The Design Museum Announces the 2021-22 Design Ventura Shortlist for its Design and Enterprise Competition Over 110 schools from across the UK and internationally took part in the 12th edition of Design Ventura, the Design Museum and Deutsche Bank’s design and enterprise competition for students aged 13-16.
The shortlisted entries in alphabetical order include: • County Upper School, Suffolk, Sunny London - a fun children’s craft kit to create stained glass windows featuring great British design icons
• Liverpool Blue Coat School, Liverpool, Designosaur - a dinosaur shaped buildable and customisable plant pot to grow herbs
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tudents responded to a brief set by award-winning sound artist, designer and Partner at Pentagram, Yuri Suzuki to design a new product for the Design Museum Shop. The 10 shortlisted teams will have the opportunity to pitch their design concepts to a panel of design and business professionals at Deutsche Bank’s head office in London. The winning team will then be announced at a celebration event at the Design Museum, with their winning idea going on sale in the Design Museum Shop later in the year. A flagship partnership within Deutsche Bank’s global Corporate Social Responsibility Born to Be youth engagement programme, Design Ventura offers students an opportunity to build vital design skills, and handson experience developing a product and taking it to market.
• Orleans Park School, London, The Sturdy Stabiliser - portable and reusable pads to fix wobbly chairs and tables legs
• Cambourne Village College, Cambridge, Eco Seed - a product which allows users to grow seeds and watch them germinate.
• Ferndown Upper School, Dorset, The Flippy Book - a flip-book that mixes and matches iconic designs letting the user explore their creativity
• Prendergast Ladywell School, London, Grow Your Story - a biodegradable fairytale storybook and plant kit
The shortlisted teams have all designed products which respond to the brief to improve everyday life by addressing a social, educational or environmental issue and retails for around £15.
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