Robots of Brixton is a sci-fi animation by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Kibwe Tavares in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture in scenes reminiscent of the 1981 Brixton riots in London. More about Robots of Brixton by Kibwe Tavares
New Designers 2011: textile designer Orawee Choedamphai has created modular knitted screens that incorporate cable ties and Lego. More about The Fourth-Dimension by Orawee Choedamphai
Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. More about Safety Vase by Hannah Niskanen-Benady
Show RCA 2011: to continue our series of graduate projects from the Royal College of Art, here's a stool by Jack Smith that collapses when its seat is lifted. More about Folding Stool by Jack Smith
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless have invented a new manufacturing process that involves steaming polystyrene beads inside fabric moulds. More about NSEPS by Silo
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Ariane Prin uses waste from college workshops as the raw material for her on-site pencil factory More about From Here For Here by Ariane Prin
Check out all our stories about this year's Royal College of Art graduate show, including a 3D-printer that uses sunlight to make sand into glass objects, clothes that feed information to smart phones and spectacle frames made of hair. See all the stories »
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Thai designer Decha Archjananun has made a series of vases with concrete bases to hold water and wire frames to support flower stems. More about Weight Vases by Decha Archjananun
Show RCA 2011: this modular shelving unit by Royal College of Art graduate Max Frommeld is held together with clips more commonly found on garden hoses. More about Hose Clip Shelving by Max Frommeld
Show RCA 2011: here's another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a balsa wood dining chair that weighs just 1.3 kilograms, making it even lighter than Gio Ponti's famous 1.7 kilogram Superleggera chair. More about 1.3 Chair by Ki Hyun Kim
Show RCA 2011: for those who'd rather be woken by a gentle breeze or the smell of coffee than a shrill alarm, Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim has designed a clock that wakes users with the electrical appliance of their choice. More about Alternative Alarm Clock by Ki Hyun Kim
Show RCA 2011: coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. More about QR U? by Thorunn Arnadottir
Dezeen Screen: this movie by Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser shows his Solar Sinter 3D-printing machine at work in the desert, making glass objects by melting sand with sunlight. Watch the movie »
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Show RCA 2011: German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. More about The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Architecture student Ben Kirk has designed conceptual towers to replace the fast-declining bee population by shooting artificial pollinators into the air. More about London Without Bees by Ben Kirk
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves have made a collection of spectacles from human hair. More about Hair Glasses by Studio Swine
Royal College of Art student Dan Watson has designed a trawling net that filters young and endangered fish from the catch. More about SafetyNet by Dan Watson
De Hogeschool West-Vaanderen graduate Janwillem Van Maele cast this concrete side table inside a suspended fabric mould. More about Mass IIII by Janwillem Van Maele
This kettle by Ecole Nationale supérieure d'Art et de Design de Saint-Etienne graduate Estelle Sauvage uses a light bulb to heat water for a cup of tea. More about Kettle by Estelle Sauvage
This stepped cardboard installation was designed and built by Berlin University of Arts students to display their own work and meandered around a gallery at their summer show. More about UdK Bookshop 2010 by Dalia Butvidaite, Leonard Steidle and Johannes Drechsler