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The latest installation talks available on video

Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of fashion history and science of security, among other things.
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Installation Talks 2020

Aalto ARTS Annual Review celebrated the highlights of 2019

Nine awards and prizes were presented 5 February 2020 at the traditional get-together for Aalto ARTS faculty, staff and students.
Awards and Recognition, Press releases, Research & Art
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Annual Review: Dean Tuomas Auvinen, professor Jenni Reuter, HR Coordinator Hanna Nurmela. Photo: Enni Grundström

EIT Manufacturing Info session 2020 - Call results and Business Plan 2020

A status update on EIT Manufacturing activities e.g. Project call results, Match Making Events, EIT Manufacturing MSc School and Upcoming call)
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Aalto EIT Services - Javor

This strange instrument from Joker soundtrack was invented in Finland

There are only five of them in the world. And one of them can be heard throughout the movie that just won the Oscar for Original score. This rare device is the electro-acoustic halldorophone, and its story can be traced back to Finland and to the workshops of the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
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Halldorophone-soittimessa on puupintaa ja pyöreitä muotoja kuten sellossa, mutta siinä on myös paljon elektroniikkaa.

Professor Michael Hummel awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council

The ERC grant facilitates the commercialisation of developments that evolved from ERC-funded research projects.
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Professor Michael Hummel

Building with wood is a climate-friendly option – the Wood Wonders exhibition provides five interesting viewpoints on construction

Forest wood used in buildings can bind carbon for centuries. Wood is a strong and versatile building material that improves indoor air quality, reduces the need for heating and air conditioning – and provides pleasure.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Wood Wonders: Kokoon house scale model. Photo: Anne Kinnunen

What is work and what is its future?

According to experts, we will define work in the future in a different way than we do now.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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The picture shows Professor Arturo Bris giving a talk at a seminar at the School of Business.

Aalto’s up-and-coming designers’ ‘Armchair’ exhibition on display at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

Aalto University is presenting an exhibition called ‘Armchair’ at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Chairs in Aalto University's Armchair exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair. Photo: Evelin Kask

Flux Island at Vuotalo

Flux Island is a collaboration between Aalto Media Lab and Vuotalo gathering an exhibition, workshops, and audiovisual performances.
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Reijo Luostarinen’s legacy can generate a new agenda for IB research

Panelists discussed the other Nordic internationalization process model in the EIBA annual conference
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Yhdeksän hengen paneeli, joka keskusteli Reijo Luostarisen elämäntyön merkityksestä EIBAn vuosikonferenssissa.

Pekka Peljo receives funding from the Academy of Finland

Peljo's research is related to sustainable energy production through hydrogen.
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Jukka Seppälä, Pekka Peljo, Kristiina Kruus

Small tech companies meet summer design school: reveals a great potential for customer-driven success stories

Companies around the world use design to grow their business. The three-year research project looks for ways to speed up the transformation of small businesses to become more design-driven. The first year has already given great results.
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Design students Christopher Gros and Molly Balcom Raleigh worked on a brand refresh at Tume, and and studied how farmers express the pride in their work.

Vibrant Helsinki School presents a comprehensive show in Lübeck

The exhibition explores relatedness with nature and the sense of space.

Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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nainen seisoo auringonpaisteessa auringonkukkakedolla keltainen muovipussi päässään

Design is the mission of life for Eero Miettinen

Professor in industrial design has always loved drawing cars. Miettinen is delighted that the understanding of design has expanded in society.
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Portaikossa kuvattu mies katsoo kuvaajan ohi vasemmalle ja hymyilee

Funding for research infrastructures

Funding received from the Academy of Finland strengthens the prerequisites for research in bioeconomy, quantum technologies and geophysical phenomena.
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Värikkäitä energiamateriaalien tekstuureja, kuva Helen Marton

Paula Hohti Erichsen follows the trail of 500-year-old fashion

This professor of art and culture history appreciates joy and comfort and experienced the finest moment of her career during a funding interview.
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Paula Hohti Photo by Astrid Mannerkoski

Private sector can help Finland solve health and social services problems

The vast amount of data and expertise should be utilised to the full.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Better Business – Better Society seminar, host: Professor Teemu Malmi

Metex Award to Ville Piippo

The thesis, in the field of design, focuses on driving ergonomics and sustainable design of an electric motorbike.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Janne Lindqvist is the first person in Finland to receive a Mozilla Research Grant – supports making the internet a better place

The Mozilla Foundation awards researchers with unrestricted gifts, which makes them highly competitive
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Janne Lindqvist seisoo mustassa puvussa taustallaan Aallon A-kirjainvalotaulu ja valotaideteos seinällä

Janne Lindqvist: You can’t help if you stay in the ivory tower

This sociable professor of computer science knows how to forge his own path and trusts his instinctive curiosity towards different research topics.
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Janne Lindqvist