About competition

Designblok – Prague International Design Festival in association with EUNIC Cluster CR announce sixth annual of Diploma Selection - an international competition for the best European diploma (graduation) work in the fields of product and fashion design.

The sixth annual is open to all graduate students from European academies, art schools and universities who will graduate in the field of product and fashion design in 2019.

Curators board selects the competition finalists out of all applicants. Product designers are assigned an exhibition space at the Designblok Openstudio (the central Designblok exhibition space which hosts about 40,000 visitors) in the Diploma Selection joint exhibition. Fashion designers are given the opportunity to present their collections at a Diploma Selection fashion show event. The international jury selects winners in both fields.

Winners get the opportunity to present their latest work/collection at Designblok 2020 and are also awarded a financial prize of EUR 1,000.