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Janka Kocisek, a student of the Department of Drawing and Printmaking, has created three exclusive designs for Ö1 for “The Ö1 Graphic of the Year”. In addition, three other female students from Austrian art universities submitted their works. The winner will be determined by an online vote. Vote now!

On June 2, 2026, the Fashion Department at the University of Applied Arts presented work by 40 students from the current academic year—the show, held in the university’s atrium on Vordere Zollamtsstraße, featured live performances by performance artist and singer Alex Franz Zehetbauer and drummer, performer, and singer Stina Fors. Under the direction of British designer Craig Green, who has been a professor in the fashion class since 2023, six graduation collections were also presented.

Several publications by members of the Angewandte community were selected among the 15 “Austria’s Most Beautiful Books 2025” and honoured at an awards ceremony held by the Austrian Publishers and Booksellers Association on 1 June 2026.

Willkommen an der Angewandten, Sophie Thun!

Sophie Thun wurde mit 1. Jänner 2026 zur Universitätsprofessorin für Künstlerische Fotografie am Institut für Bildende und Mediale Kunst der Angewandten berufen. Die Künstlerin arbeitet vorwiegend mit Techniken der analogen Fotografie, deren Räumen, Prozessen sowie Produktions- und Ausstellungsbedingungen.

Five graduates from the Class for Ideas/Department of Communication Design at the University of Applied Arts were recognised for their final projects at the Creativ Club Austria Venus Awards.

Rivalen. Egon Schiele und Oskar Kokoschka, erzählt von Marco Schreuder und Nina Schedlmayer, geht in sechs Episoden der Geschichte dieser zwei Ausnahmekünstler mit der Hilfe von Expert*innen und Archiv-Zitaten nach. Es ist der Begleit-Podcast zur aktuellen Ausstellung des Egon Schiele Museums Tulln und der Publikation Egon Schiele und Oskar Kokoschka. Netzwerker und Rivalen von Christian Bauer und Bernadette Reinhold (Hg.).

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is discussing the future of artistic archives and the archiving of art – as part of the Biennale Sessions in Venice, and in conversation with artists and researchers.

To mark the opening of this year’s Venice Biennale, the University of Applied Arts Vienna hosted a panel discussion on the future of artistic archives as part of the Biennale Sessions on 9 May 2026. Working with archives plays a central role for artists, researchers and students at the University of Applied Arts Vienna – whether in academic research, the management of existing archives and the development of new ones, or in the archiving of their own artistic work.

The 2026 State Prize for Design has been awarded to the design studio EOOS. The studio received the award for its SafeTap design in the consumer goods category. EOOS is run by Angewandte alumni Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann and Harald Gründl. They founded the studio in 1995 and continue to work in the fields of furniture, product and social design. Thinking about and teaching design in the context of society is a central component of their work, in line with the approach taught at the University of Applied Arts.

At the intersection of art, climate and society, students and lecturers from the Social Design Studio are working to activate the outdoor space around the Burgtheater. The city itself is the main protagonist in this project. Through the redesign, it aims to demonstrate how it is changing in the face of the climate crisis and, at the same time, how it could defend itself against this threatening situation. Thus, Josef-Meinrad-Platz is being furnished with chairs and armchairs, whilst fried eggs are being cooked in the car park next to the theatre. 

These and other interventions are part of a joint project between the Social Design Studio and the Burgtheater to remodel its outdoor space and create a stronger connection to the urban environment. The project will be presented for the first time under the name Stadt führt sich auf! as part of the Klimabiennale. Students and lecturers from the department are exploring how this is being developed and implemented.

Lennart Kos, a graduate of the master’s programme at the Institute of Language Arts, received the 2026 Authors’ Prize at the 43rd Heidelberger Stückemarkt.