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Hybrid Cars Make Cities Quieter

Lara Platman | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Aaron Copland, Mark Levinson, Royal College of Art, Cars, Lexus, Petrol Prices, Callas, Automobile, UK Lifestyle News
Lara Platman

Listening to Maria Callas singing Puccini's Tosca, recorded in the mid 1960's at the Royal Opera House London, I realise that the sound system in this Lexus RX450h is rather good indeed, the recording now going on for 50 years, full of scratches is a host of history of its own.

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World's Lightest Running Shoe Created With 3D Printer By RCA Student

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: UK News, London Olympics, London 2012, Design, Royal College of Art, Luc Fusaro, Olympics, UK Tech News

A design student has created what might be the lightest running shoe ever made. Luc Fusaro, who is also part of the team which designed the Lon...

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Reinventing the Blazer: Brioni and Royal College of Art Tailoring Project

Joao Paulo Nunes | Posted 05.08.2012 | UK Style
Read More: London, Fashion, Rca, Menswear, Royal College of Art, UK Style News
Joao Paulo Nunes

The entries for this year's Tailoring Project competition organized between Italian menswear Brioni and London's Royal College of Art (RCA) were unveiled on 31 May 2012 at a runway show where the college's menswear and womenwear graduates also showed their final collections.

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There's no Business Like an Art Show's Business

James Payne | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Art, Hans Ulrich, Exhibitions, Royal College of Art, UK Art, Payne-Shurvell, Andrew Curtis, UK Entertainment News
James Payne

People often ask how we choose artists and curators, decide on shows, make press contacts etc. In the first of a series, I will attempt to explain the inner workings of a gallery and hopefully demystify how small independent galleries like ours put shows together.

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James Long Menswear Spring/Summer 2012

Joao Paulo Nunes | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK Style
Read More: Edward James, Mexico, Dolce & Gabbana, Las Pozas, Man Bag, Baby's on Fire, Riccardo Tisci, London, London Fashion Week, Brian Eno, James Long, Spring/Summer 2012, Versace, Glam Rock, Givenchy, Royal College of Art, UK Style News
Joao Paulo Nunes

It was clear, from the moment the first model took to the runway to the initial notes of Brian Eno's 1973 glam rock song 'Baby's on Fire', that the au...

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Lou Dalton Menswear Spring/Summer 2012

Joao Paulo Nunes | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK Style
Read More: UK, London, London Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2012, Charlie Allen, Stone Island, Swan Lake, Crucianni Knitwear, Hamish Morrow, Lou Dalton, Royal College of Art, UK Style News
Joao Paulo Nunes

Lou Dalton's menswear collection for spring/summer 2012, shown on 21 September 2011 at London Fashion Week, proved to be one of the most successful an...

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'Project Context': Exploring the Creative Dimensions of Drawing

Joao Paulo Nunes | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK, Film, John Berger, Architecture, University of Westminster, Juhani Pallasmaa, London Metropolitan University, University of Sheffield, London, Education, James Joyce, Bartlett School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, Project Context, Ulysses, Drawing, Ireland, Ucl, Royal College of Art, UK Universities & Education News
Joao Paulo Nunes

"A drawing of a tree shows, not a tree, but a tree-being-looked-at" John Berger, 'Drawn to that Moment' When Project Context was initially made publ...

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