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Quantum Garden uses sculpture to get the public to train AI
The sculpture gathers data sequences to help solve a quantum computing problem.
AI’s story won’t be complete without art
Aalto’s Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka wants art and technology to collide and make something new
Media Lab students to exhibit in Seoul, South Korea in May 2019
Students from Aalto Media Lab were invited by KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and aSSIST, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies to exhibit their works in Seoul for the second time.
Photos from the last Xmas Demo Day
Collection of photos from the last Demo Day organized on the 5th of December 2018 at the Maker Space, Learning Centre of Aalto University.
Is artificial intelligence capable of love?
Love simulation EVE studies the relationship between a human who wants to be loved and a loving AI.
Mixing art and artificial intelligence
Artists have for long been quick to experiment, use and misuse new technologies--but does AI mean the end of human-made art?
2018 in a glimpse: materials revolution, Nobel laureates in economics, and students’ breathtaking art projects
This past year art and science were celebrated once again at Aalto University
“Sick Photography” wins ICMA Award
Maija Tammi won International Creative Media Award of Excellence for Books with Jesper Vuori for ”Sick Photography”.
An exhibition at Oodi takes the visitor on tour into the library infrastructure
Art project by post-doctoral researcher Samir Bhowmik at Aalto University makes the hidden data and labour visible to the library goers.
Tomorrow's filmmakers supported by Suomi-Filmi Ltd. donation
Suomi-Filmi Ltd. has made a donation ʵ University School of Arts, Design and Architecture as part of its 100th anniversary celebration.
Aalto student wins the Finnish Design Academy logo competition
The Finnish Design Academy logo competition was won by Veera Kesänen, student in the Visual Communication Design programme.
VR art installation "The State of Darkness" explores the experience of co-presence
The State of Darkness - a biosensor driven VR art installation will have its premiere at International Conference for Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) in Dublin.
Introducing Bassam El Baroni, Assistant Professor in Curating and Mediating Art
Bassam came ʵ in May 2018 from the Dutch Art Institute MA program at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Clear user experience goals behind Rolls-Royce Marine's Red Dot design award
The concept of UX goals, developed by Aalto University, were essential to the success of Rolls-Royce Marine's user experience team in designing the award-winning solution.
Aalto Visual Communication Design student shortlisted for the Kantar Information is Beautiful Award
Adina Renner’s project ‘Wall of Silence’ places alongside the Guardian and the Washington Post as one of the most beautiful data visualisations of 2018.
Card illustrations made by students for the Finnish Refugee Council
Milja Komulainen and Ella Eskola, first year students in the Visual Communication Design programme, illustrated a series of cards for the Finnish Refugee Council’s ”Better Gifts” product family.
Six Aalto University alumni awarded Finnish State Awards for Arts
On 27 November 2018 the Arts Promotion Centre Finland bestowed 16 artists with the Finnish State Awards for Arts. Six are alumni of Aalto University.
New Children’s Hospital to feature birdsong and whooshing stars
The soothing soundscape designed for the new hospital was the first of its kind in Finland and unique in the world.
Students’ soundscape fills the New Children’s Hospital
A generative soundscape in a hospital is the first of its kind in the world. Created by Sound in New Media students at Aalto Media Lab, the soundscape will be developed further on the basis of user studies and research over years to come.
"Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future" - experiences from a two-year exhibition tour
Produced and coordinated by Aalto University’s Department of Design, the exhibition has taught staff and students a lot of the industry and cooperation.