Diploma Selection 2018

Designblok - Prague International Design Festival presents fifth annual of Diploma Selection finalists. International competition for the best European diploma (graduation) work is hold in cooperation with EUNIC Cluster CZ.

Curators board selected top 30 projects from 22 European universities. The most talented product designers will present their diploma work within common exhibition space in Openstudio. The most progressive fashion collections will take place during Designblok fashion shows programme.

Winners get the opportunity to present their latest work/collection at Designblok 2019 and are also awarded a financial prize of EUR 1,000.

Diploma Selection 2018 finalists

Product design category

Marie Cornil/ École cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL, Switzerland
Diego Faivre/ Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands
Monika Fišerová/ Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Luke Fuller/ University of Brighton, UK
Dominik Janoušek/ Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, CZ
Matěj Janský/ Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, CZ
Roza Janusz/ School of Form, Poland
Charlotte Kidger/ Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London, UK
Sebastian Kitzberger/ Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, CZ
Lieke Li/ LUCA School Of Arts, Belgium
Johana Němečková/ Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, CZ
Philipp Schenk-Mischke/ Royal College of Art, UK
Alexander Schul/ Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, the Netherlands
Zuzana Svatik/ The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia
Dana Vránková/ Tomas Bata University in Zlín, CZ

Fashion design category

Weronika Draus/ Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
Maxime Cordier/ Helmo Mode Fashion School, Belgium
Nienke Creemers/ Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Netherlands
Silvia Fröhlich Zrebná/ The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia
Michal Gruca/ Royal academy of fine arts Antwerp, Belgium
Debbie Jellema/ HKU University of Arts Utrecht, Netherlands
Julia Koscienska/ Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
Ramona Salo Myrseth/ Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Patricia Narbon/ University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Hüseyin Özer/ Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany
Nina Pen/ Artez institute of the arts, Netherlands
Polina Sotirova/ National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria
Jasmijn Taken/ Utrecht School of the Arts, Netherlands
Maria van Steenoven/ Artez institute of the arts, Netherlands
Pia Walter/ Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Netherlands

Winners were selected by a prestigious jury consisting of renowned gallerists, journalists and curators.

International jury 2018: