Aalto University News
An encounter between a photographer and remote sensing specialists led to a book on forests, vision and the purpose of science
Where one person sees a beautiful bark surface, another person sees raw data, says Sheung Yiu, who took the photographs for the Ground Truth book.

Janis Heldmann receives 3rd Best Paper Award
The results of the study can be directly used to design smoother artificial reverberators and improve sound quality in applications such as music production and virtual reality.

DEEP SURFACING - Archaeology of Media Infrastructures Spring 2021 course exhibition
The exhibition features critical artworks by Master’s students as final outcomes of the Archaeology of Media Infrastructures Course.

Aalto Media Lab joins Ars Electronica 2021 from the perspective of music
The Ars Electronica + Helsinki Garden approaches a digital new deal with two musical works.

Art For All Festival will be organized at Malmi airport in August
The festival features pieces from performing arts to installations and audiovisual works.

‘It is important to understand the nature of the creative process and one’s own creative resources’
‘I claim’ series presents Laura Valojärvi, who examines the well-being of creative professionals.

‘Ehdokaskartta’ challenges traditional voting advice applications just before the elections
The strength of this open source voting advice application lies in its transparency.

New Media Master's Thesis presentations / Tue-Wed 1.-2.6.2021
Welcome to follow New Media Master’s Thesis presentations!

Can I Vote? – an online tool for spreading the word about local democracy in Finland
Students from Aalto University and TAMK have joined with YLE to create an online tool raising awareness on voting eligibility

New web magazine to celebrate multidisciplinary expertise
Inspiring contents, solutions for the future and rich visual narrative. Read our new online magazine.

Friend of our school, write in our Friend book!
Fill in our virtual Friend book your funniest study memories and important learnings, and tag along your friends.

Call for Papers: Animals, Plants, Bryophytes, Lichen and Fungi in Contemporary Art and Research
Research in Arts and Education journal welcomes manuscripts for the February 2022 Issue.
The special issue of Research in Arts and Education focuses on exploring research with species other than humans. Diverse approaches to research and art are welcomed, including artistic research, theoretical and philosophical texts, art historical, postqualitative research, research working with art & science, educational and arts-based research.
The special issue of Research in Arts and Education focuses on exploring research with species other than humans. Diverse approaches to research and art are welcomed, including artistic research, theoretical and philosophical texts, art historical, postqualitative research, research working with art & science, educational and arts-based research.

Five awards for Aalto student works at the creative design competition
The theme of the Vuoden Huiput (The Best of the Year) competition in 2020 was care.

Data sculpture illustrates the cycle of traffic flows and air quality in Mall of Tripla
What does data look and sound like? The installation in the Mall of Tripla, Helsinki calls visitors for interaction.

‘A photographer is born together with the camera, through many different encounters’
In her doctoral thesis, Pauliina Pasanen examined learning to be a photographer.

Experience: Change course for peace and understanding
The Koe: Muutos (Experience: Change) course delved into questions related to design activism, peace processes and creating mutual respect in spring term 2021.

‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.

Immortal and Art as We Don’t Know It among the Most Beautiful Books
Books published by Aalto ARTS Books gain another recognition.

This year we celebrate Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture
We have been educating creative professionals for 150 years.

Study project draws out the background of Amos Rex's popular Egypt exhibition
Shadow of Egypt, a study project by students in art education ran alongside the Egypt of Glory exhibition.