Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Art & Design Incubation

Categories
Program benefits
Mentors
Team
Our art and design-centered incubation program supports the most outstanding student projects and theses, with a focus on long-term value creation.
Application deadline
1 July 2024, 11:59 PM
Program
2 Sept – 13 Dec 2024
Language
Hungarian (optionally English)
Program Lead
Júlia Vesmás
Contact
incubation@mome.hu
Our aim is to create a solid foundation for talented students to launch their careers in research, art or design by incubating the most innovative art, research projects, product and service ideas - whether academic, social or marketable.

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

Our program offers the most talented students the chance to develop their ideas and build their careers in three 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 scientific and 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

The selected project leaders will receive personalized mentoring and financial support to develop their ideas further.

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.  

Participants

In the MOME incubation programme, I plan to further develop the demo for my narrative point-and-click adventure game, NOAH. My goal is to polish the existing content for pitching to publishers, giving the game a stronger chance of moving into production.

The aim of the project is to progress from a developed programme to distribution during the incubation period. This phase will see the team expand, the curriculum enhanced, and development begin on the most vital aspect of ensuring project accessibility: the website, where materials will be readily available for download.

I have set the goal of improving the quality of threads, focusing on enhanced water-repellent properties for better ease of cleaning and broader usability, as well as increasing the durability of the natural dyes used in the threads.

I am exploring the role of critical design in catalysing discussion and facilitating dialogue. For the first dinner, I will invite scientific experts, researchers, and designers specialising in the Balaton region and our broader environment, the biosphere, to share intersections of their knowledge or differing perspectives.

My two main objectives are to design a product chain for the accumulation of sail waste at Lake Balaton and Lake Velence, with a particular focus on the procurement and collection system, and to further develop my lamp collection, created as my Master's project, into a production-ready prototype.

During the programme, I will continue my research conducted at the meteorological institute, this time focusing on various daily weather maps that I plan to recreate using embroidery techniques. My aim is to draw parallels between traditional folk observations and complex technology-based forecasting.

Mentors

Strategic Design Lead

bujdoso.attila@mome.hu

Head of MA programme, assistant lecturer, doctoral student

cseh.daniel@mome.hu

Acting Material Research Hub Lead, Researcher

malu.lucking@mome.hu

Strategic Development Director

milovits.mate@mome.hu

Researcher

minko.mihaly@mome.hu

Head of MA programme, assistant lecturer

pais.panni@mome.hu

artist-teacher, doctoral student

beatasosity@mome.hu

artist-teacher

viktoria.szabo@mome.hu

Team

Head of Partnerships

berkovics.dalma@mome.hu

junior project manager

horvath.julia@mome.hu

master instructor

vesmas.julia@mome.hu
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