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Aalto Media Lab Demo Day

The Demo Day is an open gathering of Media Department’s students, alumni, staff and friends. You are all welcome!
Studies
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Aalto Media Lab Demo Day Poster

A fairy dance takes over Kuunsilta: student art exhibition opened at the Espoo Cultural Centre

The exhibition was inspired by the students' own experiences and relationship with the environment, and adapted to fit into the Cultural Centre.
Press releases
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Crystal Garden. Kuva: Kalle Kataila.

IC-98 won the School of Business' building staircase invited art competition

The winning proposal creates a zone of silence from the busy staircase.
Campus, Press releases, University
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Aalto BIZ portaikkotaidekilpailun voittaja IC-98 Kuva: Marko Oikarinen

School of Business' public art explores humanity and its tensions

The theme of the collection is Human Approach, and it follows the percent for art principle.
Campus, Press releases, University
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Kauppakorkeakoulun rakennuksen julkinen taide Kuva: Mikko Raskinen

From costume design to the right kind of AI – new installation talks now available on video

Aalto's newly tenured professors gave their installation talks 24 April.
Research & Art
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Rehtori Ilkka Niemelä, professorit Mario Di Francesco, Pekka Malo, Sofia Pantouvaki, Jussi Rintanen ja Hong-Linh Truong sekä provosti Kristiina Mäkelä. Kuva Erica Nyholm / Aalto-yliopisto

FOAMING installation by ELO artist-researchers in the Venice Research Pavilion #3 opening week

The installation is part of AIRA Artistic Intelligence Research Alternator project, one of the seven “research cells” of the nearly 4-month event.
Research & Art
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FOAMING EXERCISES in-process at Aalto Studios: a screenshot of 360 cam recording

FEMME IN STEM artwork visualises technological development

Women and Technology media work competition combines diversity and the role of women in technological development.
Awards and Recognition
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Aalto University / Väre building / Photo: Mikko Raskinen

New methods in fashion and clothing design

Aalto Fashion’s New Construction Methods exhibition presents creative approaches and experiments in fashion and clothes design and manufacture in Dipoli in April.
Research & Art
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Muodin New Construction Methods -näyttely Dipolissa. Kuva: Mikko Raskinen

Sofia Pantouvaki: A born researcher

The professor of costume design is an endlessly inquisitive soul who never imagined she would have a career in Finland
Research & Art
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Sofia Pantouvaki

Everyday choices: What are arts teachers needed for, Marja Rastas?

The world contains a void in art education, says Lecturer of Visual Arts Pedagogy.
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art
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Marja Rastas istumassa pöydällä työpajassa, taustalla näkyy hyllykkö sekä kipsipatsaita.

An interview with designer Naoto Fukasawa

A world-famous designer and a member of MUJI’s advisory Board, Naoto Fukasawa, gave a lecture about 'Design as the Integrity of Things' on his visit ʵ University.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Naoto Fukasawa at Aalto University

School of Business building staircase invited art competition

New artwork will be located in the newest building on campus.
Campus, University
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Kauppakorkeakoulun kierreportaat Kuva: Roope Kiviranta / Aalto-yliopisto

Where is the water?

Only a fraction of the water on Earth is drinkable, so we need ways to use it smartly.
Research & Art
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Where is the water?

How can we eat less water?

Most of the water we consume is hidden in food production, so we need to carefully choose what we put on our plates. 
Research & Art
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Leading European non-formal science education institutions gather ʵ

Aalto University hosts an international co-design workshop on 18-19 March. As an output a crowdsourced map tool will be presented.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Photo: Florian Voggender

A visual artist wielding more than a hammer

Aalto University’s fifth Artist in Residence Matthew C. Wilson explores the entangled nature of ideas.
Research & Art, University
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Aalto artist-in-residence Matthew Wilson

Quantum Wheel brings world-class game makers and quantum physicists together

From 15th until 17th February 2019 the Helsinki SkyWheel and Allas Sea Pool are the base for the 5th Quantum Game Jam; an intensive weekend during which game makers and physicists get together with the aim of creating games that harness the nature of quantum mechanics.
Research & Art
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Quantum Wheel

Public art sparks our imagination

Aalto University is the first university in Finland to commit to the principle of the art percent.
Campus, University
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Kreutzstrasse by Gloria Lauterbach. Image: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University

Finnish fashion showcase event, Fashion in Helsinki, receives state export subsidy

Event among five cultural export projects funded by Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture.
Research & Art
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Näytös18 Design: Fanni Lyytikäinen Kuva: Mikko Raskinen

Making sense of a being

For Professor Harri Laakso, a photograph is much more than what the eyes can see on a wall or on a screen.
Research & Art
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Harri Laakso