The Charity aims to promote education in creative disciplines by assisting aspiring practitioners to achieve their potential through grants and other related activities.
Our objectives include the provision of grants to enable and encourage students to pursue educational study in the creative disciplines.
Other activities are also supported to push the boundaries of design education.
We are focused at present upon encouraging students to undertake projects on topics involving substantial ‘kinetic aesthetics of ‘motion’.
The INTERPLAY Kinetic Design Competition is our latest initiative. Details below.
Students have benefitted from support in these Institutions: <scroll>
Support is only provided via the Grant administrators of designated Educational Institutions already in contact with the Trust.
Individual applications from students are not directly accepted at the present time.
These awards cover the tuition fees of a student for one or more years of a design course in a particular Institution.
These awards cover expenses of a student’s final year project so they can reach their potential in expressing their ideas and work.
These awards cover students’ expenses of mounting exhibitions of work, including materials and processes used.
These awards contribute to the expenses of students’ materials and processes of a Workshop in a particular topic.
Witness the inspiring creativity of first-year MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering and Global Innovation Design students in their Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop, made possible with support from the Design Education Trust.
The INTERPLAY Kinetic Design Competition
INTERPLAY is an annual student competition for experimental designs that explore ‘kinetic aesthetics’ of movement, interaction and sound within physical objects. The term “PRODUCT OPERA” has been coined for such creative outcomes.
We encourage students to imagine a more delightful artificial world that is more like the natural world with elegant movement and adaption to its environment. Our InterPlay competition aims to inspire motion-focused product designs, fashion and sculptures that could enhance emotional well-being and enjoyment of the built environment.
You are invited to view the AWARD winners of the INTERPLAY Competitions on the DET YouTube Channel.
