Students

You’ll be working with a team of students drawn from across the university specially selected to work on your brief. They will be managed by a project director and a supporting academic practitioner in some cases.

Frida, Yoana, Esdras, Sophie, Ellice, Josephine, Ellie, Niall, Nathan, Tom, Georgie, Natalie, Lorena, Benedetta, Leia, Gabriel, Molly, Callum, Gaia, Imogen A, Cecily, Belle, James, Archie, Kat, Alice, Miruna, Brandon, Jack, Ronnie, Louise, Jo-Dee, Emmanuel, Natasha, Catarina, Isobel, Vanessa, Dinara and Zsofia are just some of the students who have worked for the studio.

Claire Selby

Claire is Innovation Partnerships Manager at Kingston University where she leads the studio as well a co-lead on Not My Beautiful House.

She has over 14 years ‘experience working in the education sector running commercial projects, events and training. Her specialism is listening to what the industry needs from its students and graduates, solving their challenges creatively and getting them credited and rewarded for their work. Fiercely determined to get students in places they wouldn't normally be and be recognised and rewarded for their work - she has worked with an expansive client list including Barclays, Samsung, Kingston First, Marks and Spencer, Deloitte, Wrangler and Unilever.

Claire worked with Kingston Students’ Union to open Not My Beautiful House, transforming an old PC World in 6 weeks to become a  creative meanwhile space following a successful crowdfunding campaign from the Mayor of London's Make London programme and support from RBK. The branding, interiors and furniture for the space were designed by students, over 50 have been paid for their work on the project and employed to run it. The project is now in its third year and second location- not bad for a four-month project.