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Events programme – Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025

Lectures and seminars
Attend open seminars, talks, tours, film screenings, and workshops that expand on the themes of the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition. Most events take place at the Aalto campus, with some held at other locations in the Helsinki metropolitan area or online.
A blue-green heatmap-style background with a black circle in the center. Inside the circle, white text reads: Designs for a Cooler Planet. On the left, the word 'Events' appears on black. The image serves as a visual header for Aalto University’s Designs for a Cooler Planet events calendar.

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Aalto campus, Helsinki metropolitan area & Online

Join the events around Aalto University's biggest annual exhibition!

Designs for a Cooler Planet is more than just an exhibition, it’s a series of inspiring events that explore innovative solutions to global challenges. Join open seminars, talks, workshops, film screenings and guided tours that bring new layers to the projects featured in the exhibition and highlight other fascinating research from across Aalto University.

All events are free of charge and, unless otherwise stated, held in English at Aalto University’s campus, Marsio building (Otakaari 2, Espoo). More detailed information about each event, including registration requirements and venue details, can be found under the individual event descriptions.

Events programme

Explore the upcoming events. Additional activities will be added soon, so stay tuned!

A shoreline view of the Baltic Sea framed by a contour map outline. The text "Guarding the Baltic Sea" is overlaid, with two kayakers visible in the distance.

Material Encounters with the Baltic Sea | Workshop & Exhibition at Venturo Studio

Poster for Artpreneurship – Reimagining the Role of Artistic Creativity in Business event

11 Sept at 13:00–17:00 

Artpreneurship – Reimagining the Role of Artistic Creativity in Business | Keynote & Panel

The event name "Warmer Designs for a Cooler Planet" and event details in black text on a pink background.

Warmer Designs for a Cooler Planet | Workshop at Studio Falda, Hämeentie 26, Helsinki

Spiral text in Finnish, 'Matka Ideamyrskyn Silmään,' on a blurred, purple and pink cloudy background.

16 Sept at 17:00–18:30

Aalto Ahaa: Materiaalien riittävyys – mistä materiaalit tulevat ja mihin ne päättyvät? | EVENT IN FINNISH |Talks

Abstract gradient with smooth transitions between red, blue, green, and yellow.

22 Sept at 16:30–18:30

Kohti onnellisempaa työelämää | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talks: Frank Martela, Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Niina Nurmi  ja Satu Rekonen

Interior of a wooden barn with open doors, showing a green tractor parked inside, and a snowy landscape outside.

Closing Loops - rakentamisen kiertotalouden pilotti | IN FINNISH | Seminar & Site tour

willow fibre ball on a blue surface

25 Sept at 13:00–16:00

Legacy Awakens: Tracing Tapani Vuorinen’s journey through science and design | Hybrid seminar

The famous Yick Cheong building complex of Hong Kong, image showcasing the building density in the city.

2 Oct at 13:00–16:00

Built Environments for a Cooler Planet: Sustainable Urbanization Pathways for the World of 2075 | Talk

The text "EMMA TALKS" in bold white font over a red and blue textile surface, with background details of hand puppets, including a visible puppet hand. Aalto University logo in the bottom right corner.

Aalto-yliopisto x EMMA Talks: Kolme näkökulmaa muodin muutokseen | EVENT IN FINNISH | Panel & Guided tour to an exhibition

Underwater scene with a diver and the text 'Diving into radical creativity'.

Radical Creativities film screening | A film directed by Emilia Hernesniemi

Shaping Tomorrow with Smart and Living Materials

3 Oct at 14:00–17:00

Shaping Tomorrow with Smart and Living Materials | Talk & Workshop at Väre, F102, Otaniementie 14

Kuva: Laura Berger

7 Oct at 17:00–19:00

Kun ylitulkinta johtaa toiseen | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talk

A group of people are following an event. One woman with long blonde hair is wearing a dark jacket. Another person wears a red top.

9 Oct at 14:00–16:00

Uudistajat – Live podcast | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talk about organizational renewal

Spiralling text reading 'Matka Ideamyrskyn Silmään' on a cloudy purple and pink background.

14 Oct at 17:00–18:30

Aalto Ahaa: Keksintöjen merkitys – parempi arki, parempi maailma | EVENT IN FINNISH | Talks

Close-up of a quantum computer with multiple gold-coloured circular components and vertical rods.

15 Oct at 16:00–17:00

Quantum Strategy: The path to making quantum technology Finland’s next success story | Talks

Better Business - Better Society seminar in December 2019, School of Business alumni networking after the seminar

21 Oct at 17:00–18:30

Better business – Better society: Markkinointi tänään | EVENT IN FINNISH | Seminar

In this bird’s-eye view photo, three people are exploring the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition. They are examining materials and accompanying descriptions displayed on white tables. In the top right corner of the image, there is a black circle with the white text "Designs for a Cooler Planet" inside. In the bottom left corner, there is a section of a blue-green heat map.

Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition

Designs for a Cooler Planet presents nearly 20 hands-on projects by Aalto University’s students and researchers across disciplines. This year, the exhibition highlights acts of change through new materials, better building, and novel ways of living and learning. Step into a world where biowaste turns into glitter in classrooms, dementia risk detectors break new ground, and Nokia’s untold design stories are brought to light.

On view for nearly two months at Marsio, Otakaari 2, from 5 September to 28 October 2025.

→ Visit the exhibition page and learn more about the showcase

Satellite exhibitions

Designs for a Cooler Planet broadens its presence beyond the main venue at Aalto campus with curated partner exhibitions. These satellite exhibitions encourage visitors to experience how the themes of Aalto University’s largest exhibition come to life in new environments and contexts. 

Floating Reverlast dock and barrel sauna by the waterfront, with rocky shoreline and pathway in the foreground, trees on the right, and clouds in a blue sky.

See the Reverlast dock and rent the student-maintained floating sauna at Otaranta 9, Espoo.

Poster for Aalto ARTS Grad Show held from 3 Sept to 6 Oct with abstract black and white design.

Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2025

Explore the inspiring work of our graduating students in architecture, design, film, art and media!

A shoreline view of the Baltic Sea framed by a contour map outline. The text "Guarding the Baltic Sea" is overlaid, with two kayakers visible in the distance.

The exhibition, held 4 Sept – 28 Oct at Ventura Studio, Espoo, reimagines our shared future with the Baltic Sea.

BioMakerStudio course outcome, Advanced Architecture Group IAAC

Living Panels: Reimagining Materials with Nature

The exhibition showcases design artefacts that reimagine how we work with living and post-living systems, offering new ways to think about sustainability through partnerships with the more-than-human world. These student-led projects explore how design objects can evolve, adapt, and participate in ecological processes beyond human needs.

These projects are a result of "BioMakerStudio Summer Course" - a cross-institutional collaboration between Aalto University and IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) - supported by the EU-funded COCOON Project.

– Events
The words Love Letters to Our Clothes and the exhibition dates 1–18 September are typed in a typewriter-style font on a folded white sheet of paper.

Love Letters to Our Clothes

1–18 Sept at Beta SPACE Gallery in Helsinki, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their emotional connection to clothing.

Designs for a Cooler Planet

Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents cross-disciplinary experiments. Come explore students’ and researchers’ acts of change.

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In this bird’s-eye view photo, three people are exploring the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition. They are examining materials and accompanying descriptions displayed on white tables.
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