Industry projects
We run an extensive industry project and
events programme to encourage collaboration between
our students, industry partners and potential employers.
We work with a range of companies to set live project
briefs and create placement opportunities for students.
These include companies such as Samsung, Barclays,
Royal Shakespeare Company, We Are Social and
VF Corporation amongst many others.
Marks and Spencer
Every year our second year product
design students spend eight weeks
developing innovative and sustainable
food packaging designs, to live
briefs set by the M&S Packaging
and Technology team. Students are
supported by specialist tutoring and
regular client feedback, as well as
being given the opportunity to visit
back and front of house at an M&S
store. At the end of the project seven
students are shortlisted to pitch their
designs at M&S head office, and one
winner is then selected for a six
month paid internship.
BBC Radio 4
Ravensbourne Animation students
collaborated with BBC Radio 4 to
bring their series ‘A British History
in the Weather’ to a wider audience.
They were given exclusive access
to the scripts and invited to pitch
animated interpretations of excerpts
from the programmes. Seven teams
pitched their storyboards and
samples at the BBC, and all were
then commissioned to develop
them into full pieces. The students’
work was incredibly well received,
with Claire McGinn (Head of BBC
Radio and Music Production) saying
“They are lovely - moving, subtle and
beautifully done. What a fantastic
partnership!”
Lee Jeans
In 2016 our second
year students from
BA (Hons) Fashion,
BA (Hons) Fashion
Buying and BA (Hons)
Fashion Accessory
Design worked
collaboratively on an
industry brief set by
VF Corporation, the
company behind iconic
brands including Lee,
Vans and Wrangler.
Students were tasked with
working together to design
and brand new denim
concepts, inspired by the
Lee ‘Body Optix’ range. They experienced what it would be like
to set up a new fashion business, by p roducing a clothing range,
undertaking market research, developing a brand and pitching
to the client. The final projects were exhibited at an industry
showcase and the three winning teams each won a £2,500 prize.
“We were extremely impressed with the
students’ designs and how they used the
traditional techniques usually used with
denim in a new way.”
Steve Zades, Global Vice President
of Transformational Innovation
at VF Corporation
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