The sixteenth Annual Award Criteria detailed in the following pages bring some exciting design challenges for students.

To those schools that have had students entered in previous years welcome back and thankyou for your continued encouragement and support.

The entry fee for 2008 remains at $45.00 per entry.

Copies of the DVD covering the 2007 Awards presentation function are now available. These may be purchased by using the enclosed order form.

CD's are also available showing selected pages from the entries of the top three students in each section and may be purchased by using the same order form.

These CD's are arranged by categories. eg Built Environment, Product Design etc.

We encourage schools to purchase the DVD and CD's which are most appropriate to their need, in order to show students what was produced in 2007 and an indication of the quality of the winning entries.

Teachers with students contemplating entering the 2008 Awards should not hesitate to contact me or our Awards Administrator, Yvonne McBrearty or Tom McBrearty on 03 379 3275 or by email admin@yda.org.nz.

We wish you all the best in preparing for the 2008 Awards.

Tom McBrearty
Chief Executive
Young Designer Awards Trust Inc.