Superhuman
Meredith Thomas ventures into the weird land of the cyborgs at the Wellcome Collection
The Fashion Designer - Emma Amoafo
Emma Amoafa is a third year medic. After a day on the ward most students can only think about bedsheets but Emma has another fabric on her mind. Her embryonic label Friday Born splashes colour across the streets of London in a life-saving injection of Ghanaian vibrance. Meredith – How long
The Musician - Jyi Sim
Jyi Sim is a bubbly 3rd year aero with a enthusiasm that goes beyond the day job. Her passion for music and what it meant to her became clear as we talked. Jyi’s self produced first album Postcards from Unity draws heavily on her upbringing in Malaysia and the
The Illustrator - Mithila Shafiq
Mithili Shafiq was the archetypal scientist with a creative itch. By the end of her PhD she had decided that the itch needed to be scratched. Now she has retrained as an illustrator and is making a new life for herself in Bristol. I caught up with her over Skype
Phoenix 2012
The annual arts publication from Imperial College London
Editorial
On the auspicious 125th anniversary of this magazine one is more conscious than normal of the burden history places on the editorial yoke of such venerable publications as Phoenix. I was initially impressed with all the doubts and uncertainties you might imagine when embarking on this foreword. However even the
Brief History of Phoenix
In the 125 years since its inception Phoenix has changed its name, format and remit. In fact, in almost every way this issue would be completely alien (aliens being something of a preoccupation) to the man who founded the magazine in 1887. However it is just possible to trace a
A step towards cross-f***ing
IC joined forces with the RCA to create art inspired by science; Artifact is happening again this year
Artifact
Students from Imperial and the Royal College of Art team up in daring collaboration. Meredith Thomas reports
Your memorable Valentine
It may be a ridiculously overhyped and commercialised, but then again, we’ll take any excuse for a celebration