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Otakaari 2, 02150 Espoo

Mon–Thu 8.00–21.00 
Fri 8.00–20.00 
Sat–Sun closed

Hope is something we deeply wish to see realized — but achieving it takes effort. From hope arises a self-reinforcing cycle of good: hope helps us take the first step, and action, in turn, generates more hope.​

In the Marsio exhibition space, The Laboratory of Hope comes to life through sound, light art, video, text, and objects. People from across Aalto University share what hope means to them and how they are helping to build a more hopeful future: better healthcare through artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and fashion that belong to everyone, quantum materials, secrets of good life, and much, much more.

You are warmly invited to come and discover your own spark of hope!

Featured in the exhibition:

Doctoral researcher Vilma Ristikangas

Assistant Professor Frank Martela

Students Owein Iweson and Sophia Lee Teatini

Doctoral Researcher Ashish Thapliyal 

Master of Arts, Young Designer of the Year Enni Lähderinne 

Aalto psychologist Merita Petäjä

Professor Julia Lohmann 

Assistant Professor Jose Lado 

Assistant Professor Jiancheng Yang

Professor Monika Österberg

Professor Heikki Nieminen

Professor Ewald Kibler 

Assistant Professor Jenni Partanen 

Academy Research Fellow Johanna Ahola-Launonen 

Doctoral Researcher Ali Salloum 

Artworks from The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection/ EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Ship model from Rauma Shipyard

Light and sound design by Niko Tiainen

Aalto Museum collection objects

Design students' course works