The competition is organised by the Product Design academic staff at NUI Maynooth.

The importance of encouraging creativity and innovation amongst second-level students cannot be overstated. Students across Ireland were asked to draw and describe their new design on a poster and send it in by the 11th February. Their creation could be any product, object or design that they thought could be used in the classroom of the future. Judges selected the top eight designs in each category.

The public can vote for their favourite design online between Friday 20th February and Friday 6th March.

All short-listed entries in both categories will be invited to our Award Ceremony at NUI Maynooth on the 31st March 2009 when the winners and runners up will be announced and the prizes and prototypes will be presented.

RTÉ will stream the awards on RTÉ.ie and will conduct a webchat following the ceremony.

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