News about creativity and transdisciplinarity
The age of digitalization and crises - how to navigate the unknown
Systemic problems call for changes, and this applies to higher education and research as well. The U-Create seminar discussed the limitations of our current university models and discussed alternative value systems, such as care.
Mikko O. Koivisto's doctoral dissertation was awarded at the Most Beautiful Books 2019 competition
Mikko O. Koivisto's dissertation The Art of Egress: Madness, Horror, and the Pedagogy of Depsychiatrization has been selected for the Most Beautiful Books 2019 collection. The book was designed by Tuomas Kortteinen and printed by Unigrafia.
Samir Bhowmik in Helsinki Biennial 2020
Samir Bhowmik reflects on how humans hijack nature with their infrastructure and technology.
Aalto ARTS gets its own course on entrepreneurial skills and making a creative life
The course teaches students skills and methods to build a sustainably creative life and career based on their personal interests and passions.
Two books by Aalto ARTS Books were awarded in an international competition
Aalto ARTS Books has received prizes in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) competition. Both awards came in a series where science and textbooks were awarded: Juuso Koponen's and Jonatan Hild茅n's work Data Visualization Handbook won gold and Pasi R盲bina's Print of Beauty received the 鈥淎ward of Excellence鈥, which is awarded for outstanding performance.
Aalto University鈥檚 fashion and textile know-how acknowledged in Finland and internationally
Aalto takes home two prizes at the Fashion Finland Gala and ranks third at CEO World Magazine fashion school listing
Aalto University T枚枚l枚鈥檚 art competition seeks radical creativity
Aalto University published an invited art competition that seeks to find public art to be situated in two spaces in Aalto T枚枚l枚
Engaging audience and space
New Media MA student Robbert Groenendijk has been selected to create an installation for M盲ntt盲 Art Festival 14.6.鈥31.8.2020. His upcoming work "Protocol" places the visitors within the data flow between two computers.
Building with wood is a climate-friendly option 鈥 the Wood Wonders exhibition provides five interesting viewpoints on construction
Forest wood used in buildings can bind carbon for centuries. Wood is a strong and versatile building material that improves indoor air quality, reduces the need for heating and air conditioning 鈥 and provides pleasure.
Flux Island at Vuotalo
Flux Island is a collaboration between Aalto Media Lab and Vuotalo gathering an exhibition, workshops, and audiovisual performances.
Julia Lohmann: 鈥榃e know too much and do too little鈥
Lohmann鈥檚 magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.
脛脛NIAALTO V OPEN CALL
脛脛NIAALTO is an annual festival of audio-visual oddity. It aims to nurture and expand the sound/new media scene in Helsinki, and provide an open culture that is accessible to anybody interested.
鈥業f you study data science, you won鈥檛 limit your choice of career in the future鈥
Before starting her Data Science studies at Aalto, Angeline Jayanegara obtained a diploma in fashion design. In the future, she would like to work as a Data Scientist in the fashion industry.
Ambiguous problems require new types of leadership
In the future, automation will handle routine tasks, so even newcomers to the workforce will be required to work on complex problems. What should be considered when leading multidisciplinary teams that solve these kinds of challenging problems?
Anna Valtonen's portrait was revealed
The portrait of Anna Valtonen, former Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University, was unveiled at Aalto University's 10th anniversary on 8 January. The portrait was created by the artist, Doctor of Art Maija Tammi.
Growing demand for climate-friendly construction: could wood architecture become one of Finland鈥檚 exports?
The Wood Wonders exhibition to be opened at Helsinki Airport on the 5th of February will show passengers the innovations related to wood construction and display the sector鈥檚 latest developments.
Xmas Demo Day 2019 in photos
Collection of photos from the latest Demo Day organized on the 5th of December 2019.
Finland Prizes awarded to professor, designer Pirjo K盲盲ri盲inen and alumna, artist and activist Marja Helander
Among this year鈥檚 prize recipients were Professor of Practice of Design driven fibre innovation聽Pirjo K盲盲ri盲inen and Aalto ARTS alumna, photographer, filmmaker and activist Marja Helander.
The Dead Are Speaking -Audio Drama on Yle
The Dead Are Speaking, a full length audio drama made by Media Lab students has been published on YLE Beta.
Designs for a Cooler Planet returns in September 2020 鈥 This is a university-wide open call
We are looking for research and solutions which address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
