Cork artist uses innovative process to design trophy for BT Young Scientist of the Year 

Darragh Casey's new trophies involve the use of gold-plating and a 3-D printer 

Cork artist/designer Darragh Casey with his trophy for the  BT Young Scientist of the Year. 

When Cork artist Darragh Casey was commissioned to design new trophies for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, through a call out from the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI). he had one of those lightbulb moments. The Rathcormac man was sitting outside his son's hospital room reading the brief for the commission when he had his moment of revelation.

“An idea just hit me, and I knew how I wanted to make it: 3D printing. It’s an innovative process, and a Young Scientist’s trophy needs an innovative process,” recalls Casey.