/en/listing/159081/feed News listing en /en/news/code-the-year-in-review-what-happened-in-2025 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:22:59 +0000 Carla Taboada 1351103 at /en A recap of the milestones of the Master in Contemporary Design in 2025 Studies People in an art gallery with large windows, viewing various artworks including portraits and abstract pieces. /en/news/see-me-make-make-me-see Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:26:14 +0000 Carla Taboada 1344698 at /en A Nordic Exploration of Craft, Observation and Language Cooperation Studies A person holds up a brown, leathery bag in a meeting room with a large window. Another person sits at the table with notebooks and cups. /en/news/artefakti25 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:01:45 +0000 Carla Taboada 1344050 at /en ARTEFAKTI returns for the third year at Helsinki Design Week Cooperation Studies Art exhibition with various installations, including hanging portraits, pottery, and people observing the artworks. /en/news/artefakti24 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:42:56 +0000 Fanny Kajela 1328859 at /en The second iteration of ARTEFAKTI, the graduation exhibition of Contemporary Design MA programme. Cooperation Studies ARTEFAKTI exhibition - photo: Lauriina Markkula /en/news/the-making-of-artefakti Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:41:17 +0000 Nina Naveršnik 1021986 at /en The founding story of ARTEFAKTI - the annual CoDe graduation show Cooperation Studies A large printed ARTEFAKTI presentational panel with artists' names and exhibition text /en/news/an-interview-with-the-faculty-of-aalto-universitys-ma-in-contemporary-design Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:34:37 +0000 Nina Naveršnik 1000941 at /en The ARTEFAKTI Team sits down with the faculty of Aalto University’s Master’s in Contemporary Design to discuss the origins of the programme, students’ expansive outcomes, and the common values that underscore its teachings. We also talk about how we interpret contemporary design and the way it factors into the wider field of design. Studies Header image of ”Contemporary Design In Context” /en/news/the-designs-for-a-cooler-planet-exhibition-showcases-30-projects-for-a-more-sustainable-future Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:32:29 +0000 Tiina Toivola 400541 at /en What is wise to design for future generations in a world of plenty? Campus Cooperation Research & Art Resource Wisdom Designs for a Cooler_Planet heroimage design Aino Salonen and Oona Raadelma /en/news/designs-for-a-cooler-planet-helsinki-design-week-2020 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Tiina Toivola 221436 at /en Helsinki Design Week at Otaniemi showcases inspiring future designs related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Research & Art Designs for a Cooler Planet 2020: Race for the Future /en/news/julia-lohmann-we-know-too-much-and-do-too-little Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Tiina Toivola 181086 at /en Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020. Research & Art Studies Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed at WEF. Photo: Mikko Raskinen /en/news/contemporary-design-enables-critical-reflection Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:49:46 +0000 Tiina Toivola 169181 at /en 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. Research & Art Studies What is contemporary design? /en/news/we-need-to-redesign-everything-but-how Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:54:58 +0000 Tiina Toivola 153451 at /en Meeting sustainable development goals requires more collaboration between disciplines. Research & Art Redesigning everything for sustainability. Illustration by Marika Latsone /en/news/the-trip-to-venice-in-the-words-of-the-students Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:59:57 +0000 Tiina Toivola 145526 at /en Contemporary design students spent a week in Venice setting up the exhibition and gathering soil samples for the research. Research & Art Studies Sediment sampling in the historical centre of Venice with the Limnos sampler provided by the Finnish Environmental Institute SYKE. Image: Pauliina Purhonen /en/news/working-with-contaminated-soil-in-venice Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:06:37 +0000 Tiina Toivola 145521 at /en Revealing human traces in Venice Biennale. Research & Art Coiling vases from the local earthenware and painting the vases with the local earth in Earth Laboratory, Venice, August 2019. Photo: Catharina Kajander