inspired by research on how digital technologies can be used to create support networks.
>>>
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Happy birthday to the inimitable David Hockney! One of the most beloved and respected artists working today, David attended the RCA from 1959–1962.
Image: Alice Dunseath, Hunting for Hockney, 2013
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"A new perspective on science, medicine, life and art" –
#royalcollegeofart
@RCAanimation
students have created a series of documentary films inspired by
@WellcomeLibrary
one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history
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For
#InternationalWomensDay2018
we’ve compiled contributions from some of our
#female
academics who have chosen women who have been influential in their respective fields and have paved the way for the lives we lead today.
#IWD2018
#PressForProgress
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Our Work-in-progress Shows are just around the corner! See what our artists and designers have been creating from 19-21 January (Battersea & Kensington) and 9-11 February (White City). More details here: . Identity design by
@AlumniRCA
#RegularPractice
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Next week: PhD students
@LINMingjing
@huangtsaichun
present 3D printed & pleated costumes they have created for Beijing Opera – mixing new technology with traditional craft. Don't miss an exclusive performance on 1Dec.
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Delighted to hear that
#ArtHistory
A Level has been saved from extinction . What a bonkers move that would have been!
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We're celebrating!
#onthisday
in 1967 the RCA was granted its Royal Charter. Read all about it
#RCA50
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES:
#ShowRCA
2018, 23 June – 1 July, 12–6pm. Closed 29 June 2018. Over 800 art & design postgraduate students will present their work.
Find out more:
@RCAarchitecture
@RCAartshuman
#SchoolofDesignRCA
#SchoolofCommunicationRCA
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Well done to our alumni Alexis Demetriades (MA Visual Communication, 2018) and Henriette Holz (MA Information Experience Design, 2018) for their work on this project with Hammersmith and Fulham Council
@LBHF
! 👏👏🔥🔥
Check out the new colourful road crossing we’ve installed in North End Road with the help of
@RCA
&
@FMConwayltd
It forms part of our community-led redesign of the high street as we work with businesses, traders & residents to make it a more thriving & welcoming destination.
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We were saddened to hear of the death of designer Ken Garland last week.
Ken taught at the RCA in the 1970s-80s, and revolutionised both the teaching and practice of graphic design. His renowned 1964 manifesto, ‘First Things First’ called for a humanist approach.
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#ShowRCA
2018 will showcase exciting work from over 800 art and design postgraduate students from across the Schools of Architecture, Design, Communication and Arts & Humanities.
23 June – 1 July.
@RCAartshuman
@RCAarchitecture
@rcadesign
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A new voice in architecture, Shawn Adams (
@Shawn_Steveland
) is forging his own space in industry having recently won the
@ArchitectsJrnal
Student prize for his
@RCAarchitecture
graduate project and co-founded community organisation
@Poor_collective
.
>>>
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🙌 Huge thanks to Wolfgang Tillmans who took our MA Photography students on a virtual tour of his studio this week! 📸
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Noticed our
#RCA2022
fonts?
@bionicreading
highlights the initial letters in a word so your brain can fill in the rest – it can make reading easier for
#neurodiverse
audiences.
Find out how we're working towards
#accessibility
in our graduate shows ↓
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Its Convocation day
@RoyalAlbertHall
tomorrow for all our graduating students. Congratulations and have a wonderful day!
#RCAconvocation
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Artist &
@RCAartshuman
research student Wayne Binitie is collaborating with the British Antarctic Survey to create a soundtrack of air bubbles being released from ancient Antarctic ice cores. He spoke to
@BBCRadio3
's
@R3TheVerb
on his research.
Listen >>>
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Read all about it:
@s_weidenbach
announced as the first
@V_and_A
Gilbert Collection Resident
@AlumniRCA
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Peter Gabriel gives a beautiful response on behalf of the honorands - 'This is your time... Go out there and do it. We're watching.'
#RCAConvocation2018
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'The world is very very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don’t look very much...I do.' David Hockney
We're ready to enter the world of 1962 RCA Alumnus David Hockney in a new exhibition opening next month
@_lightroomldn
.
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#SHOWRCA
IS OPEN! Head to
#KensingtonRCA
,
#RCABattersea
,
#RCAWhiteCity
& The Workshop, Lambeth to see the work of the RCA class of 2018! Open daily, 12–6pm. Closed 29 June. On until 1 July 2018.
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Love to see this! Over half term
@RCAarchitecture
grads from
@Poor_Collective
have been busy working with young people from
@CarneyCommunity
, a youth centre neighbouring our Battersea campus. Part of a collaboration with RCA Community Engagement &
@wandsworthart
. Check it out 👇
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What makes the RCA so special? Watch a 3-minute film that celebrates every past, present and future generation of RCA students and staff from
@RSAfilms
,
@alumniRCA
Ridley Scott’s production company.
Watch in full:
#GenerationRCA
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A message from...David Hockney: 'Do remember they can’t cancel the spring' via
@TheArtNewspaper
#GenerationRCA
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Watch our MA Contemporary Art Practice Tutor,
@Tai_Shani
in conversation with Amy Hale on 'The Neon Hieroglyph' this Thursday 15 April at 7pm!
'The Neon Hieroglyph' is Tai Shani's first ever online artwork and is commissioned by
@MIFestival
.
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Get creative this summer. Join one of our brand new
#RCAShortCourses
. From
#Coding
to
#AI
, Fashion
#Innovation
&
#ArtWriting
, we offer you access to our world-leading researchers, practitioners & facilities.
Find the
#SummerSchool
for you:
#StudyinLondon
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