Reflecting through mingei by Johannes Kaarakainen
Explorations into making sense of a contemporary craft practice.
How to make a living with the things you love? by Hannakaisa Pekkala
Helping emerging creatives build their career as entrepreneurs in the design field.
Rethinking Portable Bluetooth Speakers by Dario Aguet
Disassemblability and Reparability in Product Design.
Kuitukasveja tienpientareelta - Fiber crops from the roadside by Iines Jakovlev
Material research on roadside plants and their suitability as design materials.
Metamorphosis of a sauna stone by Lennart Engels
Storytelling through investigative design & material development
Regenerative Binderless Panels from Baltic Reed by Hana Rehor膷铆kov谩
How design-led material innovation can contribute to ecological restoration.
Crafting with Fungi by Harvey Shaw
Proposing a reimagined relationship between humans and fungal materials, within craft and design.
Wood recycling project
#recycling #artistic_interventions #circular_economy #workshop
Fun and creative ways to repurpose wood.
Targeted construction material flows in Finland in 2035 and 2050
Vertti Vallenius, Doctoral Researcher
Tips from mentors
Read the recommendations and tips of mentors who participated in the Mentoring Programme in 2025.
Misfit Wood Architecture - the use of natural shaped wood in architecture and construction
Jaakko Torvinen, Doctoral Researcher, Architect M.Sc.
Humanitarian Construction: Socio-Cultural Sustainability in Crisis Responses
Kristjana Adalgeirsdottir, Doctoral Researcher
Climate implications of increasing bio-based construction materials in Thailand鈥檚 residential building stock
Bergpob Viriyaroj, Doctoral Researcher
Biodiversity impact mitigation through Life Cycle Assessment in the context of construction
Miia Ranta-aho, Doctoral Researcher, Architect M.Sc.
Unveiling landscape life cycle assessment Towards holistic understanding of carbon flows in the built environment
Caroline Moinel, Doctoral Researcher, Architect M.Sc.
Potential for circularity 鈥 Defining factors and conditions to enable circularity in contemporary Nordic building design鈥
Havu J盲rvel盲, Doctoral Researcher, Architect M.Sc.
Summary of Aalto Talent Expo 2025
Aalto Talent Expo recruitment event was organised at the Aalto University campus in Otaniemi on November 6th, 2025.