A tactile soft grip cordless mouse and a miniature notebook mouse, produced by Irish company, Design Partners, have won awards for excellence in a German design competition.

The design team, Mr Peter Sheehan and Mr Cathal Loughnane, designed both mice for US company, Logitech.

Design Partners has already won the US I.D. Annual Design Review, Chicago's Good Design 1999 and, more recently, the Irish Glen Dimplex Product Design Award 1999.