News listing | Aalto University /en/listing/159081/feed News listing en The Making of ARTEFAKTI /en/news/the-making-of-artefakti Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:41:17 +0000 Nina Naver拧nik 1021986 at /en The founding story of ARTEFAKTI - the annual CoDe graduation show Aalto stories Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Design CoDe Exhibition CoDe News Cooperation Studies A large printed ARTEFAKTI presentational panel with artists' names and exhibition text An interview with the Faculty of Aalto University鈥檚 MA in Contemporary Design /en/news/an-interview-with-the-faculty-of-aalto-universitys-ma-in-contemporary-design Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:34:37 +0000 Nina Naver拧nik 1000941 at /en The ARTEFAKTI Team sits down with the faculty of Aalto University鈥檚 Master鈥檚 in Contemporary Design to discuss the origins of the programme, students鈥� 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. Arts and design Design Teaching CoDe News Studies Header image of 鈥滳ontemporary Design In Context鈥� The Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition showcases 30 projects for a more sustainable future /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? Art and Creative Practices Design Living environments Materials and natural resources Sustainability Technology and engineering Contemporary design Design research Exhibitions Helsinki Design Week climate change cooler planet radical creativity Campus Cooperation Research & Art Resource Wisdom Designs for a Cooler_Planet heroimage design Aino Salonen and Oona Raadelma Designs for a Cooler Planet 鈥� Helsinki Design Week 2020 /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鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals. Art and Creative Practices Design Sustainability Contemporary design Critical Design Practices Department of Design Design Factory Design research Experimental Design Helsinki Design Week cooler planet design graphic design product design service design spacial design unfolded Research & Art Designs for a Cooler Planet 2020: Race for the Future Julia Lohmann: 鈥榃e know too much and do too little鈥� /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鈥檚 magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020. Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Design Research Sustainability CoDe News Critical Design Practices Design Practices Design research Radical creatives movie art and creative practices climate change cooler planet sustainability unfolded Research & Art Studies Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed at WEF. Photo: Mikko Raskinen Contemporary design enables critical reflection /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. Art and Creative Practices Design Materials and natural resources Research Sustainability CoDe Project Contemporary design Critical Design Practices Design Practices cooler planet design Research & Art Studies What is contemporary design? We need to redesign everything鈥攂ut how? /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. Art and Creative Practices Sustainability CoDe News Contemporary design energy systems sustainability sustainable economy Research & Art Redesigning everything for sustainability. Illustration by Marika Latsone The trip to Venice鈥攊n the words of the students /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. Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Sustainability Helsinki Design Week cooler planet unfolded 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 Working with contaminated soil in Venice /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. Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Collaboration Helsinki Design Week art cooler planet unfolded 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