Design Innovation in Plastics Student Design Awards for undergraduates in the UK and Ireland

Turn your ideas into award-winning design

Submissions open, this year's deadline 13 March 2027. See key dates.

How to enter

Interpret the brief.
Get creative.
Pitch your idea.

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The 2027 brief

When life doesn't go to plan

This year’s challenge asks you to explore how product design could help people respond when everyday life is disrupted.

The brief sets the principles.

What you design is up to you.

Read the 2027 brief

Turn your ideas into award-winning design

Interpret the brief. Get creative. Pitch your idea.

As a finalist, take DIP with you on your innovation journey.

Entries close 13 March 2027.

See key dates

The current winners

One brief. Two winning responses.

For the first time in DIP history, the 2026 award produced joint winners.

See how Cross Connect and Honeycomb Havoc turned the same challenge into two award-winning responses.

Meet the 2026 winners

“It was a great experience going through the whole product development process, including a lot of testing and iteration. Both that process and the training course gave me great insight into properties of various plastics and the manufacturing considerations when taking a product to market.”
Isaac

“I really enjoyed the injection moulding course with Sierra 57 Consult and feel inspired to want to do or study more with plastics.”

Maya