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

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

Würzburg, Deutschland - The Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) can look forward to an impressive award: Students of the Faculty of Design were recognized by the Art Directors Club (ADC) with a total of 15 prizes. This marks the fourth year in a row in which the THWS shines in the design landscape. In some cases, the projects of highly current social relevance were, and the jury particularly emphasized the quality and creativity of the work. So the main-posts Design training at the THWS continues to be very popular.

particularly highlighted is Paloma Wolff, who was unanimously awarded gold for her “Matrescence” project. Her mentor, Prof. André Rösler, supported her in creatively bringing the topic of pregnancy and motherhood into focus. In a workshop, the students developed projects that illuminate social and political aspects, including topics such as artificial intelligence and their influence on everyday life.

diverse 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, under which Jakob Schäfer should be particularly mentioned for his master's thesis "Nonsense", as well as the bachelor theses by 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 for "Affective Computing", as well as Rahel Harbig and Franziska Göhmann were awarded for their joint course project "107 things". The team around Luis Bullinger and Laurin Stemmann also received praise from the ADC for their “Tief plan” project. This multitude of awards shows that the students have a good hand with their ideas and concepts not only in their work, but also on the design market.

A look into the future

For the coming years, the university plans to further strengthen the cooperation with industry and to intensify the exchange with creative minds. At the next ADC Talent Award 2024, the THWS wants to show what it is made of. The ADC has already given numerous awards for groundbreaking projects in the past. This year, the university won another gold price for the “Painful” project, which could focus on subjective pain sensations and close an important gap in pain diagnosis, as the Thws

With such creative approaches and solid training, the THWS students seem to be on the best way to continue to significantly influence the design landscape. The 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 ways in the design.