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Studio visit: Montana Torreyâs residency at HIAP Augusta Gallery
In Empirica, different creative practices from the realm of art, craft and design are used as a catalyst for thinking and making research
Soil Laboratory: One solar cycle in Utsjoki
Many indigenous cultures believe in the earth as a sacred environment and regard themselves as an integral part of this holistic living l...
Making Things that Change: EMPIRICA Research GroupâResearch in Art and Education
Vega, Luis; Valle-Noronha, Julia; Markle, Gary; Latva-Somppi, Riikka; Hulkkonen, Sara; Falin, Priska; Korolainen, Hanna-Kaisa; Suomi, Mai...
EMPIRICA at the 2nd BICCS Conference
The Biennial International Conference for the Craft Sciences, BICCS, is a platform for communicating craft research within, and beyond, t...
EMPIRICA in the NORDES'2023 Conference
The 10th Nordic Design Research Society (NORDES 23) Conference was organized by Linköping University in Sweden
Soil Laboratory
Soil Laboratory is a concept and practice that brings together artists, designers, craftspeople, researchers, and local human and nonhuma...
Soil Laboratory: Exploring a dialog between human and land in Utsjoki
Many indigenous cultures believe in earth as a sacred environment and regard themselves as an integral part of this holistic living lands...
Material-led creative processes in the context of design education: Tarja-Kaarina Laamanen, Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€, & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen â Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education
Laamanen, Tarja-Kaarina; MÀkelÀ, Maarit; & Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita (2023)
Listening to the Sociomaterial: Luis Vega, Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€, & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen â Design Studies
Vega, Luis; MÀkelÀ, Maarit; & Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita (2023)
Learning with the Natural Environment: Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€ & Bilge Merve Aktas â International Journal of Art and Design Education
MĂ€kelĂ€, Maarit & AktaĆ, Bilge Merve (2023)
In dialogue with the environment: Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€ & Bilge Merve Aktas â Craft Research
MĂ€kelĂ€, Maarit & AktaĆ, Bilge Merve (2022)
Traces of Care: Exhibition by the students of the âPersonal Explorationâ Course
Traces of Care is a virtual exhibition of 15 Masterâs students of the Aalto ARTS Contemporary Design program under the course Personal Ex...
Utilizing local reindeer bone waste from Lapland in ceramics
The number of reindeers in northern Finland reaches over 200,000 each year, which is even greater than the population of people in the re...
Documentation as a Practice-led Research Tool for Reflection on Experiential Knowledge: Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€ & Nithikul Nimkulrat â FormAkademisk
MÀkelÀ, Maarit & Nimkulrat, Nithikul (2018)
Why our brains love arts and crafts: Minna Huotilainen, Mimmu Rankanen, Camilla Groth, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen & Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€ â FormAkademisk
Huotilainen, Minna; Rankanen, Mimmu; Groth, Camilla; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita & MÀkelÀ, Maarit (2018)
Warhol and me â battle of the authors: Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen â Research in Arts and Education
Warhol and me â battle of the authors: Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen
Shared Authorship in Research through Art, Design, and Craft: Luis Vega, Bilge Aktas, Riikka Latva-Somppi, Priska Falin & Julia Valle-Noronha â Research in Arts and Education
Shared Authorship in Research through Art, Design, and Craft: Luis Vega, Bilge Aktas, Riikka Latva-Somppi, Priska Falin & Julia Valle-Noronha
Moments of Entanglement: Luis Vega, Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€, Tzuyu Chen & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen â BICCS Conference / FormAkademisk
Moments of Entanglement: Luis Vega, Maarit MÀkelÀ, Tzuyu Chen & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen
Practitionersâ Experience in Clay 3D Printing: Priska Falin, Nur Horsanali, Flemming Tvede Hansen & Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€ â BICCS Conference / Formakademisk
Practitionersâ Experience in Clay 3D Printing: Priska Falin, Nur Horsanali, Flemming Tvede Hansen & Maarit MĂ€kelĂ€