Royal College of Art Intelligent Mobility

07/03/2022

The RCA Intelligent Mobility course is delighted to announce the second in our series of online degree show presentations.

On Wednesday 9th March, Simon Loasby, Vice President and Head of Hyundai Style Group will be joining Professor Dale Harrow, Dr Chris Thorpe and a group of our latest graduates for our second session online webinars discussing the work based around the theme of "Humanising Technology".

Our Postgraduate students will be presenting work of exceptional quality, imagination and technical skill, with visionary design proposals to a wide range of mobility, vehicle and user experiential future opportunities and scenarios.

You are warmly invited to attend this weeks' Webinar event which will include round table discussions along with final project presentations by our students.

EVENT DATES / REGISTRATION LINKS
March 9th, 1pm-2pm UK time (GMT)
RSVP in advance for Webinar below:
https://rca-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wdPxZ_73QmS8k0-JCTTDLQ

23/02/2022

Professor Dale Harrow and Dr Chris Thorpe are delighted to announce the dates for the virtual Intelligent Mobility MA Degree Show which will be taking place in March 2022. Postgraduate students will be presenting work of exceptional quality, imagination and technical skill, with visionary design proposals to a wide range of mobility, vehicle and user experiential future opportunities and scenarios. You are warmly invited to attend the following Webinar events which will include round table discussions along with final project presentations by our students. You are welcome to attend one, two or all three events.

EVENT DATES / REGISTRATION LINKS

Webinar 1: Wednesday 2 March 2022 | 1pm until 2pm

Theme: Automotive Transitions
Industry Speaker: Pratap Bose (Chief Design Officer, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.)

RSVP in advance for Webinar 1 below:
https://rca-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SM2OwbnsSvKwR7f4XhclWw

10/06/2020

RCA itelligent Mobility MA 2020 Virtual Degree Show.

Professor Dale Harrow and Dr Chris Thorpe are delighted to announce the dates for the virtual Intelligent Mobility MA degree show which will be taking place in June and July.

Postgraduate students will be presenting work of exceptional quality, imagination and technical skill, with visionary design proposals to a wide range of mobility, vehicle and user experiential future opportunities and scenarios.

You are warmly invited to attend the following Webinar events which will include round table discussions along with final project presentations. You are welcome to attend one, two or all three events.

Webinar 1: Wednesday 17 June | 1pm until 2pm
Theme - Automotive Transitions
Industry Speaker: David Beasley, Principle Designer, McLaren Automotive Ltd

RSVP in advance for Webinar 1 here:
https://rca-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/7115910010893/WN_BWEdJIipRX2BBwzrUsMw_w

VIP Private Virtual Presentation by Head of Programme - Tuesday 16 June from 2pm until 4pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to book a private presentation.

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Webinar 2: Wednesday 24 June | 1pm until 2pm
Theme - Humanising Technology
Industry Speakers: Joe Simpson, Senior Design Strategist, Volvo Car Corporation

RSVP in advance for Webinar 2 here:
https://rca-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/5815910038353/WN_yKQC-qsSSXqrDWBrVpLmQw

VIP Private Virtual Presentation by Head of Programme - Tuesday 23 June from 2pm until 4pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to book a private presentation.

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Webinar 3: Wednesday 1st July | 1pm until 2pm
Theme - People & Places
Industry Speaker: Paul Priestman, Co-founder and Chairman of PriestmanGoode

RSVP in advance for Webinar 3 here:
https://rca-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/4915910047548/WN_HOeRvBOYScOUSKRsDI6luw

VIP Private Virtual Presentation by Head of Programme - Tuesday 30th June from 2pm until 4pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to book a private presentation.

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After registering for the webinar event(s), you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar(s).

21/01/2020

***INTELLIGENT MOBILITY DEGREE SHOW***
2nd year students from MA Intelligent Mobility Programme will be showcasing their final projects next month
at RCA Kensington
Private View: 19 February | 6-9pm | Register through link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ma-intelligent-mobility-degree-show-2020-tickets-85078099887
Open to Public: 21-23 February | 12-6pm | Free entry

On behalf of Professor Dale Harrow and Dr Chris Thorpe, we are delighted to announce the Intelligent Mobility MA degree show which will be taking place 19-23 February 2020 at the Royal College of Art, London. 22 postgraduate students will be presenting work of exceptional quality, imagination and te...

25/06/2019

It was great to welcome Martin Uhlarik, Tata Motors UK Head of Design, to the RCA Intelligent Mobility course today. Martin's insightful, entertaining and thought-provoking lecture covered his his career and work at Tata, the challenges that face the automotive and mobility industries (particularly in rapidly developing markets)and the ever-growing and developing role of both Design and the Designer: " Car design isn't rocket science, its social science"

17/05/2019

More photos from yesterdays CarDesignnews Sketch-Off event with RCA Inteliigent Mobility studetns Hui Li and Dain Kim's 35minutes sketch design work

17/05/2019

We were delighted to attend the first CarDesignNews sketch-off event ate the London Motor Show yesterday. RCA Intelligent mobiliy was represented by students Hui (Kevin) Li and Dain Kim. Students from fellow transportation, automotive and mobility courses at Aston, Coventry and Staffordshire along with the RCA had 35minutes to create a sketch to a brief of ‘How does the next James Bond move around the city? "
It was great to see RCA Student Hui Li win the £500 first prize with his sports car with integrated monowheel/segway-like persuit vehicle to be used for chasing vilans in narrow congested streets. . Many thanks to CarDesignNews, Forge Design, Bridge of Wier and Ultrafabrics,as well as the London Motor Show for creating, sponsoring and supporting this great event.

https://cardesignnews.com/articles/news/2019/05/cdn-sketch-off-at-the-london-motor-tech-show

22/03/2019

RCA Intelligent Mobility graduate Olli Seppala discusses his design thinking and presents his concept design for the course project we did with Land Rover during the Summer/Autumn term. He used his experiences from his National Service in the Finnish Army, as well as his views on Environment, Climate Change and Disaster relief, to shape his views of what a future Land Rover Defender should be.

21/03/2019

Here is a review of last months inaugural RCA Intelligent Mobility MA degree show from Wallpaper magazine:

The graduates of The Royal College of Art’s inaugural Intelligent Mobility degree course unveiled the fruits of the student’s labours last month. The London-based Master of Arts course attracts designers from across the globe and was renamed from Vehic...

20/03/2019

The idea of Intelligent Mobility Design goes a lot further than simply looking at vehicles. Our recent RCA IM graduate Riccardo Petruzzi decided to take a different approach to solving the problems of traveling around a city on public transport with his "Bring your own seat" project.
The result: a piece of smart clothing that offers the wearer protection and private space when travelling

19/03/2019

As part of our Intelligent Mobility first year core curriculum, we undertake a Grand Challenge collaborative project with other courses in the School of Design. This year we partnered with CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.

In January, 374 Royal College of Art Design students, working in 74 interdisciplinary teams, supported by 16 CERN tutors and 16 RCA tutors, were given four weeks to devise workable solutions to global problems.

The four winning teams have just returned from visiting the Large Hadron Collider and presenting their work at CERN.

The RCA’s Grand Challenge in collaboration with CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, demonstrates how innovative and disruptive technologies…

16/03/2019

The Royal College of Art School of Design will be holding an open day on Saturday 23rd March from 1pm-4pm. If you are interested in applying to the Intelligent Mobility MA course, we will be on hand to talk to prospective applicants, answer questions and discuss the details of the course. https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/college-wide-open-day-march2019/

Tickets to the open day can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/college-wide-open-day-school-of-design-tickets-55903579110