Explore projects by students in Contemporary Design:
In Nearness by Yash Gupta
This interactive artefact reacts to the viewer鈥檚 proximity using spruce cones as an instrument, recreating that experience of discovery.
Read the Bark by Ildik贸 Varga
Tree bark. Endless wrinkles, cracks, and scars align to form patterns. What if these are not merely patterns, but stories written on the tree鈥檚 body?
The Dark Forest by Seoyoung Lee
The artefact was created as a reflection of my personal winter, the state of creativity I found myself in.
Shamanism: The Heterotopia of Language by Yongsub Shin
The artefact was created as a reflection of my personal winter, the state of creativity I found myself in.
Once Home to Us by Olli Majalahti
The installation forms a tetralogy perceived from an animal鈥檚 point of view.
Rhythm That Holds by Maria Shilnikova
The artefact was created as a reflection of my personal winter, the state of creativity I found myself in.
Glass as a Lucid Forest by Serra Zileli
The project represents my journey of following curiosity towards unconventional materials I encountered in Kaamanen.
Reflecting through mingei by Johannes Kaarakainen
Explorations into making sense of a contemporary craft practice.
How to make a living with the things you love? by Hannakaisa Pekkala
Helping emerging creatives build their career as entrepreneurs in the design field.
Rethinking Portable Bluetooth Speakers by Dario Aguet
Disassemblability and Reparability in Product Design.
Kuitukasveja tienpientareelta - Fiber crops from the roadside by Iines Jakovlev
Material research on roadside plants and their suitability as design materials.
Metamorphosis of a sauna stone by Lennart Engels
Storytelling through investigative design & material development
Regenerative Binderless Panels from Baltic Reed by Hana Rehor膷铆kov谩
How design-led material innovation can contribute to ecological restoration.
Crafting with Fungi by Harvey Shaw
Proposing a reimagined relationship between humans and fungal materials, within craft and design.
Exploring the inner landscape: A creative's journey to a deeper connection with self by Nina Naver拧nik
Authenticity is the foundation of a sustainable and fulfilling creative career - by deepening our connection with our true selves, we unlock new ways of making, expressing, and thriving as creatives. This thesis explores how embracing both our light and shadow shapes a more authentic and meaningful creative practice.
ESSENCE by Iines Lahtinen
Through stillness, repetition, and the almost unnoticed details, fundamental emerges: something quiet but deeply felt.
Animal Concoctions by Daniel Kohvakka
Ceramic bottles inspired by fantasy role-playing games and how humans perceive different animals and give them attributes and significance that don't always have any scientific background.
TAMED DISSONANCE: Grasping our tumultuous nature by Marcelo Guajardo D谩vila
Humanity is inherently chaotic, where order and disorder constantly intertwine, one cannot exist without the other. Through photographic experimentation and overlapping images, I capture everyday chaos from our 鈥渘ew nature鈥, the human-made ecosystem of the city.
Gender specimen by Vladimir Elia von Arx
Species, gender, categorisations to make our world easier to deal with. During my work with understanding my own gender identity, I completely lost my grasp on what femininity and masculinity mean. What is it to feel feminine or masculine? What makes an object seem masculine or feminine?