The make me! 2024. Here are the finalists!

·22 April 2024

Young, talented designers are competing for a special award. The list of finalists for the international make me! competition is now available. This year’s 17th edition received 156 entries. The vast majority are from Polish designers, but there are also some brilliant designs from other countries. Who among the 28 finalists will win awards?

The international design competition make me! is one of the most innovative design events in Europe and a key part of the Łódź Design Festival. Its most important objective is to forecast upcoming trends and support designers making their professional debut – People who have taken part in the previous editions of the competition particularly appreciate the fact that it provides an opportunity to make a name for themselves in the design community. They most often mention that participation in make me! has helped them build their recognisability – e.g. through the exhibition accompanying the competition and presented at the ŁDF or numerous publications in the media,” adds Michał Piernikowski, make me! juror and director of the Łódź Design Festival.

This year’s competition jury – composed of: Joanna Krokosz, Tomek Rygalik, Kaja Werbanowska, Kasia Kabo, Tomek Pydo, Michał Piernikowski – spent hours analysing all 156 entries, studying the descriptions, technical documents and graphic designs… After long deliberations culminating in a vote, 28 projects were selected for the final of the competition – the final challenge now remains before their authors: the presentation of the 3D models at an exhibition as part of the Łódź Design Festival (21-26.05). That is when everything will finally be decided!

The results of make me! 2024 will be announced on 21 May at 6 pm, during the opening gala of the Łódź Design Festival. Competing for the financial prizes, from a pool of PLN 50 000, are:

Zofia Kobus (Poland) / Fugi – a design for a one-person tent integrated with a backpack designed for outdoor survival and hiking
Nicola Michańków (Poland) / Developing creativity in parents and children
Sebastian Zgutka (Poland) / 1Source
Jacobo Cuesta Wolf (Germany) / New Grid
Mária Bačová (Slovakia) / Invisible_Animals
Daria Sokolnicka (Poland) / Hooded trekking jacket with head protection function
Agnieszka Odziemkowska (Poland) / Echo – a tool to support conversation about loss
Janek Beau (Germany) / Designed to die
Justyna Żak (Poland) / ZNIKAM
Julia Karnaś (Poland) / Settlement Climate Shelter
Magdalena Jugo (Poland) / Dream of the Region
Anna Dudziak (Poland) / Social dimension of music. Soundset – a set of modular instrumental objects for creating sound experiments, jam sessions and interpersonal relations
Marcin Kitala (Poland) / Modern Interpretation of the Krakow Nativity Scene
Gabriela Kawinska (Poland) / LAS
Anna Milczanowska and Aleksandra Mytnik (Poland) / AB72
Antoni Rzepka (Poland) / Project of objects made of recycled skateboard tops
Mateusz Frąszczak, Sara Iwanowska, Ada Brożyna, Jacek Śliwowski (Poland) / Screen for Hospice
Patryk Madany (Poland) / Project supporting therapy for people with Tourette Syndrome
Basia Pruszyńska (Poland) / Vernacular light
Maja Góralczyk (Poland) / Sea-friendly beach accessories
Zofia Hernas (Poland) / Utul – a set of products for women in maternity wards
Zofia Wawrzyniak (Poland) / Forest observations
Piotr Pryk (Poland) / Improvement of small motor skills, design of an orthosis in 3D FDM printing technology, supporting rehabilitation of people with hand spasticity
Piotr Pryk (Poland) / New methods of shaping sheet steel using a series of furniture as an example
Dominik Syska (Poland) / Switch concept
Nils Sorger (Germany) / Solo – Personalised 3D Printed Bike Helmet
Beata Mielus (Poland) / Pont
Stanisław Stupkiewicz (Poland) / Weave