Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 -näyttely
Aalto-yliopiston suurin vuosittainen näyttely esittelee poikkitieteellisiä kokeiluja. Tutustu prototyyppeihin ja ratkaisuihin.
Aalto University’s largest annual exhibition returns—showcasing bold solutions from fungal architecture to carbon sinks
Designs for a Cooler Planet takes over Otaniemi starting 5 September. By popular demand, this year’s exhibition will be open for nearly two months!
Now in its seventh year, Designs for a Cooler Planet is Aalto University’s largest exhibition.
The theme for 2025 is Acts of Change—because the world won’t change for the better on its own; we have to make it happen. Multidisciplinary teams of students and researchers have developed bold, creative solutions to global challenges like aging, material scarcity, and the climate crisis.
Featured projects include:
- A tool for early detection of dementia risk
- Gems from the Nokia Design Archive
- A tiny house made from recycled materials
- Protein-based glue inspired by mussels
- Composite material formed by fungal mycelium, which can be used to build, for example, wall elements
- Waste clay turned into carbon sink
- Everyday biomaterials
- Children’s material experiments
- A floating sauna built from recycled wind turbine blades
In past years, the exhibition has attracted over 10,000 visitors. Many have hoped for a longer run—so this year, it will be open from 5 September to 28 October. The main exhibition takes place in the university’s newest meeting place, Marsio, with additional satellite exhibitions, events, film screenings, and workshops across the campus.
External funding plays an increasingly vital role in supporting the work of the Aalto community, and many of the projects on display have been made possible by donations, big and small.
Could making a donation be your act of change?
Support our work at the exhibition or at /en/a-sign-of-change
Marsio
The meeting place on Aalto University campus. Experience tomorrow!
A! Sign of Change
University's government funding has decreased. We need your support. Make a donation for a more hopeful future!
Read more news
International educational project at Aalto University funded by the TFK Programme
The Bio-Design for Low Carbon Architecture (Bio-LCArch) project is a collaborative initiative between Aalto University in Finland and Beijing Jiaotong University in China, geared toward demonstrating how bio-based materials can facilitate the construction industry's transition to net-zero emissions.
A!BP attends the 14th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics
On 08.06-10.06, the A!BP research group attended NSB 2026 in Tampere, contributing to the conference with scientific presentations and collaborative workshops on bio-based materials.
The company established by three anthropologists relied on strong research expertise
Etnografinen tutkimustoimisto Kenno Oy was established in 2014 when its three founders were finalising their master's degree studies at the University of Helsinki and wanted to create an interesting job for themselves.