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.
More news
Interest in the Tomorrow Belongs to You – For the creative talents of the future scholarship programme at MOME continues to grow, with one hundred students applying this year for what has become a genuinely distinctive scholarship opportunity. Since its launch, the programme has supported forty students from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping them gain admission to university.
Another Hungarian animation is heading to Berlin: Janka Feiner’s diploma film, Fire in My Pocket, has been selected for the Generation Kplus competition programme at the Berlin International Film Festival. The nearly 10-minute film was created on the Animation MA programme of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, with the support of the National Film Institute Hungary. Set in a magical mushroom realm it opens a window onto children’s inner emotional lives, impressing the Berlinale selection committee with its blend of stop-motion with digital drawing animation.
In 2025, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design recorded a series of national and international achievements linked to health, wellbeing and sustainability, reinforcing the idea that community wellbeing at MOME is not an abstract value but a consciously built, long-term strategy.