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In the Czech International Student Design Award competition, students from the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, secured top positions in different categories. The highest honor, the GRAND Award, went to Barbora Kramná, a graduate of the Graphic Design and Visual Communication studio, for her thesis on reconstructing and modernly interpreting the Old Czech Bastarda script from the Trojan Chronicle. She digitally restored this historical Gothic typeface into a functional modern font.

Outstanding student design award went to Matouš Kos for the series of posters for the Kralovice Elementary Art School, Dominik Tyl for the book The Longest Journey, Barbora Kramná for her book Femme, focused on women's issues, and Filip Šenkeřík and Vojtěch Liebl for their adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Václav Kotva won two special awards—the Albatros Media Award and the Atak Design Studio Award—for his book Mills, which explores the history and significance of mills in Czech history.

The Association of Applied Graphics and Graphic Design Award was awarded to Matouš Kos for his poster entitled Rescue, created for the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. The Director’s Award from the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague also went to Barbora Kramná for Femme, where she combines visual and textual elements related to women's issues, using artificial intelligence.

The Czech International Student Design Award recognizes a broad range of design fields, from architecture and jewelry to industrial design. Anonymous evaluations are carried out by Czech and international juries composed of renowned experts and academics.

For more information on the Czech International Student Design Award, visit the competition's website.