Art & Design Incubation
MOME has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the leading creative industries and innovation center in Central and Eastern Europe by 2030. To support this goal, in 2022 we launched an art and design-centric incubation program to support young creators, researchers, designers and emerging entrepreneurs in Hungary.
Applications are invited from recent graduates of MOME. Selected applicants will receive personalized mentoring and financial support to further develop their master’s project.
Categories
1.Art and Innovation
Outstanding art projects that push the boundaries of traditional art forms to create unique experiences or engage audiences in new and innovative ways.
2.Research and Innovation
Promising applied research projects whose further development provides a solid basis for academic or market exploitation.
3.Product Innovation
Innovative products or services with strong market potential that address the most pressing problems of today and tomorrow, significantly improve the user experience or integrate sustainable practices.
Program benefits
Personal mentoring
Connect with MOME's network of national, international and interdisciplinary mentors to get personalized advice from outstanding design, innovation and creative entrepreneurs.
Access to research and design expertise
MOME's design researchers, lecturers, teachers and students can provide value-added creative support for your projects.
Access to the university infrastructure
Participants can use the MOME infrastructure, such as the TechPark and a dedicated coworking space.
Networking opportunities
Participants can build their network of contacts within MOME and meet professionals, curators and entrepreneurs experienced in the local and regional creative industries and arts ecosystem.
Interdisciplinary sessions
Workshops, open discussions and interdisciplinary (peer-to-peer) learning sessions that collectively contribute to the further development of your project.
Funding opportunities
Students participating in the program will receive financial support to develop their project and achieve the objectives set out in the project plan. Details on the level of funding are available in the current call for proposals.
Bútormentő
Borbála Véghelyi
Category: Product/service Innovation
FurniSave aims to keep used furniture in circulation through a system that collects surplus but good-condition items, repairs them, and delivers them to people who truly need them — either through donation or affordable resale.
Mentor: Dalma Berkovics
REFLECTA
Nóra Szilágyi
Category: Product/service Innovation
The lamp collection draws inspiration from the legacy of the original Szarvasi lamps, while being built from mutually compatible, easily manufacturable components. During the design process, Nóra consciously relies on the technologies currently used by the Szarvasi Lamp Manufactory, thereby supporting a sustainable and long-term viable production.
Mentor: András Húnfalvi
KOOKTA
Anna Sáringer
Category: Product/service Innovation
KOOKTA is an innovative board game and creative tool that transforms cooking into a communal experience. With the game, players can “assemble” dishes without a recipe by selecting game elements sorted into categories. Its unique value lies in the fact that it does not promote competition; instead, cooperation and creativity are at its core.
Mentor: András Péter
The Painter of Sadness
Dávid Straff
Category: Product/service innovation
The Painter of Sadness is a narrative-driven interactive medium designed to lead the player into a dreamlike, liminal space. The work takes the form of a psychological thriller wrapped in black comedy—a story in which humor lasts only until laughter turns into unease.
Mentor: Máté Milovits
The Portrait of an Artist from the Last Century – Vince Hende
Lili Nadin Pokker
Category: Research and Innovation
The aim of the research is to examine the tension between the art-historical canon and those excluded from it. The thesis forming the backbone of the research explores this issue through the oeuvre of a specific creator, using the legacy of Vince Hende as a case study.
Mentor: András Zwickl
Bias!Busters
Éva Szabó
Category: Research and Innovation
The goal of the Bias!Busters web app game is to support high school teachers and students in developing AI literacy. Éva contributes to the work of MOME’s Bias!Busters research team by creating downloadable lesson plans and a prompt dictionary.
Mentor: Brigitta Iványi-Bitter
Immersive VR Study Companion
Viktória Pere
Category: Research and Innovation
Viktória’s research project is about validating context-dependent learning and spatial memory in Virtual Reality. She designs a concept-driven VR learning tool that explores how spatial memorization and context-dependent learning can improve recall and reduce anxiety in high-stakes exam situations.
Mentor: Tamás Fogarasy
FOG
Svetlana Maximova
Category: Art and Innovation
FOG emerges from a culture in which the state teaches children how to march and how to assemble a Kalashnikov. The 5-screen installation brings together the icons and post-icons of the contemporary political landscape, pointing to a broader dilemma of digital autocracies.
Mentor: Krisztián Török
Allowing Myself to Be
Laura Szekeres
Category: Art and Innovation
Allowing Myself to Be is the title of Laura Szekeres’s photobook.
Driven by curiosity, Laura photographs births based on her own desires and fear, something she herself has not yet experienced. For her, the camera serves as a tool to get closer to the question of whether her own body would be capable of such experiences.
Mentor: Luca Petrányi
Mentors
MOME Knowledge Transfer Center
Director of Technology Transfer and Business Development
Máté Milovits
ThinkThings, Csendtörő Foundation
Business Strategy, Business Development, Digital Strategy · Solution Design, Digital Transformation
Krisztián Török
MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art
Curator
Luca Petrányi
Useless Galeri
Curator
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