The Merz Akademie has established two scholarships through funding from the STIBET I programme, specifically for international students enrolled in the Master of Arts program Research in Design, Art and...
Merz Akademie graduate Konstanze Winter won the award for Best Experimental Film at FICIMAD 2026 (Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid) for her film “it’s growing on me.” Congratulations!...
Student Emely Ulmer wins the “100 Best Posters 2025” competition. Congratulations! Emely Ulmer’s silkscreen poster “Hygiene Products” was created as part of Prof. Florian Bayer’s semester project, “The New Alphabet...
The film “Woodwalkers 2” received a Lola nomination in the Best Visual Effects category. The VFX supervisors were Merz Akademie graduate Mona Mohr and Max Riess from Pixomondo. Their work...
“An impressive achievement that is considered groundbreaking in its field” – German Design Award Winner 2026 for the agency Solid White, founded by Merz Akademie graduates Patrick Müller, Christian von...
Merz Akademie student Zoe Schmidt wins the grand prize in the print category of the Meduc Award, a competition for young media professionals, with her work “Wo ist das Problem?”...
Der Film “Leg Day” von Merz Akademie-Absolvent Paul Kley läuft auf dem 1. International shortmood Filmfestival 2025 am 14./15.11.2025 in Stuttgart. Über 1911 Filmeinreichungen hat die Jury erhalten, “Leg Day”...
In den Innenstadtkinos Stuttgart laufen bei der 31. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg vom 3. bis 7. Dezember 2025 sechs Filme von Merz Akademie-Studierenden und Absolvent*innen – und drei davon sind im Rennen...
A UX Design Award for “Smila Gen 2” in the Product 2025 category goes to zigzag. Congratulations to Florian Dusch, Merz Academy graduate, and his agency zizag! zigzag received the...
Merz Akademie-Studentin Mariia Sviatohorova erhält ein Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes für Studierende in den Fächern Design / Gestaltung / Film 2025. Mariia studiert im 4. Semester im Bachelorstudiengang...