The designerly approach in material development: a design-led exploration of surplus flowers as raw material by Irene Purasachit
This thesis investigates the design processes of an innovative biobased material from a designer perspective using flower waste in Bangkok, Thailand as the case study. The research adopts practice-led research as the core methodology to gain an empirical understanding of the material development processes while having the Double Diamond methodology as the research framework.
Picture me posthuman, fall 2021 (online)
Picture Me Posthuman is an online art exhibition of AI art made during an interdisciplinary course Art and Artificial Intelligence in Fall 2021.
Digital Business Master Class
This intensive master’s-level course focuses on digital technologies as tools for building businesses.
Industrial Data Excellence (InDEx)
Industrial Data Excellence (InDEx) researches the value of data as an enabler for the next industrial revolution centered around artificial intelligence in the Finnish manufacturing industry.
Sea for Value – Fairway
Sea for Value – Fairway DIMECC program is the first program initiative under the One Sea ecosystem.
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures aims at demonstrating effective paths to achieving sustainability, social cohesion and peaceful co-existence at a time of rapid change.
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX)
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX) is a joint research project with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research among others.
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI)
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI) is a joint research project between Tampere University, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research.
Green Factory - towards carbon neutral production (GREEF)
The GREEF project is part of Business Finland's Sustainable Manufacturing Finland programme.
What does "radical" in Oasis mean?
The Oasis of Radical Wellbeing opening generated an elevated discussion about wellbeing in Aalto. The question was, what does radical mean here?
What you should know when you plan to donate by bequest
Lawyer Olof Rehn answers our questions on bequeathing assets in a will.
Art Educators Working in Library
During the autumn holidays Aalto and Oodi's animation workshops brought together children who didn’t know each other yet.
Studying transportation engineering was Henri Miettinen’s goal years before university
Studying in Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering Master’s programme has gave Henri better insights on how cities should be planned as a whole rather than only focusing on transportation engineering.
Do you see the blue sky? Ponderings on climate poetry
Climate change inspires literature, not only of the nonfictional kind, but also fiction and even poetry. I want to share with you some of my ponderings on a poem that struck a chord with me the first time I read it years ago and that I still keep finding more meanings in every time I come back to it.
E-exams using the electronic examination system EXAM
EXAM - an electronic examination software enables time flexibility in examinations and a more efficient utilization of space and computers.
Occupational safety election 2023 – Candidates at joint services election
Election will be organised by electronic voting on 20.11.–24.11. at joint services only. Personnel included in the electoral lists in joint services are entitled to vote.
Beyond e-Textiles: second iterative workshop
University of Turku / November 2021 [Second biannual workshop of the 'Beyond e-Textiles' project]
Beyond e-Textiles: first iterative workshop
Aalto University (online) / May 2021 [First biannual workshop of the 'Beyond e-Textiles' project]
Sakari Hiidenheimo speeds up research on renewable fuels: "It's cool that my work has a big impact"
Sakari Hiidenheimo works as a development manager at Neste, a fuel company.