Awards and honours
Awards and honours
2025
Communication Design
- Merck Prize for Design WS 2024/25 - Winner
Larissa Freibert: "Rebound"
Supervision: Prof. Frank Philippin
Industrial Design
- Competition of the ADC*E Art Directors Club of Europe - Student Silver Award
David Zech: "THEA - Hand Rehabilitation in Occupational Therapy"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - Creative Communication Award Los Angeles -
Winner, category "Advertising - Innovative technologies (VR and other)"
Winner, category "Digital Solutions - Brand Experience"
Winner, category "Retail - In-Store communication"
Winner, category "TV / Film / Animation - Virtual Reality"
Julia Beck, Laurin Emmerich, Sylvain Poos: "VRIDE"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - Merck Prize for Design WS 2024/25 - Winner
Douwen Ji: "pod"
Supervision: Prof. Tino Melzer
2024
Communication Design
- Stiftung Buchkunst - Award for young book design - Shortlist
Dominic Saravanamuttu
Supervision: Prof. Frank Philippin - Merck Prize for Design SS 2024 - Winner
Lea Holaus: "Greyline, glossary of the night"
Supervision: Prof. Dr Sabine Zimmermann
Industrial Design
- Annual Multimedia - Digital Talent Award, category "Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality"
Julia Beck, Laurin Emmerich, Sylvain Poos: "VRIDE"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - Hessen Design Competition - Award
David Zech: "THEA - Therapeutic Audio Controller"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - ADC Competition -
Silver nail in the young talent competition, category "Virtual Reality, Augmented/Mixed Reality"
Bronze nail in the young talent competition, category "Hardware/Software/Service Systems"
Julia Beck, Laurin Emmerich, Sylvain Poos: "VRIDE"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - ADC Competition - Award in the young talent competition, category "Virtual Reality, Augmented/Mixed Reality"
Maikel Dienes, Stefan Suchoroschenko: "Virtual Fit"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - German Design Graduates - Award
David Zech: "THEA - Therapeutic Audio Controller"
Supervision: Prof Philipp Thesen - Merck Prize for Design SS 2024 - Winner
Emilia Funke: "NotApp & NotBook"
Supervision: Prof Tino Melzer and Prof Philipp Thesen
2023
Communication Design
- Merck Prize for Design WS 2022/23 - Winner
Janina Zorn: "Learning happiness"
Supervision: Prof. Isabel Jägle - Diploma thesis - Merck Prize for Design SS 2023 - Winner
Fabian Stranskys: "The relationship. About power."
Supervision: Substitute professor Paula Markert - Diploma thesis
Industrial Design
- ADC competition - Bronze nail in the young talent competition, category "Digital term papers"
Insa Decker: "Pontos Hardware-Software-Service System"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - German Design Graduates - Award
Benedikt Schneeberg: "Human-machine interface of a crane operator cabin"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - Merck Prize for Design WS 2022/23 - Winner
Paula Schulte Kellinghaus: "Grief and transformation"
Supervision: Prof Justus Theinert - Diploma thesis
2022
Communication Design
- Stiftung Buchkunst - Award for young book design - Shortlist
Kassandra Knauß
Supervision: Prof. Frank Philippin - 36th Poster Competition of the German Student Union - Shortlist
Anna-Celina Fischer
Kassandra Knauß
Supervision: Prof. Frank Philippin - Merck Prize for Design WS 2021/2022 - Winner
Nicole-Laura Samulnik : "LEFT, RIGHT, UP AND DOWN"
Supervision: Prof. Dr Sandra Hoffmann Robbiani - Diploma thesis - Merck Prize for Design SS 2022 - Winner
Kira Eisel: "A matter of interpretation"
Supervision: Prof. Dr Sabine Zimmermann - Diploma thesis
Industrial Design
- Mia Seeger Prize 2022 - Winner
Helena Kiefer: "Context-aware design in the field of health and care"
Supervision: Prof. Tom Philipps - Diploma thesis - Hessian State Prize for Universal Design 2022 - 1st prize
Helena Kiefer: "Vaask" - System for washing the hair of non-mobile people lying down
Supervision: Prof Tom Philipps - Hessen Design Competition 2022 - Prize winner
Lars Herzog: "Pelle" - balance bike for children
Supervision: Prof Tom Philipps - Merck Prize for Design WS 2021/2022 - Winner
Creative Communication Award Los Angeles - Winner, category "Interactive User Experience"
Benedikt Schneeberg: "Human-machine interface of a crane operator cabin"
Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - Diploma thesis - Merck Prize for Design SS 2022 - Winner
Constantin Boes: "MIKADO - spatial concept for urban spaces"
Supervision: Prof. Tino Melzer - Diploma thesis - Siemens Home Appliances Design Award 2022 - Competition - 3rd place
Katharina Mayer, Peer Bohner and Deren Gündgdu: "Sonic Sink" - a hybrid sink for use in tiny houses and urban contexts
Supervision: Prof. Tino Melzer, Prof. Philipp Thesen - Design
2021
Communication Design
- German Design Award - Newcomer Finalist
Lukas Schmidt (Alumnus) - Type Directors Club Tokyo (TDC) - Excellent Work/In-Book Award
Nicole-Laura Samulnik: "Reconstructions"
Philipp Rossmann: "Fuse & Feint"
Supervision: Prof. Frank Philippin
Industrial Design
- German Design Award - Gold in the category "Interactive User Experience"
ADC competition - Silver nail in the young talent competition, category "Digital term papers"
Creative Communication Award Los Angeles - "Innovative Technologies" category
Moritz Mohr, Hans Hohmann, David Blumberg, Sahra Kolossa, Ruixian He and Michael Eiden: "VR installation - The Bauhaus in the mirror of Mathildenhöhe" - Supervision: Prof. Philipp Thesen - 3DPC (3D Pioneers Challenge) - Best Student Project
Felicia Hamm: "Self-adjusting fire" - Smart material fireplace
Supervision: Prof. Tom Philipps - Diploma thesis