Master's degree student in fashion Emilia Kuurila designed formal wear for Espoo’s female bishop
Kaisamari Hintikka was ordained as a bishop on 10 February at the Espoo Cathedral wearing elegant and modern bishop’s clothing.
Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees in Arts, Design and Architecture
The next ceremonial conferment of Doctoral and Master's Degrees in Arts, Design and Architecture will be held during the ceremony week on 13th June 2025. Doctors and Masters are welcomed into the scientific community at the most prestigious of academic events every six years.
Quantum Wheel brings world-class game makers and quantum physicists together
From 15th until 17th February 2019 the Helsinki SkyWheel and Allas Sea Pool are the base for the 5th Quantum Game Jam; an intensive weekend during which game makers and physicists get together with the aim of creating games that harness the nature of quantum mechanics.
Public art sparks our imagination
Aalto University is the first university in Finland to commit to the principle of the art percent.
Artists digging up contaminated soil
Artistic research does not provide ready-made answers, but instead raises important questions. Artist researchers are currently interested in global topics such as climate change and migration.
School of Arts, Design and Architecture awarded promoters of creative skills
In the Annual Review of the school altogether eleven prizes were awarded.
‘Refashioning the Renaissance’, researching and experimenting fashion techniques from the 16th century
History of fashion project funded by ERC, Refashioning the Renaissance, international fashion and textile research group based in Aalto University, has been working for two years combining traditional historical research with experimentation on objects, materials and techniques from the 16th Century.
The first installation talks of 2019 now available on video
Aalto's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of fire safety engineering and resilient architecture, among other things.
Victorious Bocuse d'Or platter for Team Finland designed by Aalto students
Aalto University MA students Jinghua Zeng and Niko Mankinen designed Team Finland's platter for Bocuse d’Or, an international gastronomic competition.
Lappset prize 2018 to Landscape Architect Heta Seppälä
Seppälä examines urban metabolism through a scenario method.
Student-run ÄÄNIAALTO IV, festival of audiovisual oddity, takes over Helsinki
For the past 4 years, Ääniaalto, an audiovisual festival led by students, has been growing from an office floor meetup to a full scale, one month lasting festival in one of the most culturally central areas of Helsinki.
Finland opts for people-first experimentation at Milan Triennale
Celebrating inventiveness, curiosity and a willingness to fail, Finland will present its exhibition Everyday Experiments at the 22nd Milan Triennale from 1 March to 1 September this year.
Double victory for Aalto students at Designers' Nest
Fashion students Henna Lampinen and Tuuli-Tytti Koivula won the first and second prize in Copenhagen last night with their BA collections.
Finnish fashion showcase event, Fashion in Helsinki, receives state export subsidy
Event among five cultural export projects funded by Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture.
Making sense of a being
For Professor Harri Laakso, a photograph is much more than what the eyes can see on a wall or on a screen.
For Karin Krokfors, sustainability is much more than just energy efficiency
The Professor of urban design practices calls for more flexible building stock and high quality built environments.
Fragile Water exhibition highlights vulnerability of water resources
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.
Campus steps into a new era
School of Arts, Design and Architecture and the School of Business move to their new and modern facilities.
Where art meets math
Antti Oulasvirta’s work at Aalto University combines art, design, psychology and artificial intelligence—for entirely new ways of studying human-machine interaction.
Green and urban campus
Otaniemi and the Aalto University campus are set to undergo rapid change, with plenty of new development in the works. At the same time, the character of the urban areas will be transformed into an inviting oasis of outdoor environments and verdant spaces.
