The certificates were presented personally by the eponym of the scholarship, world-renowned product designer and MOME Professor Emeritus Stefan Lengyel at the awards ceremony to recipients in the field of animation, theoretical studies, architecture, media, and design, who will receive support for a period of five months. 

Launched in autumn 2020 by the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, the Stefan Lengyel Scholarship of Excellence programme is designed to recognise students who bring outstanding ideas to life through their semester projects, tackling contemporary design challenges with innovative, critical, and socially responsible approaches. To date, the programme has offered performance-based financial and professional support to 112 students. This semester, 47 students presented their projects in the final round, from which the jury selected 16 awardees. 

Petra Viktória Tóth’s Stop-motion animation creates a unique visual world, shaped by small, delicate movements in the narrative. 

Lili Gárdos’s Base explores the design of a new patient care space at the Semmelweis University Internal Medicine Clinic. 

Milán Kas’s Cabin Row aims to design modular cabins and bathing stalls that work as a unit, offering innovative housing solutions. 

Viktória Szabó’s educational tool TAG supports primary school children in developing and maintaining fine motor skills.    

Krisztina Lili Szarvas’s MOME Library of Things focuses on creating a library system based on sharing, encouraging more sustainable consumption. 

Róza Tomka’s research examines the timeless design of the dotted ball. 

Kitti Nikolett Bakonyi’s Tactile Textus explores the relationship between textiles and typography, highlighting the role of craftsmanship and tactility. 

Réka Lantos’s Ér(in)tés project delves into the future of printed books and the impact of digitisation, using thermochromic ink as an innovative printing solution that becomes visible upon touch.  

Kamilla Maja Menyhárt’s Drone Orchestra project uses drones as musical instruments, creating an entirely novel musical and visual experience. 

Gábor Péri’s interactive light installation Turn the Lights off! demonstrates the effects of climate change, allowing visitors to stop rising ocean levels by turning off the lights. 

Áron Tóth-Heyn’s De rerum natura photography series explores the relationship between living and non-living things, as well as the differences and connections between natural and artificial environments. 

Lajos Czeglédi’s Minimap board game addresses climate change and environmental pollution, with a particular focus on CO2 emissions.  

Adaptable to the user’s needs, Amália Gerstenkorn’s Inclusive sports equipment design helps individuals with forearm amputation maintain symmetrical muscle development. 

Máté Horváth’s Centrix construction toy encourages the recognition of complex static relationships and creative balance using curved plastic shell structures and weights. 

Nina Anna Törő’s Phoca app provides mental health support for home caregivers, focusing on the physical and mental well-being of the caregiver. 

Adelina Aranka Vass’s SWISH offline plugin is a physical device for electronic musical instruments, enabling people with hearing impairments to enjoy music alongside hearing individuals. 

Stefan Lengyel is an internationally renowned designer awarded with thirty professional accolades, and credited with designing the iconic Ganz articulated tram and the Calypso tape recorder. As head of the Department of Design at the University of Essen and MOME, he has become one of the most influential figures in German and Hungarian design, influencing generations of designers, some of whom are working as leading professionals at global companies. In 2020, the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design launched a scholarship named after him. In addition to delivering a material reward to outstanding talents, the scholarship awarded now for the third time also places major focus on advancing the competences and practical experience of students and on their professional integration. 

The list of winners and their teachers: 

Petra Viktória Tóth (Animation, BA3) – Stop-motion (Teachers: Panni Gyulai, Dániel Huszár)  

Lili Gárdos (Architecture, MA2) – Base (Teachers: Péter Hámori, Beáta Molnár) 

Milán Kas (Architecture, BA2) – Cabin Row (Teachers: András Göde, Péter Pozsár) 

Viktória Szabó (Visual Arts and Design Teacher, MA1) – TAG (Teachers: Judit Bényei, Tamás Marcell)  

Krisztina Lili Szarvas (Art and Design Management, MA2) – MOME Library of Things (Teacher: Gábor Ébli)    

Róza Tomka (Design Theory, MA2) – The spotty ball as a design object (Teacher: Klára Kuti) 

Kitti Nikolett Bakonyi (Graphic Design, MA2) – Tactile Textus (Teachers: Balázs Vargha, Antal Lakner) 

Réka Lantos (Graphic Design, MA2) – Ér(in)tés (Teachers: Balázs Vargha, Ágnes Jekli) 

Kamilla Maja Menyhárt (Media Design, BA2) – Drone Orchestra (Teachers: Viktor Pálfalusi Attila, Kov Nina) 

Gergő Péri Gábor (Media Design, MA1) – Turn the Lights off! (Teachers: Ágoston Nagy) 

Áron Tóth-Heyn (Photography, BA3) – De rerum natura (Teacher: Balázs Máté) 

Lajos Czeglédi (Designer-Maker BA2) – Minimap (Teachers: Dóra Rea Kövér, Borka Moravcsik) 

Amália Gerstenkorn (Designer-Maker, BA3) – Inclusive sports equipment (Teacher: Dóra Rea Kövér) 

Máté Horváth (Product Design, BA2) – Centrix (Teacher: Dániel Lakos)  

Nina Anna Törő (Interaction Design, MA1) – Phoca: your caregiver self-care companion (Teacher: Ákos Csertán)  

Adelina Aranka Vass (Designer-Maker, BA3) – SWISH – offline plugin for electronic instruments for people with hearing impairments (Teacher: Dóra Rea Kövér)




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