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Royal Designers at 80: a celebration of RSA design past, present and future

Blog

01 Dec 2016

Melanie Andrews

2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI). In a special event at the RSA we looked back at some of the life-changing works of the past.
Dyslexics think differently

Blog

08 Sep 2016

Jim Rokos FRSA

Jim, a former winner of the RSA Student Design Awards, challenges perceptions of dyslexia by highlighting its positive effects and close association with design.
Designing for positive impact

Blog

25 Aug 2016

Tom Gilliford Sam Fletcher

Tom and Sam, from the RSA's own Fellowship department, talk about their experience of having learning disabilities and how good design can help.
Help the RSA become more sustainable

Fellowship news

03 Feb 2016

MSc students from Imperial College London are helping the RSA to improve its environmental sustainability and looking for input from Fellows.
Blog: Saving Design Thinking from itself

Blog

23 Dec 2015

Sevra Davis

We have arrived at a critical moment for design thinking. Sevra Davis explores how we can champion a radical new future for design.
36 Hours in Hong Kong

Blog

12 Oct 2015

Sevra Davis

Have you ever spent 36 hours in Hong Kong? Sevra Davis has! As the RSA Director of Design and Challenges and Student Design Awards, Sevra was invited to Hong Kong by Birmingham City University in collaboration with the School of Higher and Professional Education (SHAPE) programme at Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI).
Report: The Great Recovery - Rearranging the Furniture

Report

08 Sep 2015

Taking our unique design-focused approach to the circular economy, The RSA Great Recovery partnered with recycling and waste company SUEZ to ask the question: ‘How can we design better systems that will increase rates of re-use and reduce the quantity of bulky items reaching landfill and incineration?’
Blog: A new day for design for social innovation

Blog

31 Aug 2015

Sevra Davis

As the RSA Student Design Awards launch their programme for 2015-16, we look at how design thinking can help create social innovation
RDInsights: Margaret Calvert

Video

13 Jul 2015

Margaret Calvert RDI, one of the most influential graphic designers of our time, speaks to fellow RDI Mike Dempsey in our latest podcast.
Blog: Why is Government relentlessly wrong?

Blog

09 Jul 2015

Anthony Painter

Governments have relentless policy failures - new planning regulations will fail yet again to confront the housing crisis. Anthony Painter asks why and what can be done.