The close final of make me! 2025
This is the 18th time that the international make me! competition will award prizes to young designers_. This year, 221 entries were received, of which 26 made it to the finals and will compete for prizes from a pool of 50,000 PLN.
This year’s competition jury: Kamil Białas, Maciej Głowacki, Maja Musznicka-Janiec, Michał Piernikowski, Agnieszka Polkowska, Jacek Ryn, analyzed and evaluated projects from Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, South Korea, Estonia, Italy, Slovenia, Montenegro, Romania, Taiwan, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Spain, Iceland. Thanks to their hard work, we got to know the final projects, and the results of make me! will be announced on May 20 at 18:00, during the opening gala of the Łódź Design Festival.
The projects of make me! 2025:
- Yara Abu Aataya – ~ 1 Hour collection (Czech Republic) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/1-hour-collection
- Natalia Biernat – Design of standard first aid kit (DIN 13157/DIN 13164). Analysis of utility processes using modern tools of visual communication and design. (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/design-of-standard-first-aid-kit
- Angelika Brzóska – Uni – Objects that support social interactions in local urban spaces (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/uni-objects-that-support-social-interactions
- Agnieszka Bujas – Home Care for the Newborn and Mother During the Postpartum Period. Mobile Midwife Workstation (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/home-care-for-the-newborn-and-mother-during-the-postpartum-period
- Konstantin Diehl – SONO (Germany) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/sono
- Kacper Dworak – Kołysanka (Poland)/ www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/kolysanka
- Dawid Fik – Zmiana (Change) (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/katalog/zmiana-change
- Adam Friedrich – Airy Backpack (Poland) www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/airy-backpack
- Hanna Harkawy – Ouli – a home therapy system for scars after a cesarean section surgery (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/ouli
- Zuzanna Hofman – Urban Gaps (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/urban-gaps
- Weronika Karska – Caleo – eco-friendly cooking (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/caleo
- Tímea Kepová (VNEM Studio) – UP AND DOWN collection (Slovakia) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/up-and-down-collection
- Żanetta Korsak, Paweł Lasota (Hak Studio) – UMA – tableware that boosts taste (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/uma/
- Zhong-Wei Lin – Reefine (Taiwan) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/reefine
- Lidia Magiera – Hand in Hand (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/hand-in-hand
- Amalia Magril (Studio Noff) – Linea (Netherlands) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/linea
- Patrycja Małek – Wellbeing Point – a comprehensive ecosystem for wellbeing support (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/wellbeing-point
- Natalia Markowicz – House for Aphid Busters (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/home-for-aphid-hunters
- Weronika Mikłusiak – Moody – Drop Off Your Memories (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/moody-drop-off-your-memories
- Paweł Paciorek – PLENER (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/makeme/catalog/plener
- Maja Rowecka – Greenspire – household spirulina farm as an example of sustainable food production (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/greenspire
- Tomek Różak – ROOTurn (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/makeme/catalog/rooturn
- Katarzyna Serafin, Klara Pałka – Eau (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/eau
- Paula Smolka, Julia Bugajska – Heartfelt – a project to improve patients’ experience in the transplant process (Poland) / wwww.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/heartfelt
- Agnieszka Szmyd – Stabilizing harness for dogs with behavior disorders during basic veterinary care (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/stabilizing-harness-for-dogs-with-behavior-disorders
- Ariel Śliwiński – Huba (Poland) / www.lodzdesign.com/en/makeme/catalog/huba
The sponsor of the prizes in the make me! competition is the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Partners of the make me! contest and prize funders are LPP and Interprint.
The Łódź Design Festival is made possible thanks to the support of the Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń and the City of Łódź. The event is co-organized by the National Cultural Center. Subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the Cultural Program of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025.
