James Dyson Award

6 May 2011

In partnership with the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, the James Dyson Foundation is once again looking to put New Zealand's best emerging product designers in the limelight.

The James Dyson Award is open to final year tertiary design, technology and engineering students, and recent graduates in their first five years in the workforce. Entries close on 2 August 2011 and are filed online at: www.jamesdysonaward.org.

The New Zealand James Dyson Award winner will receive:

• return airfares to the UK, NZD$3,000 spending money and accommodation in London
• visits Dyson’s Malmesbury-based headquarters.
• receives NZ$3,000 worth of legal or business advice from Auckland firm, Farry & Co Law
• an official fee prize package from IPONZ tailored to the winner’s immediate intellectual property needs and
• 12 month membership to the Designers Institute of New Zealand.

New Zealand finalists will be invited to attend an IPONZ IP workshop in Auckland.

All entries will be in the running for the International James Dyson Award. The International winner receives GBP£10,000 in prize money, a trophy, and an opportunity to visit Dyson’s engineering facilities in either the UK or Malaysia. The James Dyson Foundation also gives GBP£10,000 to the International winner’s current or former University department.