/en/listing/264026/feed News listing en /en/news/the-making-of-artefakti Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:41:17 +0000 Nina Naveršnik 1021986 at /en The founding story of ARTEFAKTI - the annual CoDe graduation show Aalto stories Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Design CoDe Exhibition CoDe News Cooperation Studies A large printed ARTEFAKTI presentational panel with artists' names and exhibition text /en/news/an-interview-with-the-faculty-of-aalto-universitys-ma-in-contemporary-design Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:34:37 +0000 Nina Naveršnik 1000941 at /en The ARTEFAKTI Team sits down with the faculty of Aalto University’s Master’s in Contemporary Design to discuss the origins of the programme, students’ expansive outcomes, and the common values that underscore its teachings. We also talk about how we interpret contemporary design and the way it factors into the wider field of design. Arts and design Design Teaching CoDe News Studies Header image of ”Contemporary Design In Context” /en/news/sofia-guridi-is-designing-a-better-world-with-smart-textiles Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:05:39 +0000 Juuso Mäntykivi 916526 at /en Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life. Careers Collaboration Dissertations Materials and natural resources Research Sustainability Technology and engineering All Doctoral Programmes Alumni stories Bioinnovation center CHEM, Doctoral Programmes CoDe News Department of Chemistry and Materials Science alumni doctoral education doctoral programmes doctoral students student stories textiles Research & Art Studies Sofia Guridi pictured in a lab setting. /en/news/donor-artwork-was-unveiled-at-the-vare-night-out-stakeholder-event Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:02:01 +0000 Sini Koskimies 893251 at /en The power of creativity and sustainability brought together stakeholders, alumni, researchers and staff of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. CoDe News CoDe Project Campus Cooperation Lasileipiä roikkumassa vartaassa /en/news/irene-purasachit-saw-the-floral-industrys-waste-problem-firsthand-now-she-makes-material-for Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:37:22 +0000 Minna Hölttä 469701 at /en Nearly half of cut flowers end up in the trash, never making their way to dinner tables or first dates Sustainability Design CHEMARTS CoDe Exhibition CoDe Project CoDe News Research & Art Irene Purasachit /en/news/soil-matters-exhibition-chosen-as-the-winner-of-design-museums-open-call Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:07:10 +0000 Sini Koskimies 198191 at /en Soil Matters exhibition chosen as the winner of Design Museum´s open call Arts and design Design Materials and natural resources CoDe Exhibition CoDe News Research & Art Soil exhibits from the project Traces_from_the_Anthropocene Working_with_Soil. Photo:TzuyuChen /en/news/julia-lohmann-we-know-too-much-and-do-too-little Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Tiina Toivola 181086 at /en Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020. Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Design Research Sustainability CoDe News Critical Design Practices Design Practices Design research Radical creatives movie art and creative practices climate change cooler planet sustainability unfolded Research & Art Studies Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed at WEF. Photo: Mikko Raskinen /en/news/contemporary-design-enables-critical-reflection Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:49:46 +0000 Tiina Toivola 169181 at /en Design is the method with which we shape our world. The new MA Contemporary Design combines material-led design with critical and conceptual thinking practices. Art and Creative Practices Design Materials and natural resources Research Sustainability CoDe Project Contemporary design Critical Design Practices Design Practices cooler planet design Research & Art Studies What is contemporary design? /en/news/courage-and-creativity-in-higher-education-how-could-we-teach-that Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:27:19 +0000 Tiina Toivola 166466 at /en Answering the complex, dynamic and networked problems we face today means rethinking our traditional ways of working and building knowledge, according to a recent symposium on teaching arts and design at Aalto University. Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Teaching CoDe News Contemporary design Critical Design Practices Department of Art Design Factory art education cooler planet design design knowledge lecture series product design service design Research & Art U-Create teaching symposium's live illustration about producing collective knowledge by Apila Pepita Miettinen /en/news/we-need-to-redesign-everything-but-how Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:54:58 +0000 Tiina Toivola 153451 at /en Meeting sustainable development goals requires more collaboration between disciplines. Art and Creative Practices Sustainability CoDe News Contemporary design energy systems sustainability sustainable economy Research & Art Redesigning everything for sustainability. Illustration by Marika Latsone /en/news/fragile-water-exhibition-highlights-vulnerability-of-water-resources Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:00:00 +0000 Tiina Toivola 84391 at /en Water resources are limited and vulnerable in many places in the world. Design students and water researchers joined forces to visualise sustainable water solutions in the Fragile Water exhibition. Art and Creative Practices Collaboration CoDe Exhibition Contemporary design Department of Design Glass water research Cooperation Research & Art Chiao-Wen Hsu: Eaten Water Photo Anne Kinnunen /en/news/fiskars-partners-in-design-exploration-with-aalto-university Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:20:48 +0000 Tiina Toivola 74506 at /en The cooperation between Fiskars and Aalto University started in 2017 by defining shared interest areas in the long term, and first concrete projects started in 2018. Collaboration Design CoDe News Contemporary design School of Arts, Design and Architecture strategic partnerships Cooperation Aalto experimental glass pattern. Glass bubbles form a map / photo by Eeva Suorlahti /en/news/ceramics-and-its-dimensions-shaping-the-future-experiences-from-a-two-year-exhibition-tour Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:11:26 +0000 Krista Kinnunen 73776 at /en Produced and coordinated by Aalto University’s Department of Design, the exhibition has taught staff and students a lot of the industry and cooperation. Arts and design CoDe Exhibition CoDe News Contemporary design Research & Art Studies Future Ceramics: savityöpaja Aallossa 2018.