Design Innovation in Plastics Competition
Established in 1985, Design Innovation In Plastics is now the longest running student plastics design award in Europe. It is co-organised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) and the Worshipful Company of Horners, an ancient City Livery Company that has forged strong links with the plastics industry.
Both IOM3 and the Worshipful Company of Horners play important roles in the field of education, and this award was set up to encourage plastics design innovation and best practice in our future product designers.
Further information is available from Sylvia Katz, Award Co-ordinator.
2011 competition
Full details of the 2011 competition are available here.
The competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students registered in the UK for the academic year 2010-11.
2010 competition
Dan Watson's winning entryThe theme of the 2010 competition, Refreshing Design, challenged
student designers and design engineers to create a product that addressed
economic and environmental concerns yet was innovative and ‘refreshing’. This year the award celebrated its 25th anniversary.
The winning entries tackled issues associated with water conservation, sustainable fishing, composting, sports injuries, giving up smoking, and carrying back-breaking loads on building sites.
In first place was Dan Watson from the Royal College of Art with a redeisgned trawl net to improve sustainability and reduce the environmental impact of fishing. He wins a placement with Bayer MaterialScience, Leverkusen, Germany and £1,000.
FIRST PRIZE: SafetyNet, Dan Watson, Royal College of Art. A redesigned trawl net offering an affordable way to improve the sustainability and lower the environmental impact of bottom trawler fishing.
SECOND PRIZE: Smokefree Linx, Bradley Coulson, Northumbria University. A bracelet to aid smoking cessation.
THIRD PRIZE: Stack Composter, James Shutt, Northumbria University. A garden composter that speeds up the composting process, allows easy access to the mature compost and is impenetrable to nesting rodents.
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
Precision D Shin Guard, Jaipreet Bahra, Aston University.
flow • R • spiral, Helena From, London South Bank University.
Pincer, Matthew Ince, University of Huddersfield.
Downloadable files
Details of 2010 competition (PDF 768KB)