Talent Awards 2020/21 Winners Announced

A virtual exhibition of the works of prize winners on the joint competition of LEGO Hungária Kft. and MOME

The participants of the joint creative competition of LEGO Hungária Kft. and Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) created special mosaic images using tens of thousands of LEGO bricks. The aim of the Talent Awards held for the first time was to bring together fans of design, arts and LEGO bricks.  The special exhibition compiled from the most exciting works is open from today

The competition was open nationally and to MOME students and staff, and participants recreated their own worlds using mosaic techniques and LEGO bricks. The mosaics include works using negative space, sculptures, lenticular and mixed media creations as well. In addition to buildings that think in terms of flatness, there were several solutions that leveraged on the possibilities offered by cubes and space to the utmost.

The professional jury, which decided on the best works in each category, included renowned experts such as József Fülöp, Rector of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design; Roberta Cardazzo, Design Manager of the LEGO Group; Balázs Vargha, Head of MOME MA Graphic Design; Dániel Erdély, graphic designer and illustrator, as well as Zsolt Hudák, Head of the tekerd! creative group. The winners were announced on an online awards ceremony on 20 May 2021.

1st prize - Luca Fabók: KockArt

 

Mosaic pictures from own LEGO bricks - winners of the national competition

Within the frameworks of the Talent Awards 2020/21, an open, national competition creators had to build a mosaic of up to 1x1 metre size using their LEGO sets from home. The first prize was awarded to Luca Fabók, for her work titled KockArt. The applicant chose four iconic paintings as her themes, which she rethought taking into account the colour palette of her LEGO bricks. With her work, she sought to answer the question of whether a richly detailed image remains recognisable even if it is simplified to the extreme. The second place winner, Tamás Schliszka depicted the moment of landing on the Moon by means of cubes, the third place winner Péter Szalay nominated with five mosaics, blending painting and the mosaic technique created from LEGO bricks..

In her comments on the works submitted to the competition, Roberta Cardazzo, the design manager of LEGO Group, said: ‘I am extremely delighted to be part of this programme as a LEGO designer. What I like about my work is that I can express my ideas, make my experiments and recreate things with the help of LEGO bricks. I discovered this ambition in the submitted entries as well. For me, the two most important aspects of the evaluation were the uniqueness and the idea behind the creation. It was so great to see how many various techniques the applicants used and I must say that each entry was unique in its own way!’

2nd prize - Tamás Schliszka: A small step for a man let alone for a small figure.

 

3rd prize - Péter Szalai: Overall Picture

The large photo mosaic - winners of the internal competition of MOME

As the main element of the competition for students and staff of MOME, participants designed an art work using photo the mosaic technique. The design by the winner Évu Szabó titled Talks on the Campus shows the connection of art, design and science on a thousand threads. The task of this three-part unit is to find comprehensive solutions to complex problems. The second place winner of the internal competition was the work by Anna Mária Kormos titled A day at MOME and the third place was awarded to Norbert Nguyen Tran, who - in his work titled Colour and shape depicted the blending of thoughts and ideas by mixing the colours of Lego bricks.

‘MOME is delighted to be involved in the project, as our aim is to share the joy of creation, to help people who are not involved in artistic activities to develop their creative competences. We would like to be open to civil audience interested in creation and playfulness, because we do believe that it is a value for everyone whatever they do. The works submitted to the competition clearly reflect that it was worth creating this opportunity and offering the experimental approach which is represented by the LEGO toy system itself and by MOME as well.’ - said József Fülöp, Rector of MOME about the entries.

1st prize - Évu Szabó: Talks on the Campus

 

Main prize

The main prize of the internal competition Talent Awards is that the creator the winning entry will be able to develop their idea further with professional help and a giant mosaic of up to 6x4.5 metres can be set up on a public place.

 

2nd prize - Anna Mária Kormos: One day at MOME

 

Special prize

In addition to the big mosaic, MOME applicants could enter the competition by re-thinking four pre-defined LEGO Art sets. They had to create their own mosaic, using the elements of the selected sets. The jury also awarded the special prize for the reinvention of LEGO Art to Évu Szabó.

In addition to the grand prize, the winners will be rewarded with a number of exciting prizes, seven iconic LEGO sets and the opportunity to participate in MOME OPEN courses.

3rd prize - Norbert Nguyen Tran: Colour and shape

 

Exhibition

The best 10-10 works will be presented to the wider public on an exhibition. The exhibition can be viewed online in the virtual space of PiQ via the website of Talent Awards or until 10 June 2021 - depending on the current health restrictions at the front of the MOME BASE building on Zugligeti út.

 

Background

LEGO Hungária Kft. and Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design announced their long term cooperation agreement in December 2020, the aim of which was to realise colourful and creative ideas and projects by combining design and LEGO toy system. On the competition - open nationally and to MOME students and staff - participants recreated their own worlds using LEGO bricks.

The two organisations hope that by stepping out from the traditional framework of the LEGO toy, LEGO bricks can be seen as a design tool for university teaching and work, and as part of this, the iconic bricks can become part of everyday life at MOME in many areas.