Aalto Media Lab
Aalto Media Lab
The Media Lab was founded in 1994 and is now a part of the Department of Art and Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University.
The mission of the Media Lab is to explore, discover and comprehend the new digital technology and its impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to communication, interaction and expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to design and creative production.
News
Funding for impact assessment research concerning the Helsinki Capital region available
Funding call of the Urban Impact project (Kaupunkivaikutus) is open until 11. October 2026.
Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more 鈥 register now!
New topics included! Registrations for spring 2026 are open.
Lecturer Marja Rastas: 鈥淎s a teacher, you never finish learning鈥
During her career, the lecturer in art education has witnessed changes in both the field of art education and in education itself.
The Nessling Foundation grants funding to speed up the sustainability transformation 鈥 Aalto researchers get grants
Researchers Mari Keski-Korsu, Elina M盲盲tt盲nen and Johanna Ahola-Launonen received funding for their research projects.Events
Warm Clouds over the Cool Planet 鈥 Workshop
Workshop for critically engaging with material realities behind "the cloud", by turning the planetary resources behind our digital systems something we can see and touch.
Designers in Materials Research 鈥 From CHEMARTS to Biodesign
How does design shape the future of bio-based materials? Join us to hear experiences, practical insights and ideas for the future.
KOSKE goes Cooler
Join us for an open morning coffee session focused on customer participation and putting the customer鈥檚 voice at the center of service development.Latest Theses
The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1995 up to this date.
Media Lab Demo Day
Already in the late 1990s we adopted the slogan, 鈥榟ands on with minds on鈥 to explain our work. We also adopted the 鈥榙emo or die鈥 attitude of other Media Labs and formalised this into bi-annual Demo...
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Media Lab at the Department of Art anf Media offers interdisciplinary studies in design and production of new media, games and sound. Also various areas and amounts of design, arts, computer science,...
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Department of Art and Media
The departments of Art and Media at Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture have merged as of 1st January 2022. Professor Harri Laakso has been appointed as Head of the new Department...
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One of the most prestigious universities in its fields. We educate our students to create imaginative, collaborative, compassionate and unconventional approaches to the most pressing challenges of...
