Royal College of Art

innovation services

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InnovationRCA provides a gateway for business partners and graduates to access a range of innovation capability services within the Royal College of Art.

Innovation Practice for Business is a training and development programme that offers a range of tailored events – innovation days, expert forums, innovation workshops and thinktanks – drawing on the Royal College of Art’s knowledge network. More...

Research Associates RCA is an applied research programme that teams new College graduates with business partners on one-year projects in the area of innovation through people-centred design. This programme is run by the Helen Hamlyn Centre. More...

Challenge Workshops is a programme for professional designers in industry that focuses on techniques in inclusive design practice as a tool for innovation. Piloted by the College’s Helen Hamlyn Centre, Challenge Workshops are run with the Design Business Association as well as leading companies such as Nokia, BT and Reckitt Benckiser. More...

Rapidform RCA offers state-of-the-art rapid prototyping facilities to realise, physically and technically, innovation outputs by graduates and business partners of the RCA. More...

RCA Studio Projects enable business organisations to work directly with key design schools and departments of the College on bespoke new product collaborations. Heal’s, Mothercare and the National Trust have all commissioned projects recently. More...

Gifu Invited Overseas Designer Programme enables RCA graduates to work in Japan with companies in the Gifu prefecture to develop new products for the world market. More...

Secondment into Knowledge is a knowledge transfer programme run by the London Development Agency that enables small firms in London to work with design experts at the Royal College of Art.