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Events programme – Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025

Lectures and seminars
Attend open seminars, talks, tours, film screenings and workshops that expand on the themes of the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition. Most events take place at the Aalto campus, with a few held at other locations in the Helsinki metropolitan area or online.
A blue-green heatmap-style background with a black circle in the center. Inside the circle, white text reads: Designs for a Cooler Planet. On the left, the word 'Events' appears on black. The image serves as a visual header for Aalto University’s Designs for a Cooler Planet events calendar.

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Aalto campus, Helsinki metropolitan area & Online

Join the events surrounding Aalto University's biggest annual exhibition!

Designs for a Cooler Planet is more than just an exhibition, it’s a series of inspiring events that explore innovative solutions to global challenges. Join open seminars, talks, workshops, film screenings and guided tours that bring new layers to the projects featured in the exhibition and highlight other fascinating research from across Aalto University.

All events are free of charge and, unless otherwise stated, held in English at Aalto University’s campus, Marsio building (Otakaari 2, Espoo). Click on an event to see more details, including registration requirements and venue information.

Events programme

Explore the upcoming events. Additional activities will be added soon, so stay tuned!

Banner for the exhibition 'Reimagining Our Future with the Baltic Sea' featuring abstract dark purple shapes in the background and the exhibition logo 'Guarding the Baltic Sea' in the bottom right corner.

Material encounters with the Baltic Sea | Workshop & Exhibition at Venturo Studio, Tapionpuisto, Espoo

Poster for Artpreneurship – Reimagining the Role of Artistic Creativity in Business event

11 Sept at 13:00–17:00 

Artpreneurship – reimagining the role of artistic creativity in business | Keynote & Panel

The event name "Warmer Designs for a Cooler Planet" and event details in black text on a pink background.

Warmer designs for a cooler planet | Workshop at Tekstin talo, Lintulahdenkatu 3, Helsinki

Logo with arrows forming a triangle surrounded by floating objects. Text: Matka Materiaalien Mahdollisuuksiin on green background.

16 Sept at 17:00–18:35

Aalto Ahaa - matka materiaalien mahdollisuuksiin | EVENT IN FINNISH | Hybrid lecture

Abstract gradient with smooth transitions between red, blue, green, and yellow.

22 Sept at 16:30–18:30

Designing workplace happiness | Talks: Frank Martela, Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Niina Nurmi and Satu Rekonen. Moderated by Anna Kevätsalo.

Interior of a wooden barn with open doors, showing a green tractor parked inside, and a snowy landscape outside.

Closing loops - rakentamisen kiertotalouden pilotti | EVENT IN FINNISH | Seminar & Site tour at Mustikkamaa, Kaupunkiympäristötalon Auditorio, Työpajankatu 8, Helsinki.

willow fibre ball on a blue surface

25 Sept at 13:00–16:00

Legacy awakens: an inspiring journey through science and design | Hybrid seminar

Geometric pattern in blue and orange with 'IHMEMATERIAALIT' in blue and yellow text on a light beige background.

26 Sept at 15:30–17:00

Aalto-yliopisto Junior tiedeteatteri – ihmemateriaalit | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talk & Workshop for 9 to 12-year-olds

The famous Yick Cheong building complex of Hong Kong, image showcasing the building density in the city.

2 Oct at 13:00–18:00

Built environments for a cooler planet: sustainable urbanization pathways for the world of 2075 | Seminar

The text "EMMA TALKS" in bold white font over a red and blue textile surface, with background details of hand puppets, including a visible puppet hand. Aalto University logo in the bottom right corner.

Aalto-yliopisto x EMMA talks: kolme näkökulmaa muodin muutokseen | EVENT IN FINNISH | Panel & Guided tour to exhibition

A person in red and white attire swimming underwater. Text: Radical Creatives in bright orange letters.

Radical Creatives film screening | A document directed by Emilia Hernesniemi

Shaping Tomorrow with Smart and Living Materials

3 Oct at 14:00–17:00

Shaping Tomorrow with Smart and Living Materials | Talk & Workshop at Väre, F102, Otaniementie 14, Espoo

Kuva: Laura Berger

7 Oct at 17:00–19:00

Kun ylitulkinta johtaa toiseen | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talk

Text 'SUSTAINABILITY ACTION EXPO' with date '7.10.' on a background with blurry pink, orange, and yellow shapes.

7 Oct at 18:15–21:15

Sustainable action expo | Networking for students at Design Factory Stage, Puumiehenkuja 5, Espoo

A group of people are following an event. One woman with long blonde hair is wearing a dark jacket. Another person wears a red top.

10 Oct at 14:00–16:00

Uudistajat | EVENT IN FINNISH | Live podcast

Text 'Tutkimuksen matka arkeen' in white on blue background with white clouds, repeated in perspective.

14 Oct at 17:00–18:35

Aalto Ahaa – keksinnöt ja tutkimuksen matka arkeen | EVENT IN FINNISH | Hybrid lecture

Close-up of a quantum computer with multiple gold-coloured circular components and vertical rods.

15 Oct at 16:00–17:00

Quantum strategy: the path to making quantum technology Finland’s next success story | Talks

Better Business – Better Society: Markkinointi tänään

21 Oct at 17:00–18:30

Better business – better society: markkinointi tänään | EVENT IN FINNISH | Hybrid seminar

In this bird’s-eye view photo, three people are exploring the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition. They are examining materials and accompanying descriptions displayed on white tables. In the top right corner of the image, there is a black circle with the white text "Designs for a Cooler Planet" inside. In the bottom left corner, there is a section of a blue-green heat map.

Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition

Designs for a Cooler Planet presents nearly 20 hands-on projects by Aalto University’s students and researchers across disciplines. This year, the exhibition highlights acts of change through new materials, better building, and novel ways of living and learning. Step into a world where biowaste turns into glitter in classrooms, dementia risk detectors break new ground, and Nokia’s untold design stories are brought to light.

On view for nearly two months at Marsio, Otakaari 2, from 5 September to 28 October 2025.

→ Visit the exhibition page and learn more about the showcase

Satellite exhibitions

Designs for a Cooler Planet broadens its presence beyond the main venue at Aalto campus with curated partner exhibitions. These satellite exhibitions encourage visitors to experience how the themes of Aalto University’s largest exhibition come to life in new environments and contexts. 

Floating Reverlast dock and barrel sauna by the waterfront, with rocky shoreline and pathway in the foreground, trees on the right, and clouds in a blue sky.

See the Reverlast dock and rent the student-maintained floating sauna at Otaranta 9, Espoo.

BioMakerStudio course outcome, Advanced Architecture Group IAAC

Living panels: reimagining materials with nature

11–12 Sept at Aalto University Väre building, the exhibition showcases materials and solutions that reimagine our relationship with nature.

Poster for Aalto ARTS Grad Show held from 3 Sept to 6 Oct with abstract black and white design.

Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2025

Explore the inspiring work of our graduating students in architecture, design, film, art and media!

Banner for the exhibition 'Reimagining Our Future with the Baltic Sea' featuring abstract dark purple shapes in the background and the exhibition logo 'Guarding the Baltic Sea' in the bottom right corner.

The exhibition, held 5 Sept – 24 Oct at Ventura Studio, Espoo, presents poetic, practical, and regenerative art and design.

In the center, a wooden green chair with a person standing on it, only their legs visible. They are wearing worn, brownish wool socks with orange toes. The text "Love letters to our clothes" appears in white at the center of the image, the exhibition location "Beta Space Gallery" on the left, and the dates "1.9.–18.9." on the right.

Love letters to our clothes

At Beta SPACE Gallery, 1–18 Sept, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their emotional connection to clothing.

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