Archived projects

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Design

Make Fashion Circular

Project

10 Jun 2019

In partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Make Fashion Circular Initiative, the RSA is working with young designers to change the fashion system.
Cities of Making

Project

05 Jul 2017

This project explores opportunities for strengthening urban-based manufacturing in European cities.
Bright Spark

Project

30 Apr 2015

Bright Spark seeks to empower students and educators through a new mindset found in the process of design thinking. We believe design thinking offers a unique integration of problem based learning with hands on interactivity and entrepreneurial solutions with human centered insights.
Premiums

Project

10 Dec 2014

Since 1754 the RSA has run open prize challenges called 'Premiums' to tackle social and economic problems. The topics vary but the underlying insight remains the same: by harnessing the creative power of many diverse minds, tough problems become easier to fix. We continue to run these challenges when the need and the opportunity arises, and the RSA's distinctive approach can help.
Royal Designers for Industry

Project

10 Dec 2014

The RDI award that began as a means by which to enhance the status of designers today remains the highest accolade for designers in the UK and is conferred to those who have shown sustained design excellence, work of aesthetic value and significant benefit to society. Only 200 designers may hold the title at any time.
Self-employment

Project

10 Dec 2014

The number of people working for themselves has reached a record high. Yet there is still much that we do not know about them. Our aim is to plug this gap in thinking and explore the reasons why greater numbers are turning to self-employment, what this means for our economy and society, and how we can support them to achieve their potential.
RSA Student Design Awards

Project

10 Dec 2014

The RSA Student Design Awards (SDA) challenges emerging designers to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking.
Design in the School Curriculum

Project

01 Jan 2014

In theory, and especially if you ask designers, design has the potential to unlock a practical competence, a critical spirit and a creative, resourceful optimism in young people. Teaching them design should enhance their ability to learn, respond creatively to challenges, and actively participate in society’s evolution.