Design Innovation in Plastics Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced

Design students from Northumbria University, Loughborough University and the Royal College of Art, have made it into the finals of the prestigious Design Innovation in Plastics Awards 2013, out of a record number of students who registered for the competition. For the last four years Brightworks has been a major sponsor of the annual competition, which is supported by market leaders in the fields of design and innovation. The competition was established in 1985 and is now the longest running student plastics design award in Europe. The 2013 brief challenged students to 'Save Lives', by designing a product that would help to alleviate the suffering of disaster victims. The threat of disaster, be it natural or man-made, is an ever-present concern to us all, whether flood, earthquake, act of war or terrorism. Martin Sixsmith, chairman of Design Innovation in Plastics, commented: "We need to be innovative and look at new ways to tackle any disaster, and this competition has been the perfect platform for design students across the UK and Ireland to be creative and design a product that could help make a big difference". Around 280 students from 20 universities register for the competition every year with many of these universities having now incorporated Design Innovation in Plastics into their coursework. The competition winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), in London, on Friday 5 July 2013.

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