Geraldine Spilker combines ashes with resin to create mementoes of the dead
French-German design student Geraldine Spilker has developed a process of binding ashes with resin, creating a tactile object from cremated remains (+ slideshow). More
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Marlène Huissoud creates products with the help of insects
Graduate designer Marlène Huissoud has used materials made by bees and silkworms to craft a series of vessels and furniture (+ movie). More
Poohtown by Nick Elias uses Winnie-the-Pooh to bring happiness to 1920s Slough
Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). More
Elly Ward's conceptual tower offers a vision of a child-friendly vertical city
A mile-long street provides play space in this conceptual skyscraper by RCA graduate Elly Ward, which examines how children's experience of and contribution to city life can be enhanced (+ slideshow). More
Anja Kempa's fantastical drawings imagine an artificial spring in Tokyo
Intricate drawings by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Anja Kempa present a vision for how spring could be recreated in Tokyo, once cherry trees fail to blossom because of climate change. More
Shai Langen covers bodies in liquid latex fabrics and fermented dough
Emulsified liquid latex stretches over bodies and fermented dough drips from skin in this movie by graduate textile designer Shai Langen. More
Wiktoria Szawiel fossilises natural fibres in resin furniture collection
Patterns of woven natural fibres emerge from this milky resin furniture by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Wiktoria Szawiel (+ movie). More
Mediumwave by Jake Rich is a pod-shaped microwave on wheels
Kingston University graduate Jake Rich has redesigned the common household microwave – adding wheels, a domed removable lid and a light that changes intensity with the power (+ slideshow). More
Oliver Richardson stacks kitchen utensils into miniature totem poles
These sets of kitchen utensils by Kingston University graduate Oliver Richardson stack into totem-pole arrangements in the order they are likely to be required (+ slideshow). More
Pavilions based on mythical creatures make up Haaris Ramzan's story-telling guild
The disputed territory of the Kashmir Valley becomes a fantasy realm for children, where story-telling pavilions are accompanied by dragons and jinns, in this project by Bartlett architecture graduate Haaris Ramzan (+ slideshow). More
Sungsin Eo designs foam display system for child-friendly exhibitions
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
Johanna Schmeer imagines the future of food with Bioplastic Fantastic
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
Yu-Chang Chou develops a reusable packaging service for sustainable online shopping
Royal College of Art graduate Yu-Chang Chou has developed a "return and reuse" packaging system to help online retailers reduce waste (+ movie). More
Wen Jing Lai mixes knives and forks with chopsticks to create Westiental cutlery
Kingston University graduate Wen Jing Lai has fused western and eastern cutlery to create a series of hybrid eating utensils. More
Anna Czaniecka shapes kettle like mugs to save water when making tea
This kettle by Kingston University graduate Anna Czaniecka is shaped like two mugs so the user can precisely measure how much water to boil for cups of tea. More
Peng You's Fugu bag inflates to protect your gadgets
This inflatable bag by Royal College of Art graduate Peng You is designed to keep electronic devices safe from knocks and bumps. More
Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts
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
Yerin Do adds leather "parasites" to wooden furniture
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
Oluwaseyi Sosanya invents 3D-weaving machine
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
RCA graduate Ying Chang takes graphic design’s grid system into three dimensions
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