Emblem wins My Big Idea and advances to Ideation Camp 11

The University of Luxembourg reported on 8 December 2023 that Emblem won the My Big Idea competition and advanced to Ideation Camp 11 with a 1,000 EUR cash prize.

Publisher
Emblem: Digital Souvenirs
Editorial
Emblem Editorial
Published
December 8, 2023
Updated
March 21, 2026
Source basis
University of Luxembourg

This article references material from uni.lu alongside Emblem reporting.

Read the competition coverage

The University of Luxembourg reported on 8 December 2023 that Emblem won the My Big Idea competition and advanced to Ideation Camp 11 with a 1,000 EUR cash prize. This article sits inside the wider Emblem news archive covering launches, programme support, Emblem creator projects and public recognition.

Article text

On 8 December 2023, the University of Luxembourg published its Ideation Camp 11 coverage and confirmed that Emblem had won the My Big Idea competition. The team of Daniel Michels, Miguel Curtido Linares, Saad Shakeel, and Pit Baumgot received a 1,000 EUR cash prize and advanced into the university's entrepreneurship pipeline.

This milestone matters because it marks one of the first formal recognitions of Emblem's concept inside Luxembourg's startup and academic environment. It validated the early premise that travel memories, local culture, and digital collectibles could be brought together in a more meaningful souvenir model.

The My Big Idea win also helped set up the next phase of development. It gave the team momentum, visibility, and a clearer pathway into the mentoring and ecosystem support that would shape later versions of the product and the Luxembourg Passport collection.