The Royal College of Art was established in 1837 which is one of the most influential art and design institution in the world. RCA is also known for its prominent alumni including David Hockney who has a progressive auction sales record at Christie’s, the inventor of the dual cyclone vacuum cleaner, James Dyson and Apple’s previous chief design officer, Jonathan Ive.
This prestigious art and design school's IED(Information Experience Design) students collaborated their creative practice of design and experience with cutting-edge OLED. Let's take a look at what kind of new experience RCA IED students created using the cutting-edge OLED technology.
The Beginning of the Luminous Harmony
![A man is holding a huge white object behind a Transparent OLED that shows blue and red patterns, and the other two students are staring at it.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-transparent-oled-d.jpg)
![A male student is operating a laptop with touch pad, and the other students are staring at the transparent display that shows a unique pattern.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-transparent-oled-dark-room-d.jpg)
Project ‘Luminous’ was named after the distinguishable self-emissive pixel technology of OLED and the creative approach of using the OLED as an art canvas. 52 IED post graduate students have applied not only for the opportunity to practice their creativity using the transparent and curved OLED panels but also for a chance of exhibiting their work in public. After a strictly impartial judging process (e.g., level of technological approach and creativity), 5 finalists were nominated and prepared for the exhibition for two months.
![A female student sitting in front of a laptop and a monitor that shows a design program is staring at some point with her chin resting on her hand.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-ide-student-2-d.jpg)
![A male student is using a laptop touchpad with his chin on his arm, and the other man is staring at the laptop monitor beside him.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-ide-student-1-d.jpg)
Luminous Harmony on Old Street
Walking down on the Old Street, the shrine of artistic inspiration known as a ‘street art canvas’, you can discover countless controversial graffiti arts by many artists such as Banksy. After two months of intense preparation, on September 28th at the Old Street Gallery, 5 final artworks were revealed.
Finale of the Luminous Harmony
The five finalist artworks went through another review by the judges and three winners will receive a prize and an exclusive tour of its R&D facilities and the hub of OLED technology in Korea.
![The judges sitting around in a circle are discussing contents of the examination with a serious look holding a paper.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-judges-d.jpg)
![Three participants are giving a presentation about the windows implemented by Transparent OLED, and the judges are focusing on their presentation.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-judges-presentation-d.jpg)
5 special judges including Marc Barto, the digital producer at Victoria & Albert museum and Kadine James, the metaverse strategist and one of the most influential female leader in digital and technology all agreed how difficult it was to select winners from such creative and distinguishable artworks.
– Marc Barto, Digital Producer at London Victoria & Albert Museum
– Kadine James, Metaverse Strategist
Finally, the winners are being announced.
- 1st place, ALPHA[BETA], Finbar Marcel
- 2nd Place, A Room with a View, Alexandra Topaz, Devanshi Rungta and Laura Selby
- 3rd place, Time-flux, Jiajing Zhao and Yueshen Wu
Finbar Marcel, ALPHA[BETA], 1st place winner
– Dr Danielle Barrios-O’neill, Head of IED at the Royal College of Art
![Several people are standing or sitting in front of a canvas with RCA, LG Display logos on it and taking pictures, some of them holding certificates.](http://dev-en.oledspace.com/en/assets/images/oled-inside/detail/INSD2022016/lg-display-oledspace-experience-rca-luminous-exhibition-award-group-d.jpg)
Luminous project has showcased the limitless potential of OLED technology and encouraged young artists. We look forward to seeing more artistic collaboration powered by the essential media art canvas, the OLED.