News: the Royal College of Art will end up as a "Chinese finishing school" unless the UK government does more to encourage young people to study art and design, according to writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr. More about Royal College of Art risks becoming a "Chinese finishing school"
Threads and glue replace joints and screws in the furniture that emerges from a custom-made machine designed by Royal College of Art graduate Anton Alvarez (+ movie). More about The Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez
This factory-like building by architects Haworth Tompkins is the new home for print-making and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. More about The Dyson Building by Haworth Tompkins
London Design Festival: every scrap of material and minute of production time was carefully recorded during the manufacturing of these twelve wooden chairs, helping the Royal College of Art students that designed them to measure each one's sustainability. More about Out of the Woods at the V&A museum
These tools by Royal College of Art graduate Cheng Guo are controlled by simple mouth movements like chewing and blowing (+ movie). More about Mouth Factory by Cheng Guo
Designer Marguerite Humeau has reconstructed the vocal tracts of prehistoric creatures to capture the shrieks and grunts they might have made (+ slideshow + movie). More about Proposal for Resuscitating Prehistoric Creatures by Marguerite Humeau
Competition: continuing our series of features on new publishing ventures, Dezeen are giving readers a chance to win a copy of Useless: Critical Writing in Art and Design written by Royal College of Art graduates. More about Competition: five copies of Useless - Critical Writing in Art and Design to be won
Royal College of Art graduate James Thompson cast the spaces between objects in the college cafe and used the resulting shapes to make furniture-like sculptures. More about Parallel Architecture by James Thompson at Show RCA 2012
Royal College of Art graduate Eunhee Jo has designed a tactile speaker with a fabric control panel and a speaker that moves to the music (+ movie). More about Tangible Textural Interface by Eunhee Jo at Show RCA 2012
Movie: the final tour we filmed at this year's Royal College of Art graduate show features projects from the Architecture course including a high-rise hotel growing tropical fruit and an insect-powered office tower. More about Movie: tour of Architecture at Show RCA 2012 with Alex de Rijke
Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has invented an add-on for a stove-top coffee pot that uses pressurised steam to froth up the milk (+ movie). More about Milk Brother by Po-Chih Lai at Show RCA 2012
Movie: the third tour we filmed at the Royal College of Art graduate show features work from the Innovation Design Engineering course, including a candyfloss machine for recycling plastic and a bicycle for recycling copper from electrical wires. More about Movie: tour of Innovation Design Engineering at Show RCA 2012 with Miles Pennington
Royal College of Art graduate Shing Tat Chung has created a superstitious robot that trades on the stock market according to the lucky numbers it generates. More about The Superstitious Fund by Shing Tat Chung
Movie: in the second of four movies filmed by Dezeen at the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition in London, leader of the Design Interactions course Tony Dunne talks about selected projects including mice with the DNA of Elvis and a prototype for a biological factory. More about Movie: tour of Design Interactions at Show RCA 2012 with Tony Dunne
Royal College of Art graduate Imme van der Haak has printed photos of people onto silk shrouds so that the wearer's image is overlaid with someone else's face and body (+ movie). More about Beyond the Body by Imme van der Haak at Show RCA 2012
Graphic patterns and two-way mirrored glass create optical illusions on these furniture pieces by Royal College of Art graduate Kim Thome. More about The Reflection Range by Kim Thome at Show RCA 2012
Royal College of Art graduate Hal Watts has come up with a bicycle-powered electronic waste recycler that could save lives in developing countries (+ movie). More about Esource by Hal Watts at Show RCA 2012
Movie: in the first of four movies filmed by Dezeen at the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition in London, leader of the Design Products course Tord Boontje talks about selected projects including food containers made of radioactive soil and suits for living in someone else's skin. More about Movie: tour of Design Products at Show RCA 2012 with Tord Boontje
Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has designed a skateboard that can go down stairs (+ movie). More about Stair Rover by Po-Chih Lai at Show RCA 2012
Royal College of Art graduate Gaspard Tiné-Berès has designed slippers made from just one piece of felt and a shoelace (+ movie). More about Lasso Shoes by Gaspard Tiné-Berès at Show RCA 2012