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Aalto ARTS Books is taking part in Design Market Online
Design Market is one of the most popular events of Helsinki Design Week. This is the first time the event is being arranged in Spring time and due to the current circumstances, it will take place online. 50 Finnish design companies are taking part in this event.
The mystery of the immortal
Artist professor Maija Tammi and graphic artist Ville Tietäväinen have created an art book that combines scientific research, art and storytelling.
The age of digitalization and crises - how to navigate the unknown
Systemic problems call for changes, and this applies to higher education and research as well. The U-Create seminar discussed the limitations of our current university models and discussed alternative value systems, such as care.
Theses: Threading the needle – together!
Taking care of your clothes is an environmental act, says Marium Durrani. Communal clothing repair workshops are popular around the world and have now landed also in Finland to push against unsustainable fast fashion practices.
Creating zero-energy houses, non-toxic glitter and fossil-free glue with wood
Building wisely with wood is an efficient way to combat climate change. It’s possible to build almost anything with wood if we develop our expertise and adjust our attitudes, an expert says.
The story behind our letter A
Designer Rasmus Snabb thought he had created just a simple logo, yet it managed to cause a complicated tangle.
Try, fail, try again, fail better
Failure is an unavoidable part of life, but does failure have to be all bad? How about failing upwards and forwards?
This issue’s theme is trial and error
Aalto University Magazine 26 examines how you can learn from failure.
The cost of ‘fast fashion’ – Up to 92 million tonnes of waste and 79 trillion litres of water consumed per year to make garments
The fashion industry contributes to 10% of global pollution. A system-wide transition needed immediately to reduce environmental costs of the fashion industry, a new Aalto University study concludes in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment journal.
Mikko O. Koivisto's doctoral dissertation was awarded at the Most Beautiful Books 2019 competition
Mikko O. Koivisto's dissertation The Art of Egress: Madness, Horror, and the Pedagogy of Depsychiatrization has been selected for the Most Beautiful Books 2019 collection. The book was designed by Tuomas Kortteinen and printed by Unigrafia.
Samir Bhowmik in Helsinki Biennial 2020
Samir Bhowmik reflects on how humans hijack nature with their infrastructure and technology.
Soil Matters exhibition chosen as the winner of Design Museum´s open call
Soil Matters exhibition chosen as the winner of Design Museum´s open call
Aalto ARTS gets its own course on entrepreneurial skills and making a creative life
The course teaches students skills and methods to build a sustainably creative life and career based on their personal interests and passions.
Two books by Aalto ARTS Books were awarded in an international competition
Aalto ARTS Books has received prizes in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) competition. Both awards came in a series where science and textbooks were awarded: Juuso Koponen's and Jonatan Hildén's work Data Visualization Handbook won gold and Pasi Räbina's Print of Beauty received the “Award of Excellence”, which is awarded for outstanding performance.
Aalto University's art and design again ranked as 7th best in the world
Aalto also ranked among the QS Rankings top 100 in the fields of architecture and built environment, and business and management studies.
Aalto University’s fashion and textile know-how acknowledged in Finland and internationally
Aalto takes home two prizes at the Fashion Finland Gala and ranks third at CEO World Magazine fashion school listing
Aalto University Töölö’s art competition seeks radical creativity
Aalto University published an invited art competition that seeks to find public art to be situated in two spaces in Aalto Töölö
Finnfoto Award 2020: Maria Rehbinder
The Finnfoto Award is given annually to an individual or organization that has contributed significantly to the development of Finnish photography, as well as creating the conditions for increasing appreciation of photography.
Art as We Don’t Know It invites readers into the fascinating world of bioart
Art as We Don’t Know It presents a richly illustrated selection of artworks and bioart research.
