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September 03, 2026 New work experience placement on offer for a 2027 finalist One of the UK’s leading plastic injection moulding companies has joined forces with Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) to provide a valuable work experience package for a finalist in next year’s competition. Rutland Plastics, an award-winning specialist of 70 years standing in the industry, is offering the two-week placement to bring one lucky finalist to its superb facility in Rutland, in th

In an unprecedented ‘first’ for the Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition, the judging panel has awarded top prize to joint winners for 2026, reflecting the high quality and very distinct products they created. The two winners were announced at our award ceremony in London on Friday, June 12 at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Huge congratulations to Brunel University’s Isaac Faruque with his ‘Cross Connect’ game, and Aston University’s Maya Pai,

Our fabulous final six have now presented their products to Design Innovation in Plastic’s panel of judges! After a tense but fascinating morning in London on May 8, the panel had high praise for the standards set by this year’s finalists. All six brought prototypes of their products to the final judging session and afterwards, chairman of judges, Richard Brown, said they were the strongest he had seen in the many years he had been judging the competition. This year’s c

Our six DIP 2026 finalists have just emerged from a four-day accredited training course with a fresh perspective on polymer materials science – and new ideas on how to continue developing their products. The course, held at FANUK UK’s training academy in Coventry*, and delivered by specialist polymer training organisation, Sierra 57 Consult, is a unique benefit to being a finalist in DIP 2026, this being a part of the prize. With introductory modules focusing on principles an

Six university undergraduates have just been announced as finalists in this year’s Design Innovation in Plastics competition – and have already proved they are game for a challenge. This year’s competition asked students to create a game, which could be played indoors or outdoors, be educational or just plain fun. The final six, representing Aston University, Brunel University, Coventry University, and Nottingham Trent University, will now present their prototype products

March 27, 2026 Press release A global pioneer in factory automation and computer-controlled machine tools, together with a leading training supplier to the UK Polymer industry, have linked up with Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) this year to provide a training course specifically for the competition’s 2026 finalists. FANUC UK and Sierra 57 Consult will be introducing t

Zara King, our 2022 winner, is now carving out a career for herself in the world of product design and is gradually moving closer to bringing her DIP-winning product – EasyMode - to market. EasyMode is a one-piece injection moulded bedpan for a pre-existing pulp liner to sit in. We catch up with her to see what she’s been doing since leaving university in 2023. Zara receiving her prize from Mike Birrell (Worshipful Company of Horners), for winning Design Innovation in Plast

Harry Wragg tells us what it has been like since winning the 2025 DIP competition The 2025 DIP winner, Harry Wragg, a product design student from De Montfort University, has experienced a whirlwind of questions and attention since his success in the competition, thanks to the ingenuity of his product CPR+Aid. In the aftermath of the award ceremony he was interviewed by BBC Radio, BBC TV and has had his story published on their website as well as in numerous local newspapers

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 innovative use of plastics. New Designers is the design show which enables over 2,500 graduates to present ideas to industry professionals and this year the award sponsored by DIP went to Jake Inglis from Nottingham Trent University. His winning design was Morphopaedics, an advanced polymer orthopedic lattice cast designed to be used as an alte

De Montfort University student wins with life-saving device After a nail-biting wait for the results by our super six finalists, we were...

Six very talented design students drew praise from the panel of industry judges when they got to present their concepts in the final...

We are delighted to announce this year’s finalists, who, addressing this year’s theme of Health and Wellbeing, have produced a diverse...

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...