THWS design students win 15 ADC awards – gold for Wolff!

THWS design students win 15 ADC awards – gold for Wolff!

The Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Technology (THWS) can look forward to an impressive award: students from the Design Faculty were honored with a total of 15 prizes by the Art Directors Club (ADC). This marks the fourth year in a row that THWS has shined in the design landscape. Some of the projects were of highly current social relevance, and the jury particularly emphasized the quality and creativity of the works. That's what she reports Main post that the students continue to be highly popular thanks to their innovative approaches and the legacy of design education at the THWS.

Particularly noteworthy is Paloma Wolff, who was unanimously awarded gold for her project “Matrescence”. Her mentor, Prof. André Rösler, supported her in creatively focusing on the topic of pregnancy and motherhood. In a workshop, the students developed, among other things, projects that shed light on social and political aspects, including topics such as artificial intelligence and its influence on daily life.

Various awards for the talents

Elias Hansbauer received silver for his course project “Boredom”, which was also created under the direction of Prof. Christoph Barth. The ADC also awarded five bronze awards, among which Jakob Schäfer deserves special mention for his master's thesis "Nonsense", as well as the bachelor's theses of Sophia Heinze, Hannah Schulz, Oceane Banas and Katja Lotter.

But that's not all: the THWS students also impressed with other innovative projects. Paul Zweig was honored for “Affective Computing” and Rahel Harbig and Franziska Göhmann for their joint course project “107 Things”. The team around Luis Bullinger and Laurin Stemmann also received praise from the ADC for their “Tiefplan” project. This large number of awards shows that the students have a good hand with their ideas and concepts not only in their work, but also in the design market.

A look into the future

For the coming years, the university plans to further strengthen its collaboration with industry and intensify exchanges with creative minds. The THWS also wants to show what it is capable of at the next ADC Talent Award 2024. The ADC has presented numerous awards for groundbreaking projects in the past. This year, the university won another gold prize for the “Painful” project, which addresses subjective pain sensations and could close an important gap in pain diagnosis THWS reported.

With such creative approaches and solid training, THWS students appear to be well on their way to continuing to have a significant impact on the design landscape. Recognition by the ADC is not only proof of the quality of the training, but also an incentive for everyone involved to continue to explore new paths in design.