The James Dyson Award 2013 is now open for entries.

Deadline August 1, 2013

The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. It's run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson's charitable trust, as part of its mission to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenge and invent.

• THE BRIEF: design something that solves a problem.
• THE PRIZE: £10,000 to you and £10,000 to your university department.
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"I want to celebrate young, inventive problem solvers who are unafraid to question. It's these minds that will solve the challenges of the future." - Sir James Dyson

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