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Handbook introduces the world of ceramics
The Ceramics Handbook guides the reader to working with clay through texts, images, illustrations, animations, and videos.
Mariana Salgado is the Alumn of the Year of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Service design expert speaks for the designers鈥 role in public policy creation and in helping strengthen participation.
Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 鈥 Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)
We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Sparks of curiosity: two professors share what they wonder about
Two newly tenured Aalto professors talk about what drives them
Ruusa Vuori wins ALPHA Award 2024
Aalto University students were victorious in the ALPHA competition for Nordic fashion schools.
Designing a better bus experience in Helsinki
Katarina Blind, a student of product design, has designed a better bus experience for the public transport system in Helsinki and pitched it to the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority HSL
Apply for Designs for a Cooler Planet festival by 22 January 2024
Tell us how your research or project will change the world.
Ceramic artwork Rule of Play delights the people of Sompasaari
Nathalie Lautenbacher's Rule of Play is one of the latest public art works in the City of Helsinki. The wall relief consists of two different sets of works placed on the exterior walls of the newly completed Sompasaari daycare centre, at eye level.
Professor Marco Steinberg: 鈥橶e need to change, and we need to do it now鈥
Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world鈥檚 most pressing issues, like climate change, won鈥檛 be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today鈥檚 solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.
Revolutionary bio-based materials took center stage at Dutch Design Week
Aalto University Bioinnovation Center participated in the prestigious Dutch Design Week (DDW) for the very first time, joined by several experimental initiatives from the Aalto ChemArts program.
Biochar is a step towards a more lush and sustainable city
Aalto University is part of the City of Helsinki鈥檚 biochar project that is looking for ways to improve carbon sequestration, create circular waste systems and make urban vegetation thrive.
TOKYO organises a new After ARTS event week
Exhibitions, workshops and professional talks will take place from Monday to Friday 30 October to 3 November 2023.
Internship in Denmark: as toy designer at LEGO Group
Teamwork and a playful attitude inspired Joona J盲rvinen, MA student of Collaborative and Industrial Design.
Young Designer of the Year 2023 is fashion designer Henna Lampinen
The designer, who graduated from Aalto University's fashion MA programme, believes that fashion should be more accessible.
Accessible MRI could revolutionise the diagnosis of brain disorders
A research team at Aalto is developing an accessible magnetic resonance imaging machine
鈥滲utter Churner鈥 won the prestigious 2023 Red Dot Concept Award
Aalto ARTS student Anurag Sarda鈥檚 master鈥檚 thesis project (CoID) was inspired by the Indian traditional culinary technique of butter making.
Team of Interior Architecture and Contemporary Design students won the Habitare Design competition 2023
The Habitare Design Competition is intended for students studying art, design, and architecture in Finland. This year 鈥榮 theme of the competition was 鈥淭ools for togetherness鈥, which required the teams to design and implement new types of tools to promote togetherness and interaction on a human scale or more widely.
Register for training in research data management and open science
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
Annukka Svanda: It's important to challenge yourself to do hard things
'I believe that those of us who can and are capable have a duty to work to make the world a little better place all the time. For example, we can try to improve the situation of those who are not so well off.'
