We are honored to share that the course Non-Bionormative Prosthesis Design, co-taught by Renáta Dezső and Luca Szabados at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), has been recognized with the Don Norman Design Award in the Education category.

Building on this philosophy, the course explores the intersection of design and disability through practical, design-centered, and situational learning. Students learn that challenges in using everyday objects often stem not from physical difference—such as limb absence—but from the affordances of the objects themselves.

Hosted within MOME’s Research and Innovation (KFI) program, the course examines disability as a complex, social, and material condition, rather than a deficit to be fixed. The pedagogical aim is to foster empathetic, critical, and creative thinking about the relationships between body, technology, and design. We are proud that this approach to teaching and critical making has been recognized internationally and grateful to all students and collaborators who contributed to this shared work.