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1420 results for News, School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program

The springs semester's creative industry pre-incubator program started on the 14th of March. Fourteen new teams are taking the next steps with their creative industry business ideas in the 13-week program.
Campus, Cooperation
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Group photo of the Aalto Digital Creatives batch 3 participants

Unite! University Alliance Launches Seed Fund to Foster Collaborative Teaching, Research and Student Activities

Financial boost for innovative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
Research & Art, Studies, University
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The image shows a jar of coins with a green plant growing from it. Text Unite! Seed Fund 2023.

Kaisu Savola: ‘The 1960s and 1970s saw a change in the values of Finnish design’

I claim series presents Kaisu Savola, who explores a generation of design students and design professionals in Finland, in the 1960s and 1970s, as they became aware of the two contradictory faces of design.
Research & Art
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Design historian Kaisu Savola, photo by Sanna Lehto

Napping pods to the campus - suggest the places for 'em!

Napping pods will be installed on the campus during spring-summer 2023.
Campus
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Sleeping Pod

Laura Aalto appointed Communications Director at Aalto University

Laura Aalto joins Aalto University from the City of Helsinki, where she is Deputy Executive Director of Culture and Leisure
Appointments
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Laura Aalto

The Annual Review reflected on the results of the past year

At the Annual Review of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture 8 March, recognition was also given to the achievements of the past year and the Alumna of the Year was awarded.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Dean Tuomas Auvinen opened the Annual Review event in Dipoli

Katja Soini is the Alumna of the Year of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

The design professional is Senior Advisor at AFRY working with the built environment. She's also Chair of the design professionals’ association Ornamo. Soini is delighted that design is now recognised as a key factor in business management.
Awards and Recognition, University
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Vaaleatukkainen nainen mustassa mekossa seisoo ulkona ja hymyilee, taustalla betonisia rakenteita

Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

New tenured professors present their field and research on a video.
Research & Art, University
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Lobby with a large staircase and skylight, wood details on walls and stairs.

Lippa wins Closing Loops design competition

The design competition promotes the circular economy in construction in the City of Helsinki.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition
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Havainnekuva voittajaehdotuksesta uudeksi konseptiksi Helsingin kaupungin liikuntapaikkojen ulkovarastoille. Lippa-ehdotuksessa hyödynnetään uudelleenkäytettyä betonia, puuta ja metallia niin julkisivuverhouksessa kuin runko-osissakin.

Aalto Digital Creatives launches annual Art & Tech Open Call development grant for creative industry projects

The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.
Campus, Cooperation, Research & Art
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Dancer on stage wearing the Xsens motion capture suit

EIT Culture & Creativity information event

Welcome to information event for EIT Culture & Creativity.
Cooperation, Research & Art, University
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EIT Culture & Creativity

Camilla Andersson: ‘Discriminatory norms in society can be renegotiated through design’

I claim series presents researchers and their recent dissertations at School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Research & Art
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Kuvassa on silmälasipäinen vaaleahiuksinen nainen, jolla on huulipunaa ja vaalea pusero

The Spring Forum for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 2023

Welcome to the Spring Forum for HEIs’ international issues! The Spring Forum 2023 will be held at Aalto University, Otaniemi campus on 3.-5.5.2023.
University
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Spring Forum 2023

Answer the survey regarding favorite places of Väre

Take part in the survey which maps the favourite places of the Väre building and involves you in examining the object's functionality and comfort in a new way! The survey is intended for Aalto University students and staff.
Campus
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In the photo taken from the Väre building's lobby, some people are exploring the cube-shaped exhibition space, while others are walking past it. The lobby services desk is also visible in the upper right corner.

Spot the Jokeri Light Rail on the Otaniemi campus!

The technical test runs of the Jokeri Light Rail line will start on the Otaniemi area at 1st March 2023.
Campus
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Raide-Jokeri raitiovaunu

Donor artwork was unveiled at the Väre Night Out stakeholder event

The power of creativity and sustainability brought together stakeholders, alumni, researchers and staff of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Campus, Cooperation
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Lasileipiä roikkumassa vartaassa

More than one million euros in grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation

From Aalto University, the big individual grants were allowed to Ari Seppälä and Antti Karttunen with their research groups
Research & Art
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pale grain basket and thin fibers on a purple background

Increase your team's interaction and ability to change

Stress decreases our wellbeing, creativity and capacity for change. Radical Creativity team organised two embodied practices workshops to boost collective resilience and renewal. You can try the exercises with your team.
University
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Abstract illustration for embodied intelligence toolbox by Anna Muchenikova.

63 energy guzzlers - tips from the community helped to save energy on the campus

The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign
Campus, University
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Kuva ihmisestä kävelemässä kampuksella

Solve the SDGs returns — now on two continents

Join the sustainability hackathon by AVP and Junction, organized simultaneously in Finland, Uganda and Tanzania on 31.3.–2.4.
Campus, Cooperation, Studies
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Vibrant purple and red colored banner with a decorative logo for 'Solve the SDGs'.  The tagline reads 'Work together for a better tomorrrow'.