It also acts as an important platform for postgraduate students to test their ideas before embarking on a professional career.

According to wallpaper.com, this year’s innovative designs include musical crockery produced by Alex Hulme, bicycle storage solutions from Dominic Hargreaves and a clothes horse for the modern era from Therese Glimskar.

A table designed to be easily dismantled by Lewis Taylor and a table shade from Olivia Decaris which can be lowered and raised to create an indoor/outdoor effect are two of the other highlights of the exhibition, which runs until July 5th.

In his introductory speech, Sir Christopher noted that interior design had assumed even greater importance in the wake of the recession.

He said that today’s students “have a particularly important role to play in difficult times – as Franklin D Roosevelt realised when he launched the Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal, in mid-1930s America”.

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Located in the heart of London, our courses are taught by internationally renowned artists, practitioners and theorists.

The College has access to state-of-the-art facilities and outstanding research resources, contributing to an outstanding creative and intellectual environment. As well as welcoming students from around the world, the College’s global dimension is enhanced through partnerships with leading art and design, cultural and educational institutions and though extensive links with business, both nationally and internationally.

The College is the only wholly postgraduate university of art and design in the world – where students and staff study and practice art in a design environment, and design in an art environment. Our Royal Charter, granted in 1967, specifies that the purpose of the College is “to advance learning, knowledge and professional competence particularly in the field of fine arts…through teaching, research and collaboration with industry and commerce”.

According to the most recent figures, an average of 92% of our graduates gain work in directly related employment and at the right professional level. Recognised for the outstanding quality of its graduates, the College boasts such note-worthy alumni as Sir James Dyson, Thomas Heatherwick, David Hockney, Tracey Emin, Christopher Bailey, Julien McDonald, Alison Jackson, Idris Khan, David Adjaye, AOC, Suzie Templeton, Sir Ridley Scott – the list goes on.