Button hoops for keeping spectacles safe, a system for identifying device chargers and cables, and acrylic circles that transform playing cards into sculptures.
These were just three of the ingenious designs shortlisted for the Design Museum’s annual Design Ventura prize.
The competition, which is supported by Deutsche Bank, challenges students aged 13 to 16 to meet a real-life design brief.
This year’s theme was “connect” and a team from Burnage Academy for Boys in Manchester hit on the idea of making laser-cut acrylic connectors that enable playing cards to be built into sculptures.
The clever design – called Kard’Lapse – scooped first prize and the team received their award at the Design Museum in London recently.
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