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Procession

Opening of Convocationby the Provost Sir James Dyson

Address by the Rector Dr Paul Thompson

Conferment of Honorary Doctorates and Presentation of Fellowships with orations by Professor Jeremy Myerson

Response on behalf of the Honorands by Paola Antonelli

Conferment of Degrees

Response from the Students’ Union on behalf of the Graduands by Ritika Karnani and Thomas Gottelier

Closing of Convocation by the Provost

Procession

Order of Proceedings

11.00am

Smoking is not permitted in the auditorium

Rector’s Foreword

Welcome to Convocation 2014. Today, 13 doctoral students, 4 MPhil and 550 Master’s students graduate from the Royal College of Art, the world’s oldest and most influential art and design university. The class of 2014 comes from some 60 different countries around the world, reflecting the truly global nature of this university.

This year for the first time ever, we are ‘streaming’ Convocation and hope that relatives and friends unable to attend today’s important ceremony will be able to enjoy the proceedings online. For students, you too will be able to witness the event afterwards as today’s recording will remain on our website over the summer months.

Huge congratulations to all of today’s graduands. You have worked hard to achieve this crowning glory, and we very much hope that you will remain close to the College over the many decades to come, remembering this institution with especial affection and pride. We are here to support you in the immediate future, through FuelRCA, and long term, through AlumniRCA. With active chapters of AlumniRCA based in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seoul – and with ambitions to establish alumni networks in other cities around the world – there is no excuse not to stay in touch with old friends, former tutors or alumni, who could help you to establish your practice as an artist, curator or designer. And of course your RCA email account will enable you to keep up to date with events here at the College. All of us wish you every success in your chosen career.

We are proud to be conferring the degree of honorary doctorate on Paola Antonelli, Alber Elbaz and Grayson Perry CBE. Their achievements in the world of art and design exemplify the levels of creative and intellectual achievement to which we, the RCA, aspire.

Finally, after the pressures and exertions of the past term, I wish you all a well-earned rest and an enjoyable summer.

Paul Thompson Rector

“Congratulations to all of today’s graduands. You have worked hard to achieve this crowning glory, and we very much hope that you will remain close to the College.”

Honorands

Paola Antonelli’s work investigates design’s influence on everyday experience, often including overlooked objects and practices, and combining design, architecture, art, science and technology. In addition to her role as Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, Paola was appointed Director of a new Research and Development initiative in 2012. She lectures frequently at high-level global conferences and coordinates cultural discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

A true interdisciplinary, energetic and generous cultural thinker, Paola was recently rated as one of the top one hundred most powerful people in the world of art by Art Review. Paola’s goal is to insistently promote design’s understanding, until its positive influence on the world is fully acknowledged and exploited. She is currently working on several shows on contemporary design; and on Design Bites, a book about foods from all over the world appreciated as examples of outstanding design.

Honorary Doctor

Senior Curator of Architecture & Design Director of Research & Development, MoMA

Paola Antonelli

“People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts.”

Alber Elbaz was born in Casablanca in 1961 and educated at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel. In 1992 he moved to New York where he spent four years as the right-hand to the legendary American designer Geoffrey Beene. In 1996 he moved to Paris to become Head Designer at Guy Laroche.

In 1998, Alber was hand-picked by Pierre Berge and Yves Saint Laurent to take over as Artistic Director of the house, until 2000. His successes in marrying age-old couture traditions with a new glamorous modernity at Yves Saint Laurent made Alber the obvious choice to take Lanvin into the twenty-first century.

Alber was appointed Artistic Director of Lanvin in 2001, where his unequivocal talent has since been recognised throughout the world. As well as receiving the International Fashion Award by the CFDA, Alber was elected Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur and voted one of Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’.

Alber’s love of women and unique appreciation of the female form is central to his design process and sets him apart as a distinctive voice in the fashion world. Consequently, a loyal following of women across the globe are continually seduced by Alber’s experimental, feminine and enduring creations.

Artistic Director, LanvinAlber Elbaz

Honorary Doctor

Photo credit: Mario Sorrenti

“Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.”

Winner of the 2003 Turner prize, Grayson Perry is one of Britain’s best-known contemporary artists. He works with traditional media – ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry – and is interested in how each historic category of object accrues intellectual and emotional baggage over time.

Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, drawing us in with beauty, wit, affecting sentiment and nostalgia, as well as fear and anger. His hard-hitting and exquisitely crafted works reference his own childhood and life as a transvestite while also engaging with wider social issues from class and politics to sex and religion.

Grayson Perry has had major solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the critically acclaimed Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman at the British Museum. His monumental suite of tapestries The Vanity of Small Differences, which were inspired by his BAFTA-winning Channel 4 series In the Best Possible Taste, are currently on a national and international tour led by the Arts Council Collection and British Council.

Fine Artist and CeramicistGrayson Perry CBE

Honorary Doctor

“I can’t resist having a joke. Artists I like, such as Breughel, put jokes in their work. I think it’s part of reflecting human life.”

Honorary Fellows

Professors Emeritus

Professor Wendy Dagworthy OBEDean of School, Material

Professor Andrzej KlimowskiProfessor of Illustration

Senior Fellows

Eric Hagman CBEFormer Treasurer of the College

Sir Mark Jones Master, St Cross College Oxford and former Council member

Margaret HickishHead, Design4Inclusion Ltd

Robert LaneDirector, Chelsea Estates Ltd

Dr Victor LoChairman, Hong Kong Design Centre

Sarah Mower MBEFashion Critic and Ambassador for Emerging Talent, British Fashion Council

Sue OsbornChief Executive, The Kingwood Trust

Anne Toomey Textile Designer and former Senior Tutor

Honorands

Fellows

Mark Byrne Administrator, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

Hilary LaurenceSchool Administrator, School of Material

Lesley O’ReillyCAD Technician and Shop Administrator

Graduands

Architecture

Animation

Design Interactions

Painting

Critical & Historical Studies

Ceramics & Glass

School of Architecture

School of Design

School of Humanities

School of Communication

School of Fine Art

School of Material

Interior Design

Information Experience Design

Design Products

Photography

Critical Writing in Art & Design

Fashion Menswear

Visual Communication

Innovation Design Engineering

Printmaking

Curating Contemporary Art

Fashion Womenswear

Sculpture

History of Design

Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & JewelleryTextiles

Service Design Vehicle Design

Chrysostomos Tsimourdagkas

Alejandro Beals

Charlotte Lucy BakerHenry Robert Beech MoleRobert James BerryPaul Gabriel BoldeanuRoderick Alexander James BowRaluca CirstocIsobel Mary Frances DaviesThomas William John DavisAnna Mary DrakesEdmund Francis Richards DruryFrancis Daniel FieldClaire Louise HintonRen Jie HuangAmelia HunterThomas KendallMisha KingTseng Janice LauMichael LimAndrew Thomas MatthewsEmily NormanAdrian PerkinsJames William Hastings PocksonMatthew John PowellRowan Elanor PradyThomas William Pembroke PriceShoichi SadoAimee Phoebe SalataAndré Sampaio KongRichard Alexander SprogisRujamas SuchatoAndrew ThomsonAlexander R A TurnerBenjamin TurnerElly Ward

PhD

MPhil

MA

Architecture

School of Architecture

Sungsin EoKarolína FinkováNorman FuesslerWei GeNaomi Lenora GrieveLeon KačinariGabriel Leite Ribeiro Bueno SantosJaekwang LimElina LoukouEdward MulliganJakob OesterreicherVitarat PariyawatakulPatiya PullketSabrina SummerRob Hesketh VinallGuannan WangJa-Yoon Yoon

MA

Interior Design

Olivia Francesca WrightWeilong XieWilliam Young

Christopher AnyangoWook ChoiCaroline ClaisseJaap de MaatDavid HedbergAlexandra Rose Buist HookHyunchung KimMelissa Parker KimAndreas KollerWeiwei LiangJiayu LiuElizabeth May RabyDaniel SamsonPeter Shenai

Marcus Leonard ArmitageJessica AshmanMirjam Ruth BakerPeter CairesAnnlin ChaoJoseph ClarkJesse CollettAlice Katherine DunseathSophie Koko GateIsaac HollandHannah JacobsIgnatz Johnson HighamStephanie Thandiwe JohnstoneStephen McNallyNicolas MénardSarina NiheiAna StefaniakAna TortosThee TosayanondYingqi Wang

MA

MA

Animation

Information Experience Design

School of Communication

Catrin Morgan

Catherine Rogers

Kirsten Elisabeth AbildgaardAntonio BertossiSarah Josefine Tronborg BorupMegan BrooksDavid Brian BurdenMatthew John BurdenTimor DavaraSofia Johanne DrescherYves FrancoisDavid Michael GibsonFee GreeningLuke Tudor GriffithsEstelle Flora Myriam JauneaudNina Elizabeth JørgensenLaura JouanJiwon JungMashiho KamedaIngeun KimSuhee KimSigne Emma KristjansenSarah Louise LippettJohannes ManiaHarvir Kaur MannAlessandra MarianiMarie MatheronEsa Antero MatinvesiMegumi MoriokaBillie Miranda MurabenPolly O’FlynnYoungju OhTheodoulos PolyviouThomas RadclyffeDespina RangouChristian Henning SchmeerJörg SchwertfegerJingjing Shen

PhD

MPhil

MA

Visual Communication

Jonas SkafteRyan SmithXiaoxue TianSotiris TsakirakisTomohiro TsushiRémy-Alban ValtonAbbie VickressBoo Arvid Fredrik WallinHayley WarnhamYinan ZhangSavvas Zinonos

Roland Lamb

Avantika AgarwalEliza Christine Axelson-ChidseyOffer CanfiMatěj ChaberaYen Chen ChangYing ChangErika CrossGangjian CuiAyca DundarKirsi EnkovaaraVincent FanJessica FüglerJulia GeorgallisMireia Gordi Vila

Amina Abbas-NazariMohammed Jaffar AliStephanie May Bickford-SmithKathryn FlemingLukas FranciszkiewiczMarcel HelmerZoë HoughLingxizhu MengJennifer MoroneHenrik NieratschkerAdam PeacockAlexa PollmannLana Z PorterChanning RitterPromila RoychoudhuryJohanna SchmeerDaniel TauberSures Kumar Thoddu SrinivasanAnastasia Vikhornova

PhD

MA

MA

Design Interactions

Design Products

School of Design

Forrest HallGreta HauerJoel HoffMatthew HouseWen-Ling HuangAlexandra Peyton HubbellIona InglesbyMarkos IoannidesDustin JessenJuri KarinenTaehun KoYu Kyung LeeChuhan LiangSamuel Plant DempseyLambert RainvilleMarcin RusakTino SeubertRuixue SongOrnella StoccoYasuhiro SuzukiLaurence SymondsAdelaide TamAlexandra TheunissenFederico TrucchiaRenee VerhoevenTomomi WhittakerPeng You

Yen-Ting Cho

Govind BalakrishnanNell BennettAndreas Timothy BilickiYifei ChaiDabo ChenYea Won ChoiYu-Chang ChouCarine ColléGuillaume Romain CoucheMichael CurrinCharles M DoomanyMikolaj DymowskiThomas EsslRodrigo García GonzálezSanya Rai GuptaNiklas HagemannJack Christopher HooperJulia Victoria JohnsonYoo-Jin JungJewon KimNa Young KimHankak LeeSol LeeMatthew Lydiatt EltonYuki MachidaFotini MarkopoulouJulian Paul MelchiorriZachary MitchellJunior Akimy NgwenyaLise Sperling PapeDaniela Maria Paredes FuentesPierre-Yves PaslierFlorian PuechTimothy SadlerJoseph SmithOluwaseyi SosanyaPeter SpencePaul Stawenow

PhD

MA

Innovation Design Engineering

Thomas TredinnickAshley Frederick WiltshireAnna Berenika Wojdecka

Maryam Al-SemaittIban Benzal MuñozLaís de Almeida dos SantosMarion FerrecBohyun HanMyoung Hwan HanVivienne HeyhoeTae-Young KangHye Won LeeSebastian Nause-BlümlAnna Maria Helena PöyryMagda RokRoman David SchoeneboomJulia SchrotIrene Yen-Hsuan ShihJaana Liisa Aleksandra TarmaKatharine WakelyKyungsik Yoon

MA

Service Design

Pierre AndlauerSelim BenhabibFrancesco BinaggiaAndrea BottiglieroAlexander Oskar Johannes BrinkFrank BrownJannis CariusRobert CrickNicholas Lee DunderdaleYalim ErkayaYuan FangZishi HanHoe young HwangMinwoo HwangAlexander Richard Ibbett

MA

Vehicle Design

Inkook JungKaramjit MatharuJiyeong ParkSean ParsonsAkash PatelHenri PeugeotDaniel QuinlanStephen RussellJed SheahanPeter ten KloosterWeiyi WangXiangyin YaoJi Won YunSiduo Zhang

Cristina Claudia Cojanu LatschenbergerEve May Torlesse Peasnall

Stephan BackesAnna Louise BernardAlan Kin Lung ChanGoran Benedict Jury ChanterLauren CohenDebra FearYvonne Yiwen FengNeil HaasRoy Michael ImmanuelNicholas William JohnsonMee Young KimAbraham KritzmanTamiko KusuharaGemma Caren LoweChao LuJonathan LuxIsaac Edward LythgoeTom NashJames Kwok Hon NgMichael Andrew PageMarlene Hettie SteynAlexis Jane StraussJohn TholeRobin von EinsiedelGleb VysotskiIsobel WohlZadie Xa (Sadie Cha)Isabel YellinJaeyeon YooGuimi YouVivien Yuewei Zhang

PhD

MA

Painting

School of Fine Art

Claire AbrahamGeoffrey James BartholomewPin-Hui ChenThomas ClatworthyMarco GodoyFelicity HammondDominic HawgoodKatarina HruskovaMandukhai KaylinDaewoong KimShin Wook KimJana KoelmelPetra KubisovaAlix Florelle Naima MarieYulia MarkmanHelen Mary McGhieHemya MoranVictoria Mariel ProffittIda Maria Charlotta TaavitsainenEmma WalkerPeter Watkins

MA

Photography

Hadas AuerbachDaniel John AugustineWeixin ChongAdam ClarkeChudamani ClowesGabriele DiniPauline EmondTheodore Victor Ereira-GuyerAlice GauthierHolly Christina Alexandra GrahamChristian Andrew JaskolkaSophia Marinkov JonesChang LiRei MatsushimaAnastasia MinaVangeli Moschopoulos

MA

Printmaking

James Cheen Fuen SeowJeroen Gerardus Hubertus Benedictus van DoorenBenjamin Howell ZawalichJian Zhou

Adriano AmaralStefania BatoevaGabriel BirchJosephine CallaghanRobert Cervera AmblarJulia CurtinMark EssenFreya GabieRodrigo Garcia DutraCharlie Godet ThomasKatrin HanuschRichard Charles HardsTheodore Lander Giotto Harper-DavisRussell HillJosie HillmanAnna HughesVesta KroeseSeul Ki LeeBeatrice LozzaChristopher MinchinNeža Agnes MomirskiAmelia Newton WhitelawAlida Rose Jean SayerYves SchererDavid Jesse Teager-PortmanJason ThomsonYandi WangJonathan Ridal WilliamsonTiantian Zhu

MA

Sculpture

Duncan Peter Cook

Rio Jade AliEmily Rachel BeberLucy Hughes BiddleJessie BondPascale Cumming-BensonGiulia DamianiSusanna Iony Davies-CrookJessica Rhiannon FlemmingKeren GoldbergJames HollidayJay McCauley BowsteadCecily McNamaraHannah Jane NewellRenyi NgLiza PremiyakElizabeth RigganSean William Stoker

PhD

MA

Critical & Historical Studies

Critical Writing in Art & Design

School of Humanities

Stefano CagolNuria Querol

PhD

Curating Contemporary Art

Anna Carol CliffordJoseph George Perry ConstableMatan Yakov DaubeYuval EtgarKatherine Anne FinertyMelek Huma KabakciDunya KalanteryGrzegorz LeńczukPaula López ZambranoTarini MalikAugustina Matusevičiūtė

MA

Dorothy ArmstrongGeorgia Lauren CherryHollie ChungSophie CopeLuisa CoscarelliSteffi Ibis DuarteCharlotte FlintSwati Venkatraman IyerTomoko Kikawa-SanchezFrancesca Louise KubickiHannah LeeElodie MalletZenia Jill Xiao-Bi MalmerLani McGuinnessTania Mikaela MessellNicholas John PettersStephanie Frances SuttonAnn-Sophie ThwaiteJosephine TierneyCaterina TiezziElizabeth Frances Tregenza

MA

Alice Kezia TwemlowPhD

History of Design

Aisha Mazin StobyYou Na ShinZsuzsanna StánitzAngelica SuleMargrethe TroensegaardMiloslav VorlíčekVictor WangRitz Wu

Michele Kirstine JamesMin Jeong Song

Maham AnjumSun Ae Kim

Flavie AudiDaniel BowranIsobel ChurchRachel CoxAndrew DeemEmma FinchHarumi FosterSorsha GalvinRiikka Sinikukka HaapasaariMonette LarsenI Liang LiuAlicja PatanowskaLandon PeckHelena PladoAlison Louise ReesSabina StumbergerTana Katherine WestJonathan Charles Justin WilliamsEwelina WisniowskaMelina Xenaki

PhD

MPhil

MA

Ceramics & Glass

School of Material

Justin Alves KhanAlexander BenekritisSungbin ChoJohanne DindlerRiona HorroxJung Sun KimJi Hyun LimNatalija MencejRaj Mistry

PhD

Fashion Menswear

Faye Eloise OakenfullEllen Hedermann PedersenDan William James Prasad

Louise AnnisGe BaiGabrielle Esther Marie BeauLouise BennettsAmy Patricia BrawnCaitlin Louise Charles-JonesNam Jung ChoiIda Gro ChristiansenWonjee ChungOlivia Victoria HansonLucie Marie HardouinEmma Rosanna HardstaffAnnika Emilia HeikinheimoMarta JakubowskiJames KellyJo MillerChloe Felicity OrangeKatherine Roberts-WoodEva-Maria SuvisteJanni Emilia TurtiainenJanni Annina VepsäläinenZoë Waters

MA

Fashion Womenswear

Goldsmithing, Silversmithing,Metalwork & Jewellery

Jade Elizabeth AgerTove AronssonRui BaoNoémie Doge LemaireJacob ErixsonTimothy GasbarroMahtab HannaPolly HorwichDorry Yun-Chin HsuEunice Ying-Hsien Kuo

MA

Maryam MottaghiYoujin NamHanxun QiuNiels Sigsgaard RanheimsæterKali RatcliffeKate Varner RieppelChong ShiSofia Anna WinbergHan Xu

Elaine Marie Igoe

Flett Kate Ricardo BertramLucy BirleyKaila CoxClaire de QuénetainUpasana Dhruv DivakarMaria Ana Duarte SilvaDaisy Sarah Louise EllisGeorgia Mary FisherTali FurmanJennifer GreenMoa Maria Inez GullmarstamCharlotte HetheridgeHye Jung HwangJessica HymasBethan Carnegie JonesNicola Anne JonesHyojung KimCarrie KinahanMichelle KlimanNeha LadShang-Yu LeeYingchuan LiuLida MarinkovaAlex McCarthyJustyna Anna MichalowskaHana MitsuiJi-Hee ParkFederica Tedeschi

PhD

MA

Textiles

Sofie Van AelbroeckGemma Kay WaggettRhiannon Una WilliamsAnna Elisabeth WilsonRong Jing YuSophie Olivia Clare ZajicekHan ZhangYang ZhaoMin Zhong

Alumni Relations

Alumni Relations

Congratulations 2014 graduates!

Welcome to the RCA alumni community of practising artists, designers and communication professionals.

The alumni relations programme helps you keep in touch with the College and with your fellow graduates.

As a graduate of the College you are automatically a member of the alumni community and have access to a range of events, publications, benefits and resources specifically for RCA graduates.

For full information please visit:

www.rca.ac.uk/alumni

Keep in touch and enjoy the benefits of being a part of the RCA alumni – and remember to keep us updated with your current contact details to ensure you stay connected.

The Development & Alumni Relations Team

“Convocation is the junction where you take what you’ve learnt at the College into the wider world. You join a prestigious network of alumni, and I’m sure your contribution will be as unconventional and exciting as those who went before you. Convocation is an exciting occasion for the College and for you, its talented graduates.”

James Dyson Provost

Music

Prelude and Fugue in E minorJ.S. Bach (BWV 548)

Concerto III in C MajorVivaldi – Arranged J.S. Bach (BWV 594)

1st movementAdagio

2nd movementAdagio

3rd movement Allegro

Fiat LuxThéodore Dubois

In: Nun danket alle GottS. Karg-Elert

Out: ToccataThéodore Dubois

OrganistChristopher Woolmer

Trumpeters Students of the Royal College of Music

The final trumpet fanfare features a natural trumpet designed by Silversmithing & Jewellery student, Charles Hall, and presented by Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, on the occasion of the College receiving its Royal Charter 1967. The trumpet was played at the ceremony of the installation of the College’s first Provost.

Chief Executive, Royal Albert Hall: Chris Cotton

Before the Convocation

Procession