In conversation with Nikos and Nafeesa

The RCA Service Design programme is approaching its 10th anniversary and since graduating our first students in 2014, cohort upon cohort have been carrying the service design flag as they apply their design thinking across a diverse range of fields, challenges and sectors. We’ve been following their professional paths from afar, collaborating with them in their new roles and meeting many of them at our annual shows. This year, we’ll be working even more closely with our alumni to get a sense of how service design has evolved from their own personal perspective as well as to understand how the nature of service design is evolving as an academic discipline and practice. During WIP show 2022, ‘Next’ , we'll be running 3 informal ‘In Conversation with Service Design Alumni’ events where current students will be finding out more about our alumni’s backgrounds, how service design has influenced their career and general observations when working in particular challenge areas such as design for planet, social impact and financial services. Current 2nd year students Natsumi Tabusa and Debby Fang Hsiao are in conversation with Class of 2019 alumni Nikos Melachrinos and Nafeesa Jafferjee, Co-Founders of Quirk, a personality powered financial app for Gen Z that helps them manage their money with tailored education and financial advice.