Karolína Kučerová and Ivo Jedlička
PHOTOS: Apolena Typltová, Markéta Slaná, and the Interior of the Year archive
“As we enter the second decade of Interior of the Year, we’ve decided to make several fundamental changes to the award’s design. First and foremost, we’ve moved away from glass—the material that defined the first decade. We’ve ushered in an era of an equally traditional material—porcelain—and have begun a collaboration with Thun. Furthermore, we’ve decided to give young but immensely talented designers a chance. Despite their youth, Karolína Kučerová and Ivo Jedlička have already managed to attract attention both at home and abroad.” says Petr Tschakert, founder and director of the competition.
Karolína Kučerová is of Czech origin but was born and raised in the U.S. She has recently become one of the most interesting figures of the “new wave” of Czech design. She studied ceramics and glass at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, mixed media at Kyoto University of the Arts in Kyoto, Japan, and ceramics and porcelain at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague; she is now continuing her studies in ceramics and glass as a freelance student at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.
This year, she took second place in the Discovery of the Year category of the Czech Grand Design awards and also won in two categories of ELLE magazine’s Decoration International Awards (EDIDA).
Enygma Vases (ceramics), Karolína Kučerová
Ivo Jedlička took third place this year in the Discovery of the Year category of the Czech Grand Design Awards. He studied glass and ceramics at the Royal Danish Academy and graduated with a degree in product design from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He is currently exhibiting his work in Brussels, among other places.
The Cooking The Craft project, inspired by various culinary techniques (glass), Ivo Jedlička
Thun Porcelain Factory (officially Thun 1794 a.s.) is currently the oldest and largest Czech porcelain factory. It was founded in 1794 by Count František Josef Thun of Hohenstein. As one of the few companies of this type and size, it managed to weather the energy crisis and return to the levels of performance it had achieved prior to the crisis. Incidentally, Thun porcelain was also used for dining at the Czech Pavilion restaurant at the Osaka Expo.
Architects and interior designers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia can now submit entries for the eleventh annual Interior of the Year awards. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2026, and the winners will be announced, as usual, at the DOX Center for Contemporary Art in Prague in the spring of 2026.
Both private and public interiors designed by professionals and completed in 2025 in accordance with the rules are eligible to participate.
The winners will be selected by an international jury of experts led by the rector emeritus of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, architect and designer Prof. Acad. Arch. Jiří Pelcl, Dr. h.c.
Essence Vases (glass), Karolína Kučerová
Karolína Kučerová with the Empathy Vase (ceramics)
Monochord Musical Instrument (from Milan Design Week 2023), Ivo Jedlička
