Design Truth award goes to Product Design student Zaki

The unanimous choice of the judges of this year's Design Truth Student Awards, Zaki Razak took the top prize for his innovative design Structra, which was also his self-directed project in the final year of his Product Design degree. He wins £1500 plus a paid internship with industry design consultancy Morrama.

Structra is a compact, modular trolley designed to streamline the monitoring of patient vital signs which its creator believes could save NHS nurses hours of unnecessary work per month – which could amount to the equivalent of almost £1billion per year across the National Health Service (NHS) England.

Inspired by his own experience having being admitted to hospital for a severe allergic reaction, Zaki, 23, saw first-hand how hospital staff were working with outdated systems to record a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels and temperature.  His solution was to combines a vital sign monitor (VSM) trolley with a point of care testing (POCT) trolley, doing away with the need for cumbersome laptops and personal smartphones. Designed through user feedback, the device has multiple efficiency-enhancing features which, according to Zaki's research, based on interviews with half a dozen nurses, could save each nurse 11 hours per month.

Structra was one of the many designs exhibited at the recent end-of-year Student Showcase where it generated a lot of interest - and now it has been further recognised by the Design Truth awards, marking an incredible year for Zaki,

In a post on their LinkedIn page, the Design Truth team posted a video of the moment they told Zaki the good news on a Zoom call alongside the following message: "You should be incredibly proud of your achievement and we look forward to seeing a blossoming design career."

Zaki will get to celebrate his success in person at the upcoming Student Awards celebration event being held in London on 11 July.

Visit his webpage for more information about Structra.