Craft and industry
In The Nature of Art and Workmanship, (2007) David Pye asserts that the difference between craft and design is that craft seeks to flawlessly repeat whereas design seeks to find unknown possibilities. Shai's research project shares that spirit and aims to challenge...
Shai Akram
Shai Akram is a designer, educator and researcher based in East London. She has an ongoing fascination with culturally or geographically specific making techniques and an enduring obsession for natural and scientific phenomena. During her MA in Design Products...
harmonising Human Material Interaction (hHMI) within spaces in flow
'Our technological advancements have connected and alienated us simultaneously from our material world and our perception of it.’ Shalini’s works largely aim to create spaces which positively influence the users’ state of being. This as a part of an in-depth...
Shalini Sahoo
‘Intentions define the essential nature of everything we create and eventually become a part of.’ In Shalini’s works and her dealings, to question this basic intention is of prior importance. As a practitioner in design Shalini Sahoo has been conversing for...
Quite Frankly: It’s a Monster Conference
Written by LDoc student Victoria Geaney, who was awarded LDoc Student Development Funds to enable her to attend the Quite Frankly: It's a Monster Conference in Australia in October 2018 Quite Frankly: It’s A Monster Conference was organised by SymbioticA and...
Raül Avilla Royo
Raül Avilla Royo is an architect and urban designer, and currently a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art. He undertook studies of architecture in Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) and in the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (AAM-USI), after...
Keynote 13: Ethics and Design Research
19th November 2018, 6pm Watch the recording here This LDoc Keynote event will be unpacking and debating issues and challenges design faces when dealing with ethics. A panel composed of Professor Rachel Cooper, David Watson and Olivia Walker will be...
Handbooks
The LDoc Student Handbook for 2022/23 can be downloaded from the link below. LDoc Student Handbook 22-23.docx
2018 Welcome Event
We would like to welcome all new and returning LDoc students, supervisors and industrial partners to the LDoc Welcome Event at the RSA on 10th October. This will be an opportunity to network, present your work, hear about other students' and supervisors'...
LDoc at LDF: Design Research Evolution
20-23 September 2018 Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore Thursday to Sunday 10am-6pm From smart materials to skateboarding, and surveillance to speculative design, LDoc's showcase embraces design research and innovation. As part of the London...
Aslihan Caroupapoullé
Aslihan is an architect and researcher in heritage and urban history. Since 2004, she has worked on a number of architectural project internationally, looking at how to strengthen the links between heritage, identity and place. Aslihan holds a BA(Hons) in...
Antonis Daikos
Antonis Daikos is a practicing architect and a PhD candidate in Fashion Exhibition-making. Following his training at Oxford Brookes University and the Architectural Association, Antonis worked on numerous commercial and residential projects in the UK, and on the...