2022
Jury
This year, the jury was made up of METAA members Camille De dieu and Joelle Aeschlimann as well as Pauline Saglio (head of ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design department) and Alexia Mathieu (head of HEAD Master Media Design department). The jury was held during the diploma presentation June 24th at ECAL and on June 23th at HEAD.
Award Ceremony
The award was given at the graduation ceremony of each partner school, as well as at a specific event organized by the association.
The ECAL and HEAD Partner Ceremony took place on July 1st 2022.
A prize of the amount of 1000.- was awarded to the winning Bachelor Media & Interaction Design project.
A prize of the amount of 2000.- was awarded to the winning Master Media design project.
The official METAA awards event will take place in the fall of 2022. The 2 winners of the award will be invited to present their project, the presentations will be followed by a cocktail reception which will close the ceremony.
For this edition, the two winning projects are :
Tiki Bordin
Master Media Design HEAD
For her project Mondi Morbidi
Mondi Morbidi explores alternative models for storytelling and how to create game environments across real and physical worlds through collaboration with non-human agents, commonly known as blobs.
This collaboration aims to ask the question: What if we could create symbiotic game worlds that both depend on us and respond in an organic way by making decisions of their own
Samuel Dumez
Bachelor Media & Interaction Design ECAL
For his project Public Lectures
With Public Lectures, Samuel Dumez wonders how an artist/designer could share and enrich their practice in a context where video-conferencing is becoming one of the most used means of disseminating content. Public lectures is a web platform in the form of a mini conference, encouraging interaction through comments and content exchange. It seeks to erase the usual boundaries between presenter and viewer, inviting everyone to contribute in order to bring out innovative forms of dialogue.
2021
Jury
The jury is made up of 3 members of the METAA association: 2 members elected by the association as well as the heads of our partner departments.
In 2021, the jury was composed of METAA members David Colombini, Benoit Renaudin et Caroline Buttet as well as Pauline Saglio (head of ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design department) and Alexia Mathieu (head of HEAD Master Media Design department). The jury was held during the diploma presentations of our partner schools on June 18th at ECAL and on June 25th at HEAD.
Partner Schools
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ECAL, Haute École d'Art et Design de Lausanne, Bachelor Media & Interaction Design department
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HEAD, Geneva University of Art and Design, Master Media Design department
Award Ceremony
The award was given at the graduation ceremony of each partner school, as well as at a specific event organized by the association.
The association's awards ceremony will take place on February 14th, 2022.
The ECAL Partner Ceremony took place on June 25th 2021. A prize of the amount of 1000.- was awarded to the winning Bachelor Media & Interaction Design project.
The HEAD Partner Ceremony took place on July 3rd 2021. A prize of the amount of 1500.- was awarded to the winning Master Media design project.
Paul Fritz
Bachelor Media & Interaction Design ECAL
For his projet Grappaa
An unusual, modular and traveling exhibition space
Aurélie Belle
Master Media Design HEAD
For her project Unwavering Gender
A video game gathering testimonies from victims of everyday sexism
2020
Jury
The jury was made up of METAA members Mylène Dreyer and Laurent Novac as well as Pauline Saglio (head of ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design department) and Alexia Mathieu (head of HEAD Master Media Design department). The jury was held during the diploma presentations of our partner schools. September 2nd at ECAL and on September 4th at HEAD.
Award Ceremony
The award was given at the graduation ceremony of each partner school, as well as at a specific event organized by the association.
The Official METAA Ceremony event took place on October 8, 2020.
The ECAL Partner Ceremony took place on September 4th 2020. A prize of the amount of 1000.- was awarded to the winning Bachelor Media & Interaction Design project.
The HEAD Partner Ceremony took place on September 18th. A prize 2020 of the amount of 1500.- was awarded to the winning Master Media design project.
Aurélien Pellegrini
Bachelor Media & Interaction Design ECAL
For his project Pump and Surf
Pump and Surf encourages internet users to find out how much energy is spent when they are surfing the internet.
Tammara Leites
Master Media Design HEAD
Pour son projet META Stories
Une maison d'édition pour les auteurs d'intelligence artificielle qui créent des histoires fictives à partir de données personnelles.
