Different Brilliant 2024
Award for Final Theses
Under the title “Different Brilliant” for the third time the IConCMT awards a prize to outstanding bachelor’s and master’s theses that exemplify best practices in applied and artistic research projects in media, design, and media production.
We invite supervisors and students to submit the outstanding Bachelor’s and Master’s theses via Easy Chair. We would like to celebrate the innovative design-related research and applied methodologies in media and digital technologies. Winners receive cash prizes, accommodation*, and complimentary conference access. Don’t miss this chance to showcase your creative research and inspire peers across disciplines!
Winner of 2024
In 2024 top three bachelor’s and master’s theses were presented to the public in a 15-minute format. Students from all Austrian universities and Erasmus partner institutions were eligible to apply.
The winners were:
• Kristina Schmiedl, St. Pölten UAS, with her master´s thesis Animationen in Signations des ORF von 1960 bis 1989.
• Felix Keis, Stuttgart UAS/Hochschule der Medien, with his bachelor thesis Typograffiti - Analyse des Potenzials von Stylewriting im kommerziellen Grafikdesign.
• Sandrine Smajic, St. Pölten UAS, with her master´s thesis The male and female gaze – Die Betrachtung von Machtstrukturen und sexueller Belästigung in den Filmen: Bombshell, Disclosure, North Country und The Assistant.
Copyright: Christina Rittmannsberger, St. Pölten UAS
“The graduates have presented outstanding projects that showcase the interdisciplinary, creative, and technical potential of the next generation of designers. I am delighted that we could organize this competition together with the Academic Design Network Austria at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences,” said the award’s initiator and head of the Bachelor’s program in Media Technology at FH St. Pölten Rosa von Suess. The Academic Design Network Austria also held its fourth networking meeting at FH St. Pölten during the conference.
Submission
Submission has already closed.
All submissions must include: research question(s), method(s), outcomes, summary and key literature. Paper structure: abstract (200 words), research question(s) + research design and method(s) (300 words), conclusion/results (200 words) and please submit additionally short biography (100 words).