Prizes and Awards

Mit innovativen Audioformaten wollen Maximilian Netter, Rafael Jové und Mario Weise den Hörfunkmarkt revolutionieren. Dafür haben die Alumni der Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung »FUNKHAUS ost« gegründet und werden seit Januar 2023 durch die Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) im Rahmen des Gründungsprogramms MEDIAstart unterstützt.

Product design graduate Maren Klamser has been awarded the prestigious »Bundespreis Ecodesign« (German Ecodesign Award) in the »Nachwuchs« (Newcomer) category. As part of her final thesis, she developed a recyclable mineral solid from building rubble and transferred it into a deconstructable masonry system. The prize is endowed with 1,000 euros in prize money.

Three students from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar were honoured with this year's Medienkunstpreis (Media Arts and Design Award) on Saturday, 26 November 2022: Fernanda Caicedo, Sandra Rücker and Nik Dommermuth received the prize for the best final projects in the degree programme Media Art / Media Design (Media Art and Design). The award ceremony took place in the EIGENHEIM Weimar gallery in the Weimarhallenpark.

Am Freitag, 25. November 2022, 14 Uhr, eröffnet die Ausstellung zum Medienkunstpreis 2022. Die Galerie EIGENHEIM Weimar im historischen Gärtnerhaus des Weimarhallenparks ist wieder Gastgeberin nicht nur für die Ausstellung, sondern auch für die Preisverleihung, die am Samstag, 26. November 2022, 14 Uhr, stattfindet. Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen!

Product design graduate Felix Sittner has been awarded a support in the »Publication« category of the German Design Graduates 2022 (GDG). His recyclable, circular school backpack »Loopy« will be supported by the platform for child-friendly design »afilii«.

On Friday 15 July 2022, Hannes Dünnebier was honoured with the Lyonel Art Prize during the »summaery2022« annual show at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The award for outstanding young artists is endowed with €2,000 and has been conferred to artistic dissertations from the Faculty of Art and Design since 2019 by the Lyonel e. V. association for the promotion of art, design and culture.

Works by no less than three students of Visual Communication, Faculty of Art and Design, were chosen among the 29 best posters in the competition, which was held under the motto »Campus life digital«. Hanyi Kim took second place with her poster »Studying at Home«. Further awards went to Leela Dutta for »Behind the Scenes« and Hannes Naumann with his poster »In the Window«.

At this year's ADC Young Talent Competition, the master's thesis »Man störe mir meine Kreise nicht« (Don't disturb my circles) by Masihne Rasuli was awarded a Silver Nail. Another three awards for publications went to Leela Dutta for »Die Nachtwachtel« (The Night Quail), to Annika Daub, Hanna Hofmann and Simon Geistlinger for »Drei Esel, Sizilien« (Three donkeys, Sicily) and to Leoni Hommel, Emily Grawitter, Johanna Mehner, Hannah Röbisch and Lina Unger for »Type & Feminisms«.

Lara Weller has been awarded a scholarship for her Master's thesis »BetaWare« in the Design Campus Public Voting of the German Design Graduates.

For their documentary film »No Body and the Blue Sky«, Magda Gvelesiani (Visual Communication), Bela Moritz (Visual Communication) and Philiph Waltinger (Media Art and Design) were awarded in the category »Best Short Documentary« at the Kiez Berlin Film Festival.