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Miklos Kiss


Miklos Kiss

Miklós Kiss (born 19 September 1981 in Dunaújváros) is a designer and visual artist.

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Biography

Born on 19.09.1981. in Dunaújváros, Hungary. His talent has showed itself early, he began his studies in a drawing class in Arany János Elementary School and continued them in School of fine and applied arts, class applied arts, located in Dunaújváros. After the high school he attended the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Department of graphics, and graduated in 2006 within the Paint and Visual teacher departments.

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During his studies he already had exhibitions in the Palace of Art and Ludwig Museum located in Budapest, and Contemporary Arts Institute, located in Dunaújváros. In those years he worked much together with Szigeti Gábor Csongor, on installations and environments.

After getting the faculty diploma he received a special invitation from the Essl contemporary arts museum in Vienna for the Essl award exhibition, where he received a special award.

In 2008 he turned towards design, and began working on graphics, design and architecture.

At age 28, in year 2009, he designed a tire service building, mocked as Rubberhouse, which was built based on his plans and design. The walls of the building consist of recycled tire filings. The same year he designed the Budapest Airport Terminal 2 and Sky Court information system’s graphic design.

In 2011, the Museum of Applied Arts bought his furniture collection named HOOP.

About the same time he designed the LACK magazine’s identity and front cover, which achieved great success.

His identities and graphics can be found on many international design blogs and design books.

Awards

  • 2002 Glatz Oszkár Prize
  • 2003 Barcsay Jenő Prize
  • 2003 Székely Bertalan Prize
  • 2004 Ludwig Prize
  • 2005 Award of the Hungarian Ministry of Communication and Informatics
  • 2005 Republic Scholarship
  • 2005 PONT:ITT:MOST, (RIGHT:HERE:NOW) outdoor sculpture competition award
  • 2006 Award of the Hungarian Ministry of Communication and Informatics
  • 2007 ESSL Special Award
  • 2007 Prize of the best pavilion at Bibliobraz International Book Fair in Moscow – together with Zsombor Kiss
  • 2009 Budapest airport’s Competition on the Signage Concept of the new Terminal 2
  • 2010 Dunaújváros County Town Municipality Award
  • 2011 hg.hu Design Award, 1st prize
  • References

    Miklós Kiss Wikipedia