IDE (MA/MSc) Students

  • Claudia Arnold

    Claudia Arnold

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    Claudia Arnold 2016 Intake

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    I’m a Product Design graduate from Central Saint Martins, who worked briefly in the field before working in the music industry. I returned to study at RCA/Imperial to explore my interests of Time, Light, Sleep and design for real life, and how human inertia can affect design solutions.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Jacob Boast

    Jacob Boast

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    Jacob Boast 2015 Intake

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    My background is in mechanical engineering and design. I like to be hands-on, making things and trying ideas out with new concepts, products, methods and manufacturing processes.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Paco Böckelmann

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    Paco Böckelmann 2017 Intake

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    In 2014 I obtained my degree in Creative Technology from the University of Twente. Before joining IDE I worked in design engineering and specialised in 3D printing of steel and other manufacturing techniques. My current interests are in biomimicry, advanced manufacturing, sustainability and social design. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Andy Carrera

    Andy Carrera

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    Andy Carrera 2016 Intake

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    After studying Aerospace Engineering at Delft, I wanted to apply my skills to create a better world. This lead me to the Ellen MacArthur foundation, and Circular Economy. My aim at IDE is to use design & engineering to make big ideas real.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Duncan Carter

    Duncan Carter

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    Duncan Carter 2016 Intake

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    Current interests and projects include:  generative and computational design, acoustic modelling, material programming techniques, artificial animal products, cradle to cradle design and cause selection in humanitarian interventions.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Raakhi Chotai

    Raakhi Chotai

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    Raakhi Chotai 2016 Intake

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    I graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Economics and Politics in 2012, before joining Contagious magazine as a staff writer, where I covered technology, design, innovation and consumer culture. At IDE, I get to put my editorial knowledge into practice.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Sarah Cronin Rodger

    Sarah Cronin Rodger

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    Sarah Cronin Rodger 2016 Intake

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    I come from Galway, Ireland and I studied Mechanical Engineering at undergraduate level in Trinity College Dublin. I'm currently interested in human-centred design with a focus on the intersection of design, politics and disaster.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Christian Domehl

    Christian Domehl

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    Christian Domehl 2017 Intake

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    My Background is Industrial Design. The focus of my past projects was put on medical design, which I want to extend based on my current interests in to sustainability and off-grid living.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Yuanjing Dong

    Yuanjing Dong

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    Yuanjing Dong 2016 Intake

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    Dreaming of making contributions to human beings, I began my study in IDE this year from a Jewellery Design background. My enthusiasm to geography turns into my main interest in solving environmental issues and also my hobby in travelling.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Will Fazackerley

    Will Fazackerley

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    Will Fazackerley 2016 Intake

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    I grew up in the Midlands and have a background in product design engineering. My passions are sustainability, food design, design education. I’m here to expand my design thinking and experimental process to become a fully hybrid designer.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Arthur Gouillant

    Arthur Gouillart

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    Arthur Gouillant 2016 Intake

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    MEng in General Engineering. Interests combine emerging arts and technologies, social norms, myths and the fringes of reality. 

    Probing futures with criticality, I aim at revealing how technology and design shift our perspectives.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Niki Göransson

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    Niki Göransson 2016 Intake

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    Background in Fine Art and Graphic Design. Interested in design interactions, technology and education, and creative methods. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Sarsenbek Hazken

    Sarsenbek Hazken

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    Sarsenbek Hazken 2015 Intake

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    My BSc degree is astrophysics background, now an innovation design engineering MA/MSc student in RCA/ICL. My interesting fields: Concept Invention, Industrial design, Applied Physics/Mechanical engineering, Architecture, Prototyping, Robotics, Market positioning and branding.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Nick Hooton

    Nick Hooton

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    Nick Hooton 2016 Intake

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    I studied General Engineering and have since worked as a Geotechnical Engineer and at a Medical Technology startup. Interests include off-grid living, mindfulness and wild swimming. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Bassam Huneidi

     Bassam Huneidi

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    Bassam Huneidi 2015 Intake

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    I can't sing or dance but do both in abundance. I am very interested in the marriage between nature and technology as a way to make the planet more sustainable.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Jacob Jelen

    Jacob Jelen

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    Jacob Jelen 2016 Intake

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    London based innovator and designer. Thinker, tinkerer, maker, breaker, day dreamer, night reader, space explorer... Interested in finding original ways to use technology, media and materials.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Viraj Joshi

    Viraj Joshi

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    Viraj Joshi 2016 Intake

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    Viraj Joshi is a design led inventor who has great love for design speculation and futures and a draw towards developing projects through working prototypes. His final solo project in IDE is about tangible interfaces. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Ahreum Jung

    Ahreum Jung

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    Ahreum Jung 2015 Intake

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    I am interested in reinterpreting and imagining possible futures of the self, culture, and sustainability. My work ranges from understanding memories and intuition, hacking the food system, and creating bio-materials of the future.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Anisha Kanabar

    Anisha Kanabar

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    Anisha Kanabar 2016 Intake

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    I am from London and my background is in Mechanical Engineering. My main objective is to design for ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’; I describe myself as a human-centred thinker, hoping the combination of engineering and design can have a positive impact on the world. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Manoj Sahi Kumar

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    Manoj Sahi Kumar 2017 Intake

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    A dreamer-doer by instinct, a global nomad by choice, and an entrepreneur by mistake. Exploring human–nonhuman ways of living. Co-founded robotics startups in India, S. Korea and Japan. Graduated in Mechatronics Engineering.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    http://manojsahi.com/

  • Rara Larasati

    Rara Larasati

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    Rara Larasati 2016 Intake

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    Curious and always thinking. She studied Industrial Design in Indonesia. Super enthusiastic to learn about people and the culture that shapes their behaviour. She wants to help people reclaim capability of controlling their life with design and currently working on projects related to social design, mobility and urban living. She spends her free time doing hackathons and drawing comic illustrations. https://issuu.com/larasatigunyuu/docs/larasati-portfolio_2017___

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

     

     

  • Elena Larriba Andaluz

    Elena Larriba Andaluz

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    Elena Larriba Andaluz 2015 Intake

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    I was born in Badajoz, Spain. I started using media and photography as an expression tool since I was studying Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Working in the context of urban landscape I love exploring ways to activate and regenerate the city.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Ivy Liang

    Ivy Liang

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    Ivy Liang 2015 Intake

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    Ivy is a hybrid designer interested in the relationships and interactions between humans, technology and society. Ivy is more into making trouble then solving problems. She considers design as a media to bring the audience into an alternative world so that they can experience the "what-ifs".

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Huishan Ma

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    Huishan Ma 2015 Intake

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    My background is Industrial Design. What I am focusing on now is designing a wearable device that can collect energy from human activity and the environment for use on an individual scale. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Eirini Malliaraki

    Eirini Malliaraki

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    Eirini Malliaraki 2016 Intake

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    Guerrilla randomness-reducer.
    Ingredients: technology, design, entrepreneurship, and philosophy.
    Interests include artificial and natural intelligence, culture, AI ethics, and the future of human and non-human society.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Dougie Mann

    Dougie Mann

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    Dougie Mann 2016 Intake

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    With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a passion for Design, I'm looking to explore my creative abilities and take this unique approach to Engineering into the workplace. I love to travel and get out into the mountains for snowboarding and biking.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

     

  • Nathaniel Martin

    Nathaniel Martin

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    Nathaniel Martin 2016 Intake

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    Creative technologist with a background in social sciences. Currently interested in designing interactions for augmented reality interfaces. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    www.natmart.in

  • Ben Moffatt

    Ben Moffatt

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    Ben Moffatt 2015 Intake

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    Design Engineer with background in Mechanical Engineering. Interested in how small scale innovations can create widespread societal benefit. Currently developing AI for mental health and the future of digital security.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    www.benmoffatt.co.uk

  • Joe Muller

    Joe Muller

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    Joe Muller 2016 Intake

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    Background in Mechanical Engineering. Involved in human-orientated technological design.Interested in (realistic) machine learning/IoT R&D. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Leslie Nooteboom

    Leslie Nooteboom

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    Leslie Nooteboom 2015 Intake

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    Innovation Design Engineer with a background in Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. Involved in the early years of Imperial spin-off startup SAM Labs and 2013 World Champion Solar Racing. Currently working on autonomous vehicle interactions and smart home environments.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    www.leslienooteboom.com

  • Theresa Ohm

    Theresa Ohm

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    Theresa Ohm 2015 Intake

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    I was born and raised in Germany in a family of foundry engineers,where early on I discovered my interest for technical products, the genius behind them, their material, texture and function. My main aspiration is to innovate through speculative design.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Amos Timi Oyedeji

    Amos Timi Oyedeji

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    Amos Timi Oyedeji 2017 Intake

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    Backed by a BEng in Product Design Engineering, I hope to grow as a responsive design thinker. I’m passionate about developing beautiful consumer electronic products that embody the latest technologies.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Hamza Oza

    Hamza Oza

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    Hamza Oza 2016 Intake

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    I have a Mechanical Engineering background and have always been curious about how things work. I enjoy building things physical & digital. I relish taking ideas and turning them into something tangible. At IDE, I want to use design thinking to solve human problems holistically and exhaustively.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Pascal Rommé

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    Pascal Rommé 2017 Intake

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    I come from a fashion and textile background. Interested to make technology mingle with materiality and know-hows, to produce work fostering sensuality and expressivity, compassion and togetherness, to explore a non-anthropocentric humanity.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Bianca Russo

    Bianca Russo

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    Bianca Russo 2016 Intake

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    My background is in Visual Communication and Design, product-oriented (Italy, Polytechnic of Turin). I came to London to start a new adventure, to explore the world around me with creativity, curiosity, innovation, design and engineering tools. 

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Daljinder (DJ) Sanghera

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    Daljinder (DJ) Sanghera 2015 Intake

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    Daljinder is interested in interaction design, the relationship humans have with objects and the art of leveraging design to provoke behavioural change. DJ founded IdeaHouse Design a prototype design consultancy intended to transform wild ideas into tangible prototypes.

    Location

    Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

     

    http://www.dsanghera.com

  • Eun Kyung Shin

    Eun Kyung Shin

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    Eun Kyung Shin 2015 Intake

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    My background is industrial design and I am from South Korea. While I studied in my university, I worked at Universal Design Lab with professors and seniors. I have an interest in convergence design which is currently the new trend in the design industry.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Karlijn Sibbel

    Karlijn Sibbel

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    Karlijn Sibbel 2017 Intake

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    Bachelor of Product Design. My work mainly focuses on reimagining materials and the way we create objects, specifically by using natural processes and phenomena as tools and sources of inspiration.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    www.karlijnsibbel.com

  • Stephania Silva

    Stephania Silva

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    Stephania Silva 2017 Profile

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    Stephania Silva is a transdisciplinary creative interested in Technology, Sustainability and Business and she is eager to explore new disruptive market innovation opportunities that will benefit users and society. Currently she is working on her dissertation about Innovation for death and life extension.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Andrew Slack

    Andrew Slack

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    Andrew Slack 2015 Intake

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    Andrew has worked in practice at both architectural and urban scale with a key focus on community engagement through educational workshops and localised interventions. His personal interest is in the social impact of design and how the design process engages at a social and economic level.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Ryo Tada

    Ryo Tada

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    Ryo Tada 2017 Intake

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    My background is architecture. I have worked in UK and Japan for 6 years as an architectural/interior designer after graduating from Kyoto University. My design approach is analyzing human behavior and implementing it to design.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Carolyn Tam

    Carolyn Tam

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    Carolyn Tam 2016 Intake

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    Carolyn is a design engineer with architecture background. Her interest lies in reshaping how we relate to our environment, by incorporating narrative designs with advanced technology. Carolyn has experience in built projects, where she specializes in conceptual ideation, computational design and fabrication.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

     www.tamchiyan.com

     

  • Reto Togni

    Reto Togni

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    Reto Togni 2015 Intake

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    I graduated in Industrial Design from Zurich University of the Arts. I love well made, clever products and smart ways of making them. My past projects include furniture, lighting, installations and transportation and a key aspect of many of those is enabling new, surprising ways of using ordinary things.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Flora Weil

    Flora Weil

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    Flora Weil 2017 Intake

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    Seeking to create learning experiences to develop social impact technology, I have worked on projects ranging from AR app development to hydrogen fuel cell design. I want to relate emotional tangibility to innovation as an engineer, artist, and aspiring difference maker.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

    www.florawl.com

  • Rao Yin

    Rao Yin

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    Rao Yin 2017 Intake

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    My background is industrial design. I'm interested in medical products and the usage of old things and something abandoned by people. I also have passion about designing for elderly people. The most of existing products for the aged looks dull, clinical and colorless. For me, I don't want to use these products when I become old. So I try to design for my own senior life.

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA

  • Keren Zhang

    Keren Zhang

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    Keren Zhang 2017 Intake

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    I’m a Product Design graduate from Center Academy of Fine Art.  And Focusing on the industrial design and the service design, and strive to integrate life aesthetics and design thinking. I think the perfect product need combine with technology and concept and can solve the real problem for the world, which is the main reason of why I want to study in IDE at RCA  

    Location

    10 Princes Gardens,
    South Kensington,
    London
    SW7 1NA