RCA/Imperial College students bring their ideas to life with the help of KI Award

Two students undertaking the joint Royal College of Art (RCA)/Imperial College Innovation Design Engineering double masters course have been presented with awards from Furniture Makers’ Company Corporate Member KI.

The students who won the prizes, Christian Felsner and Christina Petersen, best demonstrated through their final projects an innovative way to improve future working or learning environments. Both students have received £1000.

The KI Award was given to students whose projects could help improve the product development or production process, to create better working or learning environments in the future.

The winners will exhibit their works at KI’s London offices during London Design Festival (September 2016), followed by the Young Furniture Makers’ Exhibition (October 2016) at Furniture Makers’ Hall in the City of London.

Jonathan Hindle, Group Managing Director, KI EMEA, said: “The future of the UK furnishings industry is dependent on nurturing skills and innovation. The KI Award gives us an opportunity to directly support talented individuals undertaking a world-leading course that combines the rigorous discipline of engineering with the creative problem solving fundamental to good design. We wish both Christian and Christina all the best and look forward to seeing exciting things from them in the years ahead.”