Haber, Szilvia (1971 - )

Ceramic and porcelain industrial designer. She was born in Budapest in 1971. In 1995, she received a degree in ceramics and porcelain design from the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts (today: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design), and in 1997 she obtained a master's degree in handicraft design from the academy’s master’s program in Kecskemét, in Studio No. IV of the International Ceramics Studio. In 2013, she received a teaching diploma in the fine arts from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. For several years, she has been using cement-bonded concrete and artificial stone mixtures in her work. In her workshop, which produces terrazzo slabs, she creates floor tiles of her own design for reconstruction work. Some of the more important professional distinctions she has received include the László Moholy-Nagy Design Scholarship (1997–2000), the Hungarian Design Council Industrial Design Award (1998), the Noémi Ferenczy Prize (2016), and awards at the International Triennial of Silicate Art, Kecskemét, Hungary (2008, 2017). Her works can be found in several public collections in Hungary and abroad. She has a fellowship at the Hungarian Academy of Arts for the period 2020-2023.