Where young people design flying carpets and they really mean it

Date: 2022.07.26
Index visited the newly opened innovative vehicle design workshop of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, where young talents have been trained in close cooperation with the lead designers of Mercedes-Benz for 20 years, and things are picking up speed.

The goal is to change the role of Hungary from pure assembly workshop to a creative and innovative contributor to the car production of the future. 
 
Máté Treffler, a fresh graduate of the vehicle design programme of the Product Design department, shared his experiences about MOME with index.hu.

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