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Nottingham Trent University student receives DIP award at New Designers show for innovative lattice cast concept
A new medical product designed to help people recover from injuries won this year’s DIP award at the New Designers show, for the most...
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12 hours ago2 min read


Final result announced!
De Montfort University student wins with life-saving device After a nail-biting wait for the results by our super six finalists, we were...
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Jun 214 min read


Final six students present their concepts to the judges - rising standards of entries applauded
Six very talented design students drew praise from the panel of industry judges when they got to present their concepts in the final...
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May 123 min read


Six finalists for DIP 2025 revealed!
We are delighted to announce this year’s finalists, who, addressing this year’s theme of Health and Wellbeing, have produced a diverse...
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Apr 102 min read


DIP kicks off for 2025!
We at DIP are very much looking forward to this year’s competition and are already working hard behind the scenes as entries start to...
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Jan 291 min read


DIP 2024 runner-up enjoys work placement at PDD Innovation
One of the unique features of the DIP competition is that the top three finalists are each given a placement with valued sponsors,...
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Aug 16, 20242 min read


An idea to help children with diabetes collects DIP award for innovative use of plastics
A clever and inspiring educational product to help children with type 1 diabetes has earned the Design Innovation in Plastics Robin Jones...
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Aug 1, 20243 min read


Glasgow students sweep the board at product design awards
Winner creates self-powered cleaning device for feminine products July 05, 2024 Congratulations go to students from Glasgow School of...
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Jul 6, 20244 min read


Design Innovation in Plastics: finalists earn praise for high quality of their presentations
June 04 2024 The six shortlisted candidates for the final of the 2024 Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition have just presented...
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Jun 7, 20242 min read


Finalists enjoy a specialised training course at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
Our six finalists are romping towards final judging day, thanks to an informative training course hosted by one of our valued sponsors,...
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May 8, 20241 min read


Design Innovation in Plastics 2024 Finalists Announced!
Our six finalists for 2024 have been announced for this year’s Design Innovation in Plastics competition, with judges praising the...
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Apr 25, 20243 min read


2023 finalist praises placement at Brightworks
Scott Rutherford, the Edinburgh Napier student who came third in our 2023 competition, was buzzing after spending a week at Brightworks...
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Feb 13, 20241 min read


2024 Competition Brief
Our 2024 competition brief, of Living off-grid is formally launched, as we look for products that don’t require conventional power...
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Jan 30, 20241 min read


Are plastics really the enemy in our fight to save the planet?
DIP consults one of its own committee members, Alicia Chrysostomou, to chew over this very subject, following the publication of her...
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Nov 4, 20233 min read


DIP gives award to Brunel student at New Designers Show
A student from Brunel University has won a special award from Design Innovation in Plastics for a brand new product which will help...
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Jul 22, 20232 min read


Design Innovation in Plastics 2023 winner announced!
Winning Dublin student creates new flossing device for teeth cleaning July 7 2023 Many congratulations to Christopher Kenny, a student...
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Jul 8, 20233 min read


Design Innovation in Plastics: high quality of finalists’ presentations praised by judges
05 June 2023 The shortlisted candidates for the final of the 2023 Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition have just presented...
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Jun 5, 20232 min read


Sumitomo Demag hosting DIP finalists
Thanks so much to new DIP 2023 sponsor, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag for hosting this year’s finalists in a truly excellent two-day bespoke...
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May 22, 20231 min read


Finalists announced for 2023 DIP competition
-Judges cite “innovative solutions” for challenging brief- We can now reveal the finalists for the 2023 competition, following the...
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Apr 27, 20232 min read


Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to provide new training courses for 2023 DIP finalists
We are delighted to announce that our finalists in this year’s competition are to be given a two-day training course tailored to DIP, as...
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Mar 16, 20231 min read
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