Martin Schmitz Verlag has been awarded the German Publishing Prize 2026, Martin Schmitz also holds the Lucius & Annemarie Burckhardt Honorary Professorship at Kunsthochschule Kassel.

Berfin Topal (Visual Arts) is a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.

Product design students receive a scholarship from the IKEA Foundation for their final projects. In the summer semester of 2026, Viola Sommerfeld, Jonas Hohmann, Till Ihrig, Lars Hanhardt, Giulio Pizzo received funding. In the fall of 2026, Julia Bruinier also received a scholarship. The scholarship is paid out over six months at a rate of 500 euros per month.

Gülberk Elif Bosgelmez was awarded the Jury’s Special Prize at the 20th FullDome Festival in Jena for her film “senses slight.”

Awards at the Rundgang of the Kunsthochschule Kassel:
SV SparkassenVersicherung Prize (€2,500): Magdalena Henfling (“Hystéra”, €1,000), Tony Bartos (“Transition of the Current”, €1,000), and Soukaina El Adak (“Routine”, €500).

Prize of the Employees of the Kunsthochschule Kassel (€600): Graphic Design Class under the direction of Santiago da Silva (“Book Therapy”).

Birgitt-Bolsmann Prize (€1,100): Alina Klankers.

Joscha Tschammer received an award for his product design thesis in the nationwide SKZ ideas competition. The award was given for his design of a shelf bracket made from recycled textiles.

In the design competition for the glass facade of the Probonio Arena in Kassel, Kseniia Gagnidze was awarded first prize (3,000 euros).

Mats Werchohlad has been awarded a three-month Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowship at the Central Institute for Art History to support his research project „(Re-)figurationen der Landschaft. Der Umweltdiskurs am historischen Bauhaus“.

The Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago has selected a poster by Thomas Kühnen, head of the screen printing workshop at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, as one of the 100 best entries in the global STA100 competition.

The first prize (€2,500) of the UNIKAT Ideas Competition is awarded to design student Lea Brandenstein for her concept “ISOmedi”.