News: the Royal College of Art is investigating claims that one of its graduates plagiarised an existing design after a Finnish company complained that its reusable packaging concept had been copied. More about Royal College of Art investigates plagiarism claim
Royal College of Art graduate Sungsin Eo has designed a foam display and seating system for museums to present information to children in an engaging and playful way (+ movie). More about Sungsin Eo designs foam display system for child-friendly exhibitions
This conceptual project by Royal College of Art graduate Johanna Schmeer builds on developments in nanotechnology to create synthetic foods for feeding the world's burgeoning population (+ movie). More about Johanna Schmeer imagines the future of food with Bioplastic Fantastic
Royal College of Art graduate Yu-Chang Chou has developed a "return and reuse" packaging system to help online retailers reduce waste (+ movie). More about Yu-Chang Chou develops a reusable packaging service for sustainable online shopping
This inflatable bag by Royal College of Art graduate Peng You is designed to keep electronic devices safe from knocks and bumps. More about Peng You's Fugu bag inflates to protect your gadgets
Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has redesigned the umbrella, paring it back to a pop-up canopy with six parts so it can recover from being blown inside out (+ movie). More about Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts
Graduate designer Yerin Do presented leather clothes hooks that slot into wooden surfaces to make them look like they're infested with fungi at the Royal College of Art degree show, which opened last week (+ slideshow). More about Yerin Do adds leather "parasites" to wooden furniture
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Oluwaseyi Sosanya has designed a loom for 3D weaving and used it to create a shoe sole, presented at the institution's annual degree show (+ movie). More about Oluwaseyi Sosanya invents 3D-weaving machine
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Ying Chang has created a modular system of furniture based on a two-dimensional grid system used for architectural drawing and graphic design (+ movie). More about RCA graduate Ying Chang takes graphic design’s grid system into three dimensions
Royal College of Art student Yen Chen Chang has used conductive yarns and threads to create tactile interfaces for electronic products that work by stroking, stretching or squeezing knitted objects (+ movie). More about Yen Chen Chang's knitted sensors control everyday electronic products
This flexible seating structure by Finnish designer Kirsi Enkovaara can be rolled and folded into a plethora of configurations to support the body in comfortable or strange positions (+ movie). More about The Body by Kirsi Enkovaara can be twisted and folded to create endless seating shapes
Design graduate Matej Chabera presented a shelving system that comprises three interchangeable desktops at the Royal College of Art (RCA) show, which opened in London on Monday. More about A Shelf of Tables is three desks in one shelving unit
Design graduate Mireia Gordi i Vila presents a flexible and reusable packaging system for valuable goods at the Royal College of Art (RCA) show in London, which opened today (+ slideshow). More about Reusable Fragile packaging forms a protective skin around delicate objects
Bright waves of colour ripple through the sleeves of these garments held together with tabs and slots rather than stitching, designed by Royal College of Art graduate Katherine Roberts-Wood. More about Undulating sleeves create "optical effect" in Katherine Roberts-Wood's fashion collection
Steel corset boning holds together garments made from thin layers of cork and horsehair canvas in Royal College of Art graduate Louise Bennetts' fashion collection. More about Louise Bennetts constructs fashion collection from cork and horsehair
Models were joined with trains of fabric in fashion graduate Marta Jakubowski's collection during the Royal College of Art catwalk show yesterday. More about Marta Jakubowski connects RCA fashion collection with fabric trains
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architects will soon be able to walk around inside 3D sketches of their projects and edit their designs as they go, according to the team behind the revolutionary Gravity Sketch 3D drawing pad. More about Drawing in 3D will soon be as "intuitive as sketching with paper"
A wearable 3D-printed eyeglass that monitors breathing and pupil size to measure what people find interesting online has been developed by students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College (+ movie). More about Headpiece monitors sensory responses to digital content for intuitive bookmarking
A group of students from the Royal College of Art have invented a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions (+ movie). More about Gravity tablet makes 3D drawing "as easy as doodling on a piece of paper"
Design students from London's Royal College of Art have created a mysterious floating spherical object that drifts through public spaces recording conversations and plays them back when there's nobody around (+ movie). More about Space Replay floats hauntingly through spaces echoing its surroundings