From the official Press Launch:

IMDC is the house of RCA’s Clever Mobility MA program and leads analysis on the intersection of individuals, mobility and expertise inside a fancy and altering city and world surroundings.

In 2016, Hyundai Motor UK Ltd and Kia UK Ltd made a donation to ascertain the Hyundai- Kia Innovation Laboratory.

This was the primary industry-funded analysis lab launched at IMDC. The Group and its Hyundai, Kia and Genesis manufacturers partnered with IMDC to foster the inventive exploration of the way forward for mobility. Within the laboratory, the crew collaborates on analysis initiatives that conceive and discover new areas in mobility programs, automobile design, digital expertise integration and transport experiences.

RCA will host a signing ceremony for the partnership renewal this night at its Battersea campus, which will probably be attended by alumnus Peter Schreyer, Government Design Advisor together with firm representatives from Korea.

RCA has a long-standing relationship with Schreyer, who earned a Grasp of Automobile Design at RCA in 1980. Schreyer obtained an Honorary Doctorate from RCA in 2006 and serves on the RCA Alumni Council.

The renewed partnership will assist 4 key areas, together with the Hyundai-Kia Design and Innovation Venture, Clever Mobility MA Visiting Design Fellowship Program, Customized Skilled Growth Workshops and The Hyundai-Kia Scholar Awards.

As a part of the Hyundai-Kia Innovation Laboratory, the interdisciplinary Hyundai-Kia Design and Innovation Venture will probably be performed with IMDC employees and a specific group of RCA college students. The mission define and course will probably be mutually agreed by the companions and will probably be supported by Schreyer within the function of Visiting Professor.

For the Clever Mobility MA Visiting Design Fellowship Program, various designers from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis will go to the IMDC through the 12 months. Every Visiting Fellow will co-develop a design analysis mission with IMDC colleagues and obtain devoted mentoring assist in design and analysis from the IMDC crew.

4 customized skilled improvement workshops will probably be delivered yearly for the fellows and Group employees. These will concentrate on varied topics, similar to IMDC metropolis mobility, new automobile typologies, and future-facing automotive design points, similar to sustainable design and autonomy.

The annual Hyundai-Kia Scholar Awards will present alternatives for your entire RCA pupil neighborhood to refine their understanding of mobility challenges and mobility creativity whereas creating an understanding of related {industry} propositions.

Official statements

“The Royal School of Artwork is a spot the place artwork and design be part of collectively in dialogue, offering an surroundings for college kids of all totally different cultures and backgrounds to encourage one another and work collectively,” mentioned Peter Schreyer, Government Design Advisor to Hyundai Motor Group. “By no means once more in life, can college students work as free-spirited and unburdened as right here.”

“The Hyundai-Kia Innovation Laboratory Epitomises the sort of collaborative and industry-focused analysis that we champion right here on the RCA,” mentioned Dr. Paul Thompson, Vice-Chancellor of the Royal School of Artwork. “We thank Hyundai Motor Group for his or her continued assist and look ahead to writing the following chapter in our partnership.”

Professor Dale Harrow, Chair of the Clever Mobility Design Centre and Head of the Clever Mobility Design programme added: “I’m delighted that Hyundai Motor Group have agreed to assist the IMDC and the Hyundai Kia Innovation Laboratory with a substantial donation. It will enable us to collaborate on many new analysis and design initiatives over the interval and I want to thank Professor Peter Schreyer particularly for his continued assist to our self-discipline and schooling.”

(Supply: Hyundai)