The Helen Hamlyn Award for creativity and innovation

Helen Hamlyn is a champion of those who can be excluded from the design process, especially older people. This Award is chosen personally from across all competition entries.

Joint 1st prize winner
Richard Mawle/Industrial Design Engineering
lifeShell

A personal protection device, worn by motorcycle and moped riders, that protects the spine by transferring the force from a collision away from the neck using high-strength structured textiles.

Joint 1st prize winner
Mark Champkins/Industrial Design Engineering
self-heating crockery

A range of safe, self-heating crockery for slow eaters that will instantaneously heat to 60° and significantly reduce the rate of cooling of any food or liquid in contact. The embedded chemical compound crystallises from a liquid to a solid while releasing heat. The crockery, designed primarily for hospital use, can be recharged with heat energy just by cleaning it in a dishwasher.

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