Student Design Awards news and events

Sophie Hague: me and my education

Blog

17 Nov 2023

Sophie Hague

Sophie Hague, a 2022 Student Design Award winner, explains how design helped to identify the learning techniques that worked for her.

The Student Design Awards' most ambitious year yet

Blog

25 Sep 2023

Anna Markland

Learn about our legacy of active inclusion and our commitment to making 2023-24 the boldest and most far-reaching Pupil and Student Design Awards cycles yet.

Century of innovation

Feature

04 Sep 2023

Anton Howes Anna Markland

The Student Design Awards celebrate 100 successful years supporting visionary products.

Designing our futures: The 2023 RSA Student Design Awards

Public talks / Video / Online

27 Jun 2023

Great Room and Online

This special event celebrates the 2022/23 RSA Student Design Awards programme and the power of design to shift systems and shape the future.

Student Design Awards 2023: meet the shortlist

News

09 May 2023

Aoife O'Doherty

The RSA Student Design Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced. Across nine briefs, 70 students are working to bring positive social change to people, place and planet.

Inclusive solutions

Feature

21 Sep 2022

Jillian Linton

The winners of the 98th cycle of the RSA Student Design Awards (SDA) are shifting their understanding of who design is for by prioritising inclusive design solutions.

Join our 2022 launch events

News

09 Sep 2022

RSA Design Awards: A celebration of design

Blog

09 Aug 2022

Aoife O'Doherty

We recently Celebrated the winners of the Student Design Awards and the Pupil Design Awards 2022, at our ‘Designing our futures’ event. Learn about our awardees and their innovative designs.

Shortlist Announcement 2022

News

29 Apr 2022

The RSA Student Design Awards 2022 Shortlist has been announced. Across nine briefs, 79 students are working in teams or individually that the judges cannot wait to interview in May.