Prizes and Awards

Leo Stolte has been awarded with a recognition at the prestigious Mia Seeger Prize for his semester project »Vertical Games«. The future product designer was inspired by the omnipresent Plexiglas panes that are designed to protect against aerosols.

»MateriaLab« are experimental kits on the topic of waste and recycling for children, which Florian Henschel, a product design graduate from the Faculty of Art and Design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, developed as part of his bachelor's thesis. The set offers young pupils the opportunity to carry out various recycling and waste processes themselves. The aim of the experiments is to give children a playful awareness of the value and characteristics of waste and to introduce them to responsible waste handling.

The documentary film project »Handmade in Bangladesh« by Prof. Liz Bachhuber, long-time professor of the Fine Art degree programme, and Florian Wehking, artistic associate of the Professorship of Urban Water Management at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, have been awarded the prize for the best feature-length documentary film in the category »No Planet B« at the film festival »Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano« in Avezzano (Italy) on 30 October 2021.

Die Studentin der Visuellen Kommunikation Carmen Draxler hat das 111.111. PROMOS-Stipendium erhalten und ist dafür am 4. Oktober 2021 vom DAAD in der Universitätsbibliothek geehrt worden. Sie erhielt aufgrund ausgezeichneter fachlicher Leistungen und ihrem hohen universitären und gesellschaftlichen Engagement ein E-Bike – als Symbol für Mobilität und Unterstützung.

Kristin Jakubek received a »Best Of Earth Fulldome Award« in the category »Best Student Film« for her 360-degree film »A Toothless Grin« at the 15th FullDome Festival. For the first time, the award was jointly presented by an association of four international fulldome festivals. In addition to Jena, this included partner festivals from the USA, England and Australia. Out of over 100 entries, 19 films were nominated in six categories for the »Best Of Earth« awards.

For his Bachelor's thesis »MateriaLab«, Florian Henschel not only received the Social Design Award of the »German Design Graduates« (GDG) platform, funded with 1,000 euros in prize money by the Hans Sauer Stiftung, but also one of the »Supports«, participation in the »Cradle to Cradle NGO« networking evening. Two further "Supports" went to Master's alumni of the Faculty of Art and Design: Elias Fahle convinced with his customisable orthosis »Parachno«", Maximilian Schatz with his material experiment »Faser.Faden.Filament.«.

Die studentische Initiative »horizonte« hat in der Kategorie »Analoge und digitale Medien der Vermittlung« des diesjährigen Thüringer Staatspreises für Baukultur eine Medaille erhalten. Mit der »Medaille für Baukultur« in der Kategorie Medien der Vermittlung möchte die Jury das hohe ehrenamtliche Engagement der Studierenden und ihre Offenheit für neue Denkweisen würdigen.

Two graduates of the Faculty of Art and Design have been awarded the Thuringian State Scholarship this year. The scholarships, awarded for a period of one year, aim to encourage artists to break new ground and innovate.

Mit dem diesjährigen Medienkunstpreis wurden am Samstag, 17. Juli 2021, zwei Studierende der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ausgezeichnet: Paloma Joana Llambias Ottone und Eleftherios Krysalis. Die Preise für die besten Abschlussarbeiten im Studienbereich Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung (Media Art and Design) wurden im Rahmen einer feierlichen Preisverleihung bei der Galerie EIGENHEIM Weimar im Weimarhallenpark vergeben.