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	A harness designed for hunters to carry wild game out of the bush, a mobile sheep testing station for farmers to scan pregnant ewes, a beverage cooler designed to chill beer in moments, and a portable sports massage table for professional sports teams, have been announced finalist entries in the eighth annual Dyson Product Design Award. Judge Ingrid Leary from the British Council New Zealand, says of the 19 entries judged, the short listed four are examples of Kiwi ingenuity at its best. Read more on the 2008 finalists.

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	Dyson Product Design Award

The 2008 winning entry will be unveiled at a ceremony to be held in Auckland 26 June

The Dyson Product Design Award is a major international award for young New Zealand product designers. Its aim is to recognise and reward a new generation of emerging Kiwi designers with product design ideas that best demonstrate innovative and inspiring solutions to everyday problems.

The Dyson Product Design Award provides an opportunity for an emerging New Zealand product designer to travel to the United Kingdom to check out the British design scene, network and mingle with inspiring inventors and designers.

The competition is open to final year tertiary students (in the fields of design, technology, engineering, or related subjects) or graduates in their first five years in the workforce.

The winner will:

receive a trip to the UK, including flights, accommodation and NZ$3,000 travel expenses
visit Dyson's Malmesbury-based headquarters in the UK and take a tour of the Research and Development Centre
join the D&AD Getty talentpool - an online international showcase of the very best in emerging design talent
receive a year's Designers' Institute of New Zealand membership
receive exposure in the media and design community in NZ and internationally
receive a tailor-made prize package from IPONZ to meet their Intellectual Property needs

Iain Tolladay’s ergonomic pig-hunting harness – a Dyson 2008 finalist

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