A STUDENT team from Ferndown Upper School have been shortlisted for an international design competition.

The Design Ventura competition - the Design Museum and Deutsche Bank’s free design and enterprise competition - invited teams of students aged 13 to 16 to design a new product to improve everyday life which would retail for under £10, following a brief set by award-winning designer Yinka Ilori.

From over 290 secondary schools who entered, across the UK and internationally, the team from Ferndown Upper School have been shortlisted for their entry 'Build & Play (Modernist House of Cards)'.

Their entry is a pack of cards with iconic architectural designs which slot together to create new design structures.

Global Head of Brand Communications & CSR, Lareena Hilton, Deutsche Bank said: "This year has been incredibly challenging for students, teachers and schools, and we have been really impressed by the creativity and hard work shown by students in response to this year’s brief. The shortlisted entries are all superb ideas."

Shortlisted teams will present their ideas and prototypes during an online pitching event to a panel of judges, including this year’s brief setter Yinka Ilori.

The winning team will be announced on June 11, and they will get the opportunity to work with a leading design studio to develop their product for manufacture and sale in the Design Museum Shop, with all the profits going to a charity of the students’ choice.