What is contemporary design?
Concept, (non)manifesto, and facilitation by contemporary design MA students.
Curating and Storytelling
The main objective of the course is to understand what happens in the field of contemporary design currently and position the Contemporary Design Program student works as part of the ongoing discourse. The aim of the course is to curate and design the yearly exhibition and/or exhibition catalogue for the Contemporary Design Program. The outcome of the course is realised during the following term.
The course consists in three phases: (I) collecting and creating an overview of the works done in Contemporary Design Program done during the academic year; (II) processing and interpreting the collected data, and creating a narration; and (III) professionalizing and presenting the key concepts related to the forthcoming exhibition.
The course consists in three phases: (I) collecting and creating an overview of the works done in Contemporary Design Program done during the academic year; (II) processing and interpreting the collected data, and creating a narration; and (III) professionalizing and presenting the key concepts related to the forthcoming exhibition.
Professor Maarit Mäkelä
Unfolded Magazine Student Takeover 2019
Lectured by Professor Maarit Mäkelä and Professor Julia Lohmann
Co-teachers: Curators Riikka Latva-Somppi and Gillian Russell, and Tiina Toivola.
Lecturer guest: Bassam Ei Baroni
The trip to Venice—in the words of the students
Contemporary design students spent a week in Venice setting up the exhibition and gathering soil samples for the research.
About Critical Tide Exhibition
From critical design to critical practice
Sensory Workshop Activity
News
Contemporary design enables critical reflection
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.