RCA Christmas Fête

This Christmas if you’re bored of giving your Granny a set of hankies or your Dad another road atlas and you need a bit of inspiration, then the RCA is the perfect place to shop as it opens its first Christmas Fête to the public from 6 to 9 December. RCA students and graduates will be selling a range of affordable, beautiful and unique art and design pieces that are sure to make your friends and family smile.  Items start from as little as £2 and range from a tongue-in-cheek nativity set; kitsch chimpanzee pin cushions; a flat-pack wooden birdhouse; a folding cardboard desk light and tea-cup jewellery. This is a fantastic opportunity to pick up original Christmas gifts as well as helping to support up and coming creative student talent. The Fête will be located in a marquee on Jay Mews (just opposite Kensington Gardens) and will also feature a pop up café serving festive sweet treats courtesy of Kath’s Cakes, hot chocolate and mulled soft drinks. The Fête has been organised by the RCA Students’ Union to help promote the work of students to a wider audience. Visitors to the Christmas Fête will also be able to view the College’s 175th anniversary exhibition, The Perfect Place to Grow, located in the Kensington galleries. With free late night entry on Friday 7 December until 8pm, this will be a chance to visit both events on the same night. For Fête info and updates follow us on Twitter: @RCAevents, #RCAxmasfete This site shows only a small selection of the items that will be available for purchase at the Christmas Fête.
Nov 23

This Christmas if you’re bored of giving your Granny a set of hankies or your Dad another road atlas and you need a bit of inspiration, then the RCA is the perfect place to shop as it opens its first Christmas Fête to the public from 6 to 9 December.


RCA students and graduates will be selling a range of affordable, beautiful and unique art and design pieces that are sure to make your friends and family smile.  Items start from as little as £2 and range from a tongue-in-cheek nativity set; kitsch chimpanzee pin cushions; a flat-pack wooden birdhouse; a folding cardboard desk light and tea-cup jewellery. This is a fantastic opportunity to pick up original Christmas gifts as well as helping to support up and coming creative student talent.


The Fête will be located in a marquee on Jay Mews (just opposite Kensington Gardens) and will also feature a pop up café serving festive sweet treats courtesy of Kath’s Cakes, hot chocolate and mulled soft drinks. The Fête has been organised by the RCA Students’ Union to help promote the work of students to a wider audience.


Visitors to the Christmas Fête will also be able to view the College’s 175th anniversary exhibition, The Perfect Place to Grow, located in the Kensington galleries. With free late night entry on Friday 7 December until 8pm, this will be a chance to visit both events on the same night.


For Fête info and updates follow us on Twitter: @RCAevents, #RCAxmasfete


This site shows only a small selection of the items that will be available for purchase at the Christmas Fête.

muscar light by Lina Patsiou, £95.50 Patsiou covers low-heat ES lightbulbs with heat resistant fibre coatings to bring her lights to a comfortable temperature for direct contact. These flocked lights are therefore ideal for holding whilst you read. Learn more about Patsiou’s work and the flocking process here. Patsiou is a second-year Design Products MA student.
Nov 22

muscar light by Lina Patsiou, £95.50



Patsiou covers low-heat ES lightbulbs with heat resistant fibre coatings to bring her lights to a comfortable temperature for direct contact. These flocked lights are therefore ideal for holding whilst you read. Learn more about Patsiou’s work and the flocking process here.



Patsiou is a second-year Design Products MA student.

Birdhouse by Jack Smith, £25 Smith’s flat pack birdhouse is designed to slip into an envelope and fit through a letter box. This house is suitable for an array of small British birds including the tit family, tree sparrow and pied flycatcher. Learn the ins and outs of assembly here.  Smith graduated with an MA in Design Products in 2011. 
Nov 22

Birdhouse by Jack Smith, £25



Smith’s flat pack birdhouse is designed to slip into an envelope and fit through a letter box. This house is suitable for an array of small British birds including the tit family, tree sparrow and pied flycatcher. Learn the ins and outs of assembly here. 



Smith graduated with an MA in Design Products in 2011. 

Minimal Nativity by Emilie Voirin, £14 Voirin is a second-year Design Products MA student.
Nov 22

Minimal Nativity by Emilie Voirin, £14



Voirin is a second-year Design Products MA student.

Chimp Pins by Naori Priestly, £18 Priestly graduated with an MA in Textiles in 2007.
Nov 22

Chimp Pins by Naori Priestly, £18



Priestly graduated with an MA in Textiles in 2007.

High Tea Jewellery by Bethan Lloyd Worthington, £15 Worthington graduated with an MA in Ceramics & Glass in 2010.
Nov 22

High Tea Jewellery by Bethan Lloyd Worthington, £15



Worthington graduated with an MA in Ceramics & Glass in 2010.

Illustration by Cloé Gillies Paintings of birds from £80 to £150 Magnets for £3 Pocket mirrors for £3.50 Various other items including badges and cards will also be on sale. Gillies is a second-year Textiles MA student.
Nov 22

Illustration by Cloé Gillies

Paintings of birds from £80 to £150

Magnets for £3

Pocket mirrors for £3.50

Various other items including badges and cards will also be on sale.



Gillies is a second-year Textiles MA student.

Little People Earrings by Danyi Zhu, £20 Sterling silver Zhu is a second-year Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery MA student.
Nov 22

Little People Earrings by Danyi Zhu, £20

Sterling silver



Zhu is a second-year Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery MA student.

Nov 22

Fattelo Light by Fattelo (Federico Trucchia), £35



Trucchia is a current Design Products MA student.

Lavender Bag Chicken Drumstick by Naori Priestly, £20 Priestly graduated with an MA in Textiles in 2007.
Nov 22

Lavender Bag Chicken Drumstick by Naori Priestly, £20



Priestly graduated with an MA in Textiles in 2007.