Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design | Design Institute
Designer Maker BA
Linking experimental and material-focused design methods reflecting on the challenges of the world
Type of course
Full-time
3 years
6 semesters
3 years
6 semesters
Qualification
BA degree
Hungarian state funded
2026-02-15
Applications closed
Department
Language
Hungarian
Career opportunities
Contact
Domonkos Zágorhidi-Czigány
programme coordinator
zcz.domonkos@mome.hu
programme coordinator
zcz.domonkos@mome.hu
Students can develop traditional craftmanship combining contemporary creative awareness and the latest technologies, enabling transdisciplinary collaborations in art, craft and design.
The first year of the BA programme includes the integrated foundation training, and the second year, the specific professional training. The complete training spectrum is covered by the Ceramic Design, Glass Design, Jewellery Design and Digital Object Design BA specialisations.
The diploma work and the professional portfolio at the end of the third year provides a synthesis of design, creative art and scientific areas, promoting the creative self-actualisation of the emerging artists and laying the foundations for continuing their studies at MA level.
Modules
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News
How can ways of thinking, sensitivity, and attitudes to work be passed down from one generation to the next? What role do time spent together, working side by side, attentiveness, acceptance, and even conflict play in relationships between masters and students?
Offering a fascinating cross-section of Hungarian craft and design, Patterns That Live On, a new temporary exhibition organised in collaboration with the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), explores the continuity of the institution across generations, the personal relationships between practitioners and the passing on of knowledge, perspectives, and experience. The exhibition opens on 18 October at the Ráth György Villa.
The recipients of the Stefan Lengyel Scholarship of Excellence for the spring semester of 2026 have been announced. The sixteen winning projects include an animated series exploring children’s rights, a contemporary cemetery and memorial site, an inclusive tableware set for children, a documentary on collective trauma, and a project exploring the legacy of Tungsram.
This year, the MOME community celebrated the graduates of twelve MA and nine BA courses in a festive ceremony. Speeches were given by interior designer Mrs. Bánki née Laura Szerdahelyi, one of our jubilee graduates, who turns 91 this year and designed the interiors of Déli Railway Station; Curator and László Moholy-Nagy’s grandson Daniel Hug; and designer Stefan Lengyel, who is celebrating a milestone anniversary this year. In addition to conferring the degrees, this year’s Rector’s Special Awards and several professional awards were announced, and the Gold, Diamond and Iron jubilee graduates also received their certificates.
Events
On 21 October, the *The Next Station is...* exhibition of the Stefan Lengyel Scholarship of Excellence will open at Merlin. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the exhibition, this year’s show presents the work of all 32 scholarship recipients from the 2025/26 academic year, this time outside the MOME Campus, in the iconic Merlin exhibition space in the city centre.
From 8–12 December, MOME KIPAK returns once again! Every corner of the campus will be filled with the works, exhibitions, installations, and presentations of MOME students.
MOME’s Open Day is back on 31 January, this time in the virtual sphere...
Facilities
The lab introduces modern technology into the world of object creation. Technologies in the workshop include: Laser cutting, Engraving, 3D printing, 3D scanning, Vinyl film cutting (plotter cutting), ceramic decal printing, Prototyping.
There are four computers available to students.
Kindly take into consideration that printing may last up to 10–20 hours, so please find out any necessary information in time.
Please bring your 3D models in .stl format.
The Metalworker Workshop serves as the venue for learning about and practicing traditional and modern technologies that are closely linked to metalworking. Students can apply the theoretical and practical knowledge they learn under teacher supervision, but independently while modelling, completing or while their objects are being constructed. It is important for students to become capable of leveraging experience gained during the workshop creatively while solving their assignments, taking into account design criteria and requirements.
Ceramic, glass and porcelain objects are modelled and their moulds are created in the Plaster Workshop, but the works of other departments needing plaster moulds are also served here.
Moulds are created on the one hand on the plaster lathes by turning, and, on the other hand, on the marble tables by plaster casting, using patterns or by wood-carving.
In a separated part of the workshop, there is an area suitable for metal- and woodworking equipped with a vice, a bench drill, a grinder, and handheld power tools.
Silicone casting can also be carried out in the workshop.
Management
associate professor, BA programme lead, MA programme lead, supervisor
lipoczki@mome.hu





























