Different Brilliant 2024
Award for Final Theses
Under the title “Different Brilliant”, the IConCMT 2024 awarded outstanding Bachelor’s and Master’s theses for the third time. The prize recognised best practice examples in applied and artistic research in media, design, and media production.
Supervisors and students had the opportunity to submit their work via Easy Chair. Winners received cash prizes, free accommodation*, and complimentary conference access. The award celebrated creative, research-based work in media and digital technologies and inspired interdisciplinary exchange.
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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.
“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.
Copyright: Christina Rittmannsberger, St. Pölten UAS