Key details
Date
- 10 September 2020
Read time
- 3 minutes
(Un)finished. is an exhibition of selected work by RCA2020 MA Design Products graduates as part of Brompton Design District at the London Design Festival.
Key details
Date
- 10 September 2020
Read time
- 3 minutes
Dates: 12–20 September 2020
Times: 10am–6pm
Location: 35-36 Thurloe Place, Kensington, London SW7 2HP
The exhibition presents two intertwined aspects of design: processes and finished outcomes. Visitors can expect a changing curated showcase of ‘finished’ objects as part of a traditional exhibition, alongside a workshop hosting daily residencies where designers will be seen making pieces. (Un)finished. will recreate the collaborative environment of design studio spaces that was lost due to the pandemic.
In line with latest Government advice, visitors to (Un)finished. will be required to wear face coverings inside the exhibition – one of a wide range of careful measures put in place to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all.
Georgia Cottington (MA Design Products, 2020), said: ‘(Un)finished. is our response to these unpredictable times. The pandemic not only drove the sentiment behind the show but also the design; the exhibit can be viewed by visitors one by one but also through the windows of 35 Thurloe Place, like a cabinet of curiosities’.
Selected highlights of (Un)finished include:
- A reimagining of the white cane, as a tool for mobility for people with visual impairment using ultrasonic and infrared sensors to detect the environment (designed by Eric Saldanha).
- A collection of earthenware cups sourced and produced in location, that question the delicate system of supply and demand during a crisis (designed by Max Hornaecker).
- A tile made from recycled glass which enables people to grow microgreens in their own home, and storage system for the fruit and vegetables in urban apartments without using electricity (designed by Lea Randebrock).
- A tableware set that contains fragments found in the foreshore of the River Thames with the aim to give these fragments a second life (designed by Maria Ramon Vazquez).
- Open-source tools that can be utilised with locally available containers and knowledge for domestic cultivation of Spirulina, a blue-green alga rich with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and is a plant-based source of complete protein (designed by Anya-Muangkote).
Design Products is an MA programme at the Royal College of Art that brings together a diverse cohort from all over the world. The programme encourages proactive designers who can tackle both real world and future challenges through balancing high levels of creativity and technical delivery with contextual insight, empathy and diversity. Testing and pushing the boundaries of design. The 2020 graduates work explores the themes of social, environmental, material, wellbeing, interaction and speculative futures.
Full list of designers exhibiting: Elliot Lunn, Georgia Cottington, Eric Saldanha, Rashmi Bidasaria, Roc H Biel, Max Hornaecker, Lea Randebrock, Xiyi Wu, Maria Ramon Vazquez, Minsu Kim, Rowan Vyvyan, Roseanne Wakely, Oliver Hawkes, Andrew Scott, Guorong Luo, Anya Muangkote, Aliki Siganou.
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For further information please contact media@rca.ac.uk
Notes to Editors
London Design Week: 12 – 20 September 2020
Exhibition: (Un)Finished.
Dates: 12 – 20 September 2020
Times: 10am–6pm
Location: 35-36 Thurloe Place, Kensington, London SW7 2HP
About the RCA
The Royal College of Art, the world’s number one university for art and design, provides students with unrivalled opportunities to deliver art and design projects that transform the world.
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