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Publications

The RSA Design Department produces publications from time to time which are available, upon request, free of charge. To receive a copy of any of the publications listed, please contact janet.hawken@rsa.org.uk

Social Animals: tomorrow's designers in today's world by Sophia Parker

Booklet

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Are we the Champions? Designers and the co-creation of public services

Booklet

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You know more than you think you do: design as resourcefulness & self-reliance by Emily Campbell

Booklet

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Design Directions: three years of designing the difference (2006)

Booklet

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Design Directions Review 2005

Leaflet

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Design Directions Review 2004

Leaflet

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SDA Review 2003

No longer available

SDA Review 2002

No longer available

SDA Review 2001

CD-ROM

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SDA Review 2000

CD-ROM

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SDA Review 1999

No longer available

Moving Forward: New Design for Old

Sue Hewer (2000)

Sue Hewer, fomer head of the RSA design department, returns to former New Design for Old project winners to review how inclusive design methodologies have affected their work since.

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Countering Complacency

Jeremy Myerson (1999)

No longer available

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Linking Industry with Education (1999)

1999 marked the 75th anniversary of the Student Design Awards. This scheme has successfully matched the needs of education and industry over the past 75 years by setting annual projects which are challenging and realistic. This report details the research carried out by the RSA on the relevance of student placements in industry today, asking such questions as:

  • do student placements still have a valid role in the education process at the end of the 20th century?
  • how do companies value placements?
  • are there models for new ways of working?

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Student Design Awards: 75 years of excellence

Charles Darwent (1999)

Commissioned to celebrate 75 years of the SDA, this publication gives an illustrated history of the lasting impact of the awards on British design, industry and education. Contributions from Betty Jackson MBE RDI, Jonathan Ive, Kenneth Grange CBE RDI and Sir Christopher Frayling and others

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