Academy of Finland awards 280 000 to Arts based research project, "Floating Peripheries – Mediating the Sense of Place"

19. kesäkuu 2017

In partnership with the University of Lapland over the next four-years.

Press releases Other

BA graduate Maija Mero wins the coveted LVMH Graduate Prize 2017

19. kesäkuu 2017

Aalto graduate's impressive work was honored at the Paris event. Mero received 10 000 and was hired by LVMH-owned fashion house, Kenzo.

Other

  • Maija_Mero
  • fashion_designer
  • fashion
  • competition

More than a hundred events of the successful Aalto Festival presented the University

15. kesäkuu 2017

This year’s Aalto Festival kicked off already in April with the Student Union-organised Aalto Open Air district event in Otaniemi.

Campus Studies Science and art Cooperation Other

Ensto finances design research and education at Aalto

9. kesäkuu 2017

The company wants to support creativity, user-experience understanding and high standard design education.

Cooperation

  • donation
  • donations
  • design

Aalto partners with Helsinki’s Flow Festival to showcase art and creativity at the Summer’s must-see music and culture event

7. kesäkuu 2017

Aalto students will be on display throughout the festival with murals, films, videos, animations, design, art education workshops and architecture.

Cooperation Press releases Science and art Other

  • animation
  • spatial_design
  • visual_communication_design
  • creativity
  • media_department
  • art_education
  • architecture
  • film

Challenging companies to manage water risks in their value chains

5. kesäkuu 2017

Aalto is one of the founding members of a Water Stewardship Commitment that challenges companies to identify the water risks in their value chains and to develop sustainable water use.

Cooperation

  • water
  • sustainability

Aalto University granted €10.8 million for profiling by Academy of Finland

2. kesäkuu 2017

The funding supports the University in strengthening the research fields chosen.

Other

CodeBus Africa finishes 100-day tour on a high note in Cape Town

2. kesäkuu 2017

The project reached some 1800 youth with creative coding workshops.

Cooperation

  • codebus_africa
  • Coding

Change the future, vote for the best science solution

30. toukokuu 2017

Aalto is well represented in Helsinki Challenge where one of the finalists is chosen by a public vote. Join pitch nights at the University of Helsinki on 6–7 June.

Science and art Press releases Cooperation

Olli Ilpo Salonen’s “Wendy and the Refugee Neverland” will be in cinemas in July

30. toukokuu 2017

The film got its start from course work and tells a story about a band that dreams of making it big.

Studies Science and art

Experiential spatial design for Youth Dreams Forum

30. toukokuu 2017

Aalto University master’s students in spatial design created encouraging experiences for young people.

Studies Science and art

Final stages in Aalto University’s fundraising campaign reached

29. toukokuu 2017

The campaign has exceeded its original target as 21.2 million euros have been raised.

Other

Aalto University and Stora Enso to build special stage for public debate forum SuomiAreena

24. toukokuu 2017

The parties' co-operation results in the Aika (Time) stage, designed by Aalto students, to celebrate Finland's centennial year.

Press releases Cooperation

  • finland100
  • SuomiAreena
  • architecture

Fragments of the Hunt : Persistence Hunting, Tracking and Prehistoric Art

23. toukokuu 2017

How a humanities scholar and artist from Aalto unraveled an ancient mystery about cave paintings in Africa.

Press releases Other

  • dissertation

Aalto is open to new ideas for increasing collaboration between students and companies

22. toukokuu 2017

International students require special support for finding employment in Finland.

Cooperation

  • aalto_careerweb
  • corporate_collaboration

Aalto's highly anticipated fashion show kicks off in fine form at Helsinki’s Cable Factory

18. toukokuu 2017

The long catwalk was filled with the best of Finnish fashion on Wednesday night as the sold out crowd saw breathtaking pieces from this year’s show.

Studies Honored Science and art Cooperation Other

Presented by Aalto’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture, SCSMI2017 offers a rare international film conference in Finland.

17. toukokuu 2017

For 4 days in June Aalto’s Töölö Campus will be crowded by enthusiastic film and media professionals, researchers and students, gathering around 100 talks on philosophy, aesthetics, history and cognitive psychology of cinematic storytelling.

Press releases Other

  • VR
  • media_department
  • film
  • research

Solar energy to Otaniemi – campus planning invests in energy efficiency

17. toukokuu 2017

Sustainable development has an important role in the development of the Otaniemi campus.

Campus

  • campus
  • sustainability
  • solar_energy

Multidisciplinary Materials Platform is a game changer

15. toukokuu 2017

Materials research plays an important role in future industrial applications and innovations.

Science and art Cooperation

Future Media Center -exhibition

12. toukokuu 2017

Exhibition of the student work from the course Building Design Studio for Master students

Campus Studies Science and art Cooperation Other

Smart clothing in children’s fashion

12. toukokuu 2017

Sowon Lee´s thesis topic is a ‘Wearable Toys : smart clothing in children’s fashion’. The collection is focusing on the derivation of enjoyment or pleasure from a child by simply wearing the clothing. Sowon´s target group of this collection are six- to eight-year-old children. Based on the previously published wearable technology and smart clothing research, the necessary technology has been developed with a focus on supporting interactions between design outcomes and children.

Studies

  • smart_clothing
  • clothing
  • childen
  • sensor_technology

Aalto’s fashion design very much present during Helsinki New Fashion Seminar

11. toukokuu 2017

Helsinki New Fashion Seminar is bringing the top international names to Helsinki.

Press releases Cooperation Other

Aalto Festival presents student insights

8. toukokuu 2017

May is full of public events at Aalto University.

Campus Studies Science and art Press releases Cooperation Other

Design for Value program develops industrial supply chains

8. toukokuu 2017

D4V investigates the impact of digitalization on autonomous end to end supply chain processes.

Other Cooperation

  • ecosystems
  • digitalization
  • digital_platform
  • supply_chain_management_control
  • design

Architecture Department's Wood Program crafts a summer stage for Annantalo

8. toukokuu 2017

This project consists of a summer stage for Annantalo, an art center for young people and families in Helsinki, to perform in public during the summer season.

Studies Other

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