Jump into the Future! – Meet the finalists of MOME's creative idea competition

Date: 2025.06.06
From survival gear and waterless clothing care to floating cities and a 3D-printed beetle machine, these are just some of the groundbreaking ideas from the ten teams who have reached the finals of the 2025 ‘Jump into the Future!’ competition. They've now got just over three weeks to further develop their projects with their mentors before the grand finale on 25 June at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest.

This year's edition of the ‘Jump into the Future!’ creative idea competition, open to students in forms 7 through 10, focused on the theme of water, a resource that's already in short supply globally, given that only 1% of the Earth's total water is usable for drinking. Today, we take its availability for granted: turn on the tap, and clean drinking water flows out. But how much longer? Industry consumes vast amounts, with around 2,700 litres needed to produce a single short-sleeved T-shirt and approximately 3,000 litres required for a hamburger. 

So, what can we do to preserve water, ensure its purity, and prevent it from flooding critical areas? Ten teams offer ten distinct answers: 

Code Noir reimagined the future of the textile industry with a project featuring waterless, intelligent clothing care, transportation of used garments and packages, and innovative recycling service models.  

Team Diluvium developed the concept of Balanea, a floating green city. This self-sufficient, water-based complex offers sustainable solutions for a community of three million climate refugees. 

The Secret H2O Society presented a speculative art concept: the future city of PO-L1P. This floating settlement symbolises post-climate crisis life, where art and technology converge. 

Hydrohackers designed a small, 3D-printable device that mimics the survival strategy of the Namibian fog-basking beetle. Though small-scale, their concept proposes locally effective solutions. 

Team Bacsaók developed a solar-powered energy dome enabling distillation through focusing light. Their ‘Solar Death’ concept is both a technological and philosophical thought experiment on harnessing solar energy. 

Ütős Négyes showcased an embryo-shaped symbol, raising awareness on how environmental harm begins to affect our lives even in the foetal stage. 

Water Spiders presented an anti-fast fashion concept based on bag accessories made from waste collected from bodies of water. Their sustainable design allows customers to assemble unique bags. 

Ísbíltúr designed a future-critical product family of survival gear, reflecting on the impending future. Their project paints an eerie vision of the planet's potential fate. 

Newwave's sci-fi inspired idea is a time capsule-based portal system, designed to facilitate water flow between the past and future. The concept proposes a new approach to water scarcity. 

Akvamarin's project is a fictional research centre dedicated to water protection. Their activities extend to safeguarding marine life and curbing pollution. 

At this event centred on the future and sustainability, student teams developed radically new, visionary solutions concerning the future of water. In the competition’s second phase, they're fine-tuning their ideas.  This interdisciplinary project sees students creating prototypes and speculative narratives at the intersection of art, design, and science. The best projects will then be presented to the public as prototypes or in exhibition format on the day of the finale. 

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Water still feels like a given in our everyday lives – but for how much longer? This pressing issue was tackled by secondary school students in the 2025 edition of the ‘Jump into the Future!’ creative competition. Working in teams, pupils from Years 7 to 10 developed bold, imaginative ideas for the future of one of life’s most essential resources. In the second round, selected teams refined their concepts in close collaboration with MOME mentors. At the final on 25 June, ten teams presented their forward-thinking visions, with four of them awarded by a jury of MOME faculty. First place went to Ísbíltúr, second to Bacsaók, third to Code Noir, while Newwave received a special prize. All four stood out not only for their creativity, but also for their systems-level approach, serving as a powerful reminder that water scarcity is no distant threat but an issue we must act on now.
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