DIP 2025 finalists video
Meet The 2025 Finalists
Nottingham Trent University
1
Harry Wragg
De Montford University
2
Krzysztof Boroniec
Technology University Dublin
3
Abbie Williams
CPR+ Aid gives audible feedback immediately pressure is applied, to guide people through the vital life-saving skill, ensuring they are applying the right amount of pressure. Harry presented three different sizes of device, all colour-coded to identify the specific individuals it should be used on.
Nibbliee is an ingenious chewing device, which helps exercise chewing and jaw muscles and translates into a signal, enabling activity in digital games.
FlexiKnee Pro is a knee strengthening brace which uses resistance bands to help strengthen the joint and offset osteoarthritis. The design is injection moulded using recycled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to lower the environmental impact, with polypropylene clips for low cost and efficient manufacturing.
Highly Commended
Harry Wragg interview
Henry Follett
Romaine Crawford
Loughborough University
Brunel University
Michael MH Leung
Brunel University
Serenity is a support device to help people relax and improve their mental health. It uses aromatherapy and light therapy to change an individual’s mind, mood and energy.
CrosStick works as a normal walking stick, but when the user needs to stand up, it will expand and fold out to give two points of contact with the ground, offering more stability when standing.
UE:1 Seat is an ergonomic rocking seat which serves as both a support system and a muscle activator, helping to ease movement and enhance comfort. It is designed to help people rehabilitating from back pain.
Radio and television coverage in “overwhelming” response to Harry’s win. Could this be you?!
2025 was a brilliant year for DIP. By his own account, third-year student, Harry Wragg, had an overwhelming response to his win at the award ceremony in June, with many people and organisations wanting to know more about his potentially life-saving device, CPR+Aid. There was an explosion of interest on social media and with his colleagues at De Montfort University pitching in, Harry then very quickly appeared on BBC television [interviews with East Midlands and Leicester] where he was able to demonstrate his product, along with BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Five Live interviews. He said: “It’s been a great experience and encouraging to hear the positive feedback and demand for the product. It has definitely opened up many doors for me and help with finding my place in the design industry.”
So can you match the appeal of Harry’s design with a product of your own? If you’re game for the challenge, take a look at the current brief and see what you can come up with! Take a look and have a listen to Harry’s BBC interviews, which can be accessed via the links below. Design Innovation in Plastics goes to great lengths to publicise the products of our winners and other finalists and several have gone on to bring their product to market, so give it a go this year!
I designed a life-saving CPR device at uni - BBC News
BBC Radio Leicester - BBC Radio Leicester, Student's joy after CPR device wins national award
“I would highly recommend taking part in DIP, as it gives the experience and knowledge of manufacturing and has challenged me in different ways to boost my skills as a designer.” Harry Wragg
Robin Jones Award
Jake Inglis
Nottingham Trent University
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
His winning design was Morphopaedics, an advanced polymer orthopedic lattice cast
designed to be used as an alternative to traditional plaster or fibreglass casts.