The RSA Student Design Awards is an annual international competition for higher education students who are committed to finding innovative solutions to social problems. The competition challenges students to think differently about design by tackling briefs focused on real world … Continue reading
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Graduate Show 2017
When the Year Four group got together in March to choose a theme for this year’s Graduate Show, they came up with the word ‘filter’. From that, they pursued lines of enquiry into social, political, cultural and contemporary issues that … Continue reading
Gemma Aylward
medaura Medaura, making hospital experiences a little less painful with a supportive mobile app and pack. Hospitals are busy chaotic places and the staff’s main priority is to get you well and out of there. The majority of long term … Continue reading
Leszek Barcikowski
transfection CRISPR: a very recent scientific discovery in genetics could soon revolutionise the world and possibly introduce irreversible changes to the human genome, changing humanity forever. A system found in primitive bacteria is used by scientists as a precise scissors … Continue reading
Eva Byrne
symbiotic Symbiotic is a conference to educate and empower young people in group dynamics and leadership. It is a 3-day conference that informs the audience that leadership is not an individual person or the role of one person but rather … Continue reading
Lorna Chan
feed As a primarily online community, 62% of adults now receive news on social media. Debate exists in relation to the functionality of social media as a form of news media. Social media platforms employ algorithms to curate the user … Continue reading
Colin Davitt
type archives A typography project which preserves traditional graphics and sees time invested in becoming a reference point for creating design with an aged aesthetic. This was a completely selfish project in the sense that it was in my own … Continue reading
Kate Finnerty
happiness This brief investigates and clarifies the idea of happiness and what can sway people’s moods towards happiness. Since 40% of a person’s overall happiness is based on intentional activity, that subject matter is the area of focus for the … Continue reading
Alice Greene
not another musical outbreak! To this day, people have misconceptions about musical theatre due to its ‘unnecessary’ outbreak into song – the phony sheen, stereotypical and unbelievable situations that musicals can contain. What audiences often don’t see is the underlying … Continue reading
Sarah Healy
sabotage In recent times, there has been an inter-generational debate that ‘slanguage’, created on the internet, is sabotaging the English language. I disagree. Language is always changing, always evolving to reflect what’s happening in culture. We must also acknowledge that … Continue reading
Amie Heenan
uncover The cosmetic industry continuously sees consumers being manipulated by the language used in advertising, selling and the hidden ingredients in common cosmetic products. As religious cosmetic buyers, we are constantly being blinded by names, prices, fictitious words and technology. … Continue reading
Laura Ellen Kelly
encore film festival Films introduce us to worlds we never knew existed. They have a big impact on how societies interact with each other. Unknown places become locations we long to go to. Unfamiliar ideas suddenly have context. ENCORE is … Continue reading