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We’re ready for our @theRSAorg private awards ceremony! Glowing star We can’t wait to bring together our 2021 winners, partners, judges, friends and family to celebrate their award-winning work and yet another inspiring year for the RSA Student Design Awards.

The ‘Designing Our Futures’ public event will begin at 6:30pm BST where the 2021 SDA Keynote Address will be delivered by internationally renowned designer and social innovator @jeneralife - check out the link below to find out more and join us later
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Follow our thread to stay up to date as we announce our winners, get involved in the conversation by tagging us and using the hashtags #RSAdesign #ThinkDifferently and if you haven’t already take a look at the changemakers of tomorrow ⬇️
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We're delighted to be joined by all 20 Student Design Award winners tonight from across the globe, who have risen to the challenges of their time and we are delighted to welcome them into @theRSAorg community to work together to create a better future #ThinkingDifferently

We want to give a HUGE shout out and round of applause to all of our partners - the entire programme is made possible by the support of these organisations who share our belief that good design can have a wider and more impactful role in the world 👏 #RSADesign

To open our awards ceremony tonight we're delighted to welcome @AdiKujalWalia to the virtual stage, to share his story since winning an RSA Student Design Award in 2020!

Adi's winning SDA project ➡️ bit.ly/3A191zb
Adi's design work ➡️ bit.ly/3y1w8I6

We’re kickstarting our announcements introducing the winner for Brief 1: Redistributing Health in partnership with @philips

How might we design systems that provide seamless and cost-effective access to quality health services for underserved communities? #RSAdesign

Well done to our winner @dhyaniparekh for 'Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance' a systems-oriented set of resources and tools for communicating about risk and disease prevention related to human and animal health #designforgood

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wxf24A

Introducing the winners for Brief 2: A New Leaf brief in partnership with @JMFurnitureLtd and supported by @WoodlandHerita1

How might we utilise local woodland resources to stimulate inclusive and sustainable economic activity? #ThinkDifferently

Winner - Harry Peck for 'Raw Furniture' a sustainable timber furniture range grown & crafted in Cornwall utilising an array of tree species & their unwanted offcuts, with a manufacturing process supporting the diversity of local woodlands.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3zqSbJC

And winner - Marianna Lordou for 'Potium' a biodegradable plant-pot made from infected waste from mandatory felling measures in response to Phytophthora Ramorum (tree disease), creating environmental and financial growth from suffering woodlands

Read ➡️ bit.ly/2S6uLIQ

Up next the winner for Brief 3: Bridging the Divide brief in partnership with @Twitter and supported by @howtobuildpeace

How might we harness social media to bridge societal divides by supporting social connection, collective action and reducing polaristation?

Congratulations to Ella Coldray (Watson), Izzy Tippins and Jared Appleton for 'Hacked!' a board game for 8 -11 year olds that educates and informs youth on the ways algorithms can shape our everyday lives, and how to combat them

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3gmCsnw

Now introducing the winners for Brief 4: The Right to Breathe brief supported by @circular_lab, @NCRCorporation and @WorldResources

How might we ensure that everyone living in areas with poor air quality is guaranteed their right to clean air? #DesignForGood

Well done to Emily VanderMey, Liz Wang and Samantha Tung for 'Pulsair' a wearable sensor that collects worker data, teaches ways to protect themselves and reduce pollution output, and informs companies how to create cleaner work environments.

Read ➡️ bit.ly/3iNHivy

And to @embrookesdesign with 'Kuki' an air quality pet for young children, which uses gamification techniques to inspire and encourage the adoption of positive behaviours, creating responsible adults that will reduce air pollution in the future.

Read ➡️ bit.ly/35jj8kK

Next up we're introducing the winners for Brief 5: Material World brief in partnership with @BiomimicryInst and @Fibershed

How might we apply biomimicry to create textiles, processes or systems that enhance nature? #ThinkDifferently

Our first winner for Brief 5 is Kerri Cooper with 'ReDress' a plant-based medical textile made from wood-pulp bioplastic that can reduce waste and be used in the management of complex wounds #RSAdesign

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3gCjKZ5

And a huge congratulations Katie Allen @loopyewes for 'Soil-to-Soil Knitwear, Farm to Finished Product' a regenerative farming operation and clothing using minimal textile production methods to create sustainable wearables

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3pTYoJR

Introducing the winner for our Home Sweet Home brief in partnership with @Ageing_Better

How might we harness age-friendly design to ‘future-proof’ homes so they are sustainable, safe and inclusive place to live and enjoy? #ThinkDifferently

Congratulations to @athuldinesan with 'Four Walls' an app and service design concept which helps individuals to update their homes by signposting accessible home design options #RSAdesign

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3vqtdXE

Next up we have the winners for Brief 7: For the Long Time supported by @LongTimeProject and @natracare

How might we encourage people and communities to think and act for the long term? #RSAdesign

Up first congratulations to Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska with 'Community Couture' a vivid bespoke garment created using fabric waste and zero-waste pattern cutting to tell community stories and past experiences #ThinkDifferently

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3vKz2z7

Well done to Liana O’Cleirigh and Renata Dima for their winning project 'Granted' a digital tool to help migrant community organisations grow by guiding them through the process of funding, capacity building, and handover #RSAdesign

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/35zBRJ1

A round of applause to Poppy Howell with 'Solastagia' a fashion exhibition sustainably inspired by Hull’s heritage and identity that could be exhibited as part of a community conversation to imagine a future affected by rising sea levels

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/2SLcEZ9

And a big congratulations @sarahhefdesign with 'The Futures of Food' a speculative design project applying long time thinking to our food culture and eco-system, to shift the restaurant industry model towards a circular, regenerative collective

Read ➡️ bit.ly/3iHighC

Then our final Brief Moving Pictures in partnership with The Marketing Trust and supported by @CIM_Exchange and @RSAEvents

Conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of the two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content #RSAdesign

First up we have Mark Churcher with his animation 'A Sinking Feeling' a stop motion animation centred on a cube which rotates revealing different scenarios to show the various futures that are possible if we act - or not - on climate change

Watch ➡️ bit.ly/35zqwbI

And congratulations to @zoebeedoobeeda for her animation 'How to be a Good Ancestor' exploring climate change through an ancestor character, highlighting our impact on the world and the message that we can leave it better than we found it.

Watch ➡️ bit.ly/35J2ECp