Design Ventura Shortlisted Schools 2014

Congratulations and thank you to all Design Ventura schools that have completed the project and submitted an entry.  Our panel of shortlisting judges have selected the top entries from the 241 schools who registered to take part, the shortlisted schools will be invited to pitch their idea to a panel of judges here at the Design Museum in early December.

All schools that have submitted an entry will receive participation certificates in the post and also feedback from the panel. The shortlisted schools will be contacted separately with details of the pitching event.

Here are the Design Ventura top ten shortlisted schools for 2014:

(in alphabetical order)

Bishop Douglass School, Finchley
Speck Hoops
A button on hoop for carrying spectacles on your shirt fron

Bullers Wood School, Chislehurst
Enviro-Card
A modern take on the traditional postcard – using seed paper with wildflower seeds.

Burnage Academy for Boys, Burnage
Kard’Lapse
Plastic elements that connect playing cards to enable users to build structures.

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, Sidcup
Bee Organised
Bee inspired magnet organisers

Orleans Park School, Twickenham
Plumage
Interchangeable light shades for casting shaped shadows in children’s rooms

Ryedale School, Nawton
Signal
System for identifying different chargers and cables

Selly Park Technology College, Birmingham
Can Cap
Handy lid and handle for cans

St Laurence School, Bradford-on-Avon
Socket Pocket
A home for your phone – a pocket to hold mobile phones whilst charging them at a power socket

The King’s School, Chester
ScoffStix
No challenge chopsticks, with an integrated fork

Yateley School, Yateley
Blackboard City
Interactive magnetic game on a blackboard where players can customise their cityscape.