Education Arts and Sciences

International events - Event 2011 IDA Congress: Design at the Edges 24/10/2011 The 2011 IDA Congress being held in Taipei in October strives to promote the utilisation of design in different areas of society. The congress brings...	News - Helsinki Services Health and Wellbeing 365 Days of Wellbeing – 365 Wellbeing The Aalto University project 365 Wellbeing is part of the World Design Capital 2012 programme. 365 Wellbeing is one of Aalto University's spearhead...	International events - Architecture Product Design 4th International Alvar Aalto Meeting on Modern Architecture 27/08/2011 This international modern architecture event will bring experts in the field to Jyväskylä in August. The theme of the 4th Alvar Aalto Meeting is...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI 07/08/2012 Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI brings together field experts, researchers, entrepreneurs, students and artists from all over the world to co-create...	Programme - Espoo Transforming the city Aalto Garden Otaniemi 18/10/2011 We are working to create conditions for a high-quality, varied learning environment. The aim of the Aalto Garden Otaniemi student competition is to generate...
International events - Event Aalto on Waves 16/11/2011 Aalto on Waves is a cross-disciplinary project that involves more than a hundred students of art and design, economy and technology.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions ART LAB – activity gallery 23/01/2012 A functional ART LAB Activity Gallery is being created at Annantalo Arts Centre. In its thematic workshops, creative formulation and design will be...	News - Helsinki Environment Attacking rubbish through data The Curious Life of Trash, a documentary film based on open data and its visualisation, looks at what rubbish says about us. Just what sort of rubbish...	News - Web Competition Awards for Best Visualisation Open Helsinki is challenging all under 19s to think about how to describe their own living environments visually in a fun and informative way.	Programme - International Rethinking design Base of the Pyramid (BoP) 01/09/2010 We promote the onset of sustainable and user-oriented innovations suitable for emerging markets. BoP, “Base of the Pyramid”, as a concept...
News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Partnership Better living through design Aalto University combines its skills in the fields of art, economy and technology to create better living environments.	News - Helsinki Art Bringing campus art to the public The University of Helsinki art collection, accumulated over the years, can now be seen at the University Museum Arppeanum.	News - Helsinki Architecture Event Children’s Guggenheim is daring and open-minded Students at Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth, shared their playful visions for the Guggenheim Museum, proposed to be built in the...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Cinema and Architecture 03/02/2012 How are architecture and cinema linked? The Academy of Finland, the National Audiovisual Archive KAVA and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Collective Design 25/04/2012 The Design Management Institute of USA is the world’s most respected organisation for design management. The annual European DMI conference in Helsinki...
News - Helsinki Event Come and brainstorm a design for future wellness Together in cooperation, IxDA Helsinki and Fjord will be organising a unique 'Designing for Wellness seminar', on 19 April. The seminar will...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Construction of the City’s Living Room Progresses at Speed The builders’ dayglo safety vests glimmered in the spring sunshine as the roof of the Pavilion was put in place on its site between Design Museum...	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Creating the Future Conference provides new ideas, means and methods to explore architecture and design with children in school and after school activities.	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Creative learning premises for Art and Handicraft 25/08/2011 We will develop creative learning premises that utilise everyday design.	News - Event Culture as a theme at the Lord Mayor's Student Body Days Helsinki students will again be heard at the event targeted to strengthen community spirit and develop school environments.
Programme - Helsinki Encounters Cumulus Helsinki Conference – Northern World Mandate 23/05/2012 The Cumulus conference, hosted by the Aalto university School of Arts, Design and Architecture, brings together the art universities of the world. The...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Cycle to the city, to campus and then to a street festival! This week, the Design Capital will be filled with cycling-related events. We will kick off on Tuesday to celebrate national 'Cycle to work' day.	Programme - Web Rethinking design Data visualization competition 02/02/2012 Schoolchildren are encouraged to use different databases and to visualize the data they find. The national data visualization competition is targeted at...	News - International Urban planning Technology Design capital statistics made understandable in Amsterdam The PICNIC Festival being held in Amsterdam in September is built around the urban future, and explores that theme from the angles of sustainable development...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Design Contest Builders of The Future 01/09/2011 We are building a creative future. In cooperation with Grafia, the Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland, and Ornamo, Finnish Association...
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Design educational package for children 01/11/2011 We are developing design education tools. By using an educational package designed for elementary school age children, design education contents can be...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Design in Cultural Education Program of Lahti 04/01/2012 We are making design more visible. In WDC Helsinki 2012, design will become part of the City of Lahti Cultural Education Programme. The target group...	Programme - Web Rethinking design Design IP 01/03/2012 Promoting understanding on the significance of immaterial rights and the role of design as intellectual property.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design Learning Conference 10/05/2012 Designing is the most enchanting of all human cognitive creations. This conference has a holistic approach to the concept of design learning, which can be...	Programme - Rethinking design Design ROI 30/09/2011 We aim to increase people’s understanding of the chances to make a difference through design. The Design ROI research project talks to business...
Programme - Helsinki Encounters Design Round Table 2012 - Meeting for Design Experts 08/06/2012 We are gathering design experts, movers and shakers from Finland, the Nordic countries and Estonia for a day’s discussions around the same table. The...	Columns - Roope Mokka Design thinking as the state of mind of a metropolis Imagine a ten-minute city. Imagine a metropolis designed to fit your use of time. All important services can be reached within ten minutes.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Designed for Business Success 01/02/2012 Designed for Business Success will serve as the primary platform for business-related design conversations during WDC Helsinki 2012.	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Designers’ Village 01/09/2011 We are promoting wood construction and wood architecture. Designers’ Village is an innovation park and a testing ground for wood construction. Its...	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Designing teaching and teaching design Design Learning Conference presents new ideas and solutions for design learning.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Dirikka 2012+ 01/11/2011 We will adopt design and design tools which support sustainable development. Dirikka 2012+ is a new type of business, research, training and product...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Draped in Delight – Art and Design Education 01/01/2011 The Draped in Delight project inspires to think about fashion, its contents and methods, while building up a better self-image.	International events - Education Arts and Sciences EAIE 2011 Copenhagen 13/09/2011 Copenhagen will be highlighting international trends in education when the European Association for International Education (EAIE) holds its annual...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design ELE – New learning environments in teacher education 01/09/2011 Learning environments of the future are integrated, with a variety of spaces and services, contact teaching and digital tools, as well as internet- and...	News - Web Economy and Industry Enabling the business world to recognise the importance of design Design ROI, a joint project of Finnish design agencies, is developing a model for measuring the benefits of design to businesses. The Finnish Design Business...
Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Espoo - Youth’s Culture and Design City 01/01/2012 We develop youth work in Espoo. The project seeks to ensure that young people participate and have real impact on what happens in their city and what their...	News - International Education Arts and Sciences Fashion and Marketing Meet at Aalto The Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing Design and the Department of Marketing bring together students from different disciplines for the first time at...	International events - Architecture Urban planning Festival Architecture Vives 15/06/2011 The international spatial art festival Arcitectures Vives will spread across the city of Montpellier, France in June, with young designers and architects...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Fifth Dimension - innovative solutions and ecosystem services to benefit our cities 01/07/2011 An upcoming trend in the world’s metropoles is urban retrofitting – development of cities towards more sustainability, where the use of urban...	News - Helsinki Event Find out about Otomi Indians and day-to-day life in Mexico City The Ice Cellar, located in Helsinki's Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, is hosting an event devoted to Mexico today.
News - International Education Arts and Sciences Finnish design presented extensively at DMY festival in Berlin June 1-5, 2011 Finland is the theme country of the largest design event in Germany, DMY International Design Festival, held in Berlin in June 2011.	Programme - Helsinki Communications Genius loci. School of Economics: its architecture, design and art 16/01/2012 Aalto University School of Economics main building in Töölö, Helsinki, is an architectural marvel from the post-war reconstruction period.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Global environmental change – University of Helsinki designing a sustainable future 01/09/2011 We aim to highlight the top- scientific research on the wide global environmental problems as well as the innovative solutions to solve them. The project...	News - Helsinki Event Graduate Students Envision Future Helsinki Helsinki City Planning Department’s gallery and information centre Laituri puts on display Spacial Design diploma projects from the University of Art...	Programme - International Rethinking design Grapho Learning Initiative (GLI) 01/01/2012 We will design learning environments, make learning to read easier and help make the world a more equal place to live in. Grapho Learning Initiative (GLI)...
News - Helsinki Environment Green Zone taking over Think Corner The Think Corner’s new science theme offers a peek into the fascinating world of plants.	News - Helsinki Product Design Guided tours of the INDEX: Award Exhibition You can now take an expert-guided tour of the outdoor exhibition on Helsinki's Keskuskatu.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 16 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 17 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 18 Here are some of our events taking place this week.
News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 20 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 21 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	Columns - Päivi Rosqvist Healthy youth - naturally What does a forest feel and smell like? What does it look like? Many youths today can no longer answer these questions.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Helsinki Fashion Summit 24/05/2012 We will gather together influential people from the fashion industry, media representatives, designers and experts from the Nordic countries and elsewhere....	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Helsinki Summer School 22/06/2012 Helsinki Summer School celebrates the World Design Capital 2012 by offering high quality academics on design combined with a wide range of cultural and...
News - Helsinki Event Helsinki to become the world’s best student metropolis The Helsinki University World Student Capital(WSC) project starting today will turn our capital into a unique and desirable college town.	Programme - Helsinki Communications Hooray for Helsinki – Our Very Own City! 11/01/2012 Although Finnish design is mostly known for the Aalto vase and the Marimekko fabrics, in reality it is much, much more. Our daily lives are full of objects...	Programme - Vantaa Rethinking design HSPACE 06/09/2012 We develop our schools and present the results of our development work. Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’ HSPACE innovates, researches and...	News - Helsinki Art Human meets animal at Laboratory Photographer-artist Perttu Saksa is examining the boundaries between culture and nature at Erottajankatu's Laboratory Gallery.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Hyrrä – new elementary school community services 01/01/2012 What is a digital-age, communal and healthy school like? How can we develop new services for the school?
Programme - International Exhibitions INDEX: Design to Improve Life 28/03/2011 The City of Helsinki has launched a partnership with the Danish organisation INDEX: to improve quality of life through design. INDEX: is a non-profit...	Columns - Mirva Råman Kaisa's developer Developer team. Service design project. Last year, I found these words in the invitation to the Kaisa library design team exciting. The development project...	Programme - Lahti Encounters KUUTIO collective 15/12/2011 We promote creativity and aim for a brighter economy through diversification.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Learner Teacher: Teacher Education Talk – this is how Finnish teachers learn to teach 01/08/2011 The University of Helsinki shapes society through teaching and research.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Metamorphosis and Inspiring Encounter 13/09/2011 Two exhibitions present works by design students from the Lahti University of Applied Sciences Institute of Design and Konstfack, the University College of...
Programme - Helsinki Year of events MoA'12 - Masters of Aalto 09/05/2012 MoA is an annual event organised by the Aalto University. It is an exhibition of ideas and innovations as well as a festival, emerging around the theses,...	News - Lahti Urban planning Economy and Industry Muotohuoltamo Centre is a new meeting place in Lahti Helsinki is World Design Capital 2012 together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti. The central meeting place of the WDC Helsinki 2012...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Museums in Kaartinkaupunki are going open air! The Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum are expanding their activities to the courtyard between the two museums from June to September 2011....	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Myllypuro Media Library 14/12/2011 We assist you with electronic transactions and the use of computers, and inspire you to edit your digital photos, images, videos and music. At Myllypuro...	News - Lahti Architecture New ideas for education in architecture The 'Playce Nord 2012' seminar in Lahti will be studying the future of education in architecture.
News - Web Media and Communication Partnership New website for Aalto University programmes The Aalto University World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 series of programmes has launched a website at living.aalto.fi. The website introduces all WDC...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city OASIS – a true 'living' room in Annantalo's yard 23/01/2012 We are developing our environment into a vibrant living-room. The intent is to transform the yard area of Annantalo into a pleasant, functional, unimpeded...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Open Forum 27/01/2012 Our aim is to promote the creation and growth of new business activities. The intense breakfast seminars will bring together active players in the Helsinki...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Pavilion's week Welcome to the Pavilion, the World Design Capital's living room. Open Tue-Sun from 11 am to 9 pm, Ullanlinnankatu 2. Attached highlights of the Pavilion...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Personalized Flexible Learning 01/09/2010 We will reshape the adult and further education sector to make it genuinely more client friendly. The clients are adults, life-long learners, who face...
International events - Education Arts and Sciences Event PICNIC 2011 14/09/2011 The PICNIC Festival is an annual 3-day event that breaks down the barriers between creativity, science, technology and business and explores new, creative...	Programme - Lahti Encounters PLAYCE NORD 2012 18/04/2012 PLAYCE NORD 2012 is a Nordic seminar and workshop in Lahti, focusing on architectural education for Swedish-speaking children and young people.	Programme - Espoo Encounters Product Design Gala 27/04/2012 Final results of the interdisciplinary Product Development Project course are featured to the public. The Product Design Gala is the annual event celebrating...	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Responsible design – Series of Exhibitions and Events 01/02/2012 How can design improve the world? Finnish design professionals have created innovative operating models to support the activities of local organisations in...	Programme - Other City Encounters Road Show of Design 01/01/2012 We will challenge industrial companies and Finland’s leading design agencies into a discussion on how companies could create competitive edge by...
News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Science Adventures for kids at the Think Corner Science workshops let kids try out their own scientific skills.	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Science can be fun! Graduates, students and researchers from the Aalto University will be stepping on stage to present their research in new ways.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions SEATS OF LEARNING - 200 years of design for the University’s everyday life 27/09/2012 This exhibition showcases chairs and decorative pieces from the University of Helsinki from the span of nearly 200 years.	Programme - Espoo Encounters ServDes.2012 Service Design & Innovation Conference 08/02/2012 We are making a journey of exploration into service design. The Laurea University of Applied Sciences programme for the conference on service design research...	Programme - Vantaa Rethinking design Service design club Proto 07/01/2012 We are collecting views of how a welcoming city space looks through the eyes of young people. At the Service Design Club Proto, teenagers will study, express...
Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Shape Your World 01/01/2012 We are improving the opportunities for children and young people to participate in designing their surroundings. In the Shape Your World workshop 6 to 13-...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Soft tower 01/01/2012 Is it possible to develop better, more exciting, ecological and humane high-rise typologies? Is there a potential for a friendly, soft skyscraper?	Programme - Helsinki Encounters spACE 16/09/2012 Promoting the utilisation of design and the growth of design ideas. spACE is especially designed for Aalto University students and start up companies.	News - Vantaa Arts and Crafts Spring in Vantaa - full of interesting experiences The Designwindow will be full of art when an exhibition of diploma work from Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and works from the Vantaa Art...	News - Helsinki Event Partnership Students of architecture to chart Design Capital wasteland areas in summer The largest, most international architecture event of the Design Capital year will be arranged next summer in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The two-week festival...
News - Helsinki Urban culture Suburb 2072: an Expedition to Mellunkylä An international group of students from Aalto University spent a couple of intensive months studying the large Helsinki suburb of Mellunmäki. The...	Programme - Vantaa Encounters Suburban Design – Future of post-war neighbourhoods 12/09/2012 We’re focusing on the development of the suburbs. The multiprofessional planning seminar Suburban Design approaches the functional development of...	Programme - Other City Rethinking design SYMBIO Living Lab – Young creative entrepreneurs 01/09/2009 We bring dispersed players together, promote innovation, and offer young people experience in entrepreneurship. SYMBIO Living Lab is an open development...	Programme - Espoo Encounters Technology Days 13/01/2012 Technology Days is a popular science event that presents technology and the natural sciences in addition to inspiring discussion about technology's place...	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Technology Days will provide answers to significant yet down-to-earth questions On Friday, anyone interested should jump on the bus in front of Kiasma and head to the free science event now organised in Otaniemi for the third time.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design The Conference Hotel of Tomorrow 01/10/2010 We will find out how meetings will change in the near future. An innovative meeting room Griini has been built as a test facility for the Conference Hotel of...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication The Design 200 series will offer interesting perspectives on design Design 200 is a 200-part TV series, each episode lasting for approximately two minutes and focusing on a particular Finnish design object. The aim is to...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters The Design Lecture Series of the Adult Education Centres 30/01/2012 We offer opportunities for independent learning and the development of civic skills. The open and free community college series of lectures provides the...	Blogs - 925 The era of confrontation is over! I am not writing about the Presidential election now, or about any other elections, not even about politics.	News - Helsinki Event The future of learning at the Think Corner The new science theme, Passion to Learn, will delve into the future of learning and the changing world of teacher training.
Blogs - 925 The hold of the past The duty of museums and other memory organisations is to preserve, promote and interpret the heritage left by the human race. Information on the past is...	News - Helsinki Event The University of Helsinki Think Corner offers science, books and coffee The Think Corner set up in Aleksanterinkatu Street by the University of Helsinki introduces a selection of the university's top research and teaching...	News - Helsinki Event The University of Helsinki's new main library introduced at the Think Corner Due to open this autumn, the Kaisa Library will be full of information, research and international experiences.	Programme - Helsinki Year of events The Viikki Environment 15/02/2012 The City of Helsinki Environment Centre exhibition introduces the various aspects of nature within Helsinki and Viikki, Viikki area planning and ecological...	News - Web Education Arts and Sciences Think Wall collects thoughts The University of Helsinki new social and interactive wall invites everyone to discuss and comment.
News - Helsinki Event Top-class experts lecture about topical scientific subjects During the autumn, the University of Helsinki has been holding a series of lectures that is open to all and free of charge. This series culminates in early...	News - Helsinki Event Turn Table – The Urban Garden opening on Saturday! An urban oasis for cultivation run by Dodo ry., Turn Table – The Urban Garden will be kicking off the spring season with planting and cultivation tips...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Unbuilt Helsinki 04/12/2012 Unbuilt Helsinki is a research studio and site model workshop curated by the graphic designer collective Åbäke and Helsinki-based artist Nene...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Wastelands: European Architecture Students Assembly 16/07/2012 During the Wastelands festival we examine issues and possibilities related to empty, unused and wasted spaces within and around urban areas.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Welcome to the Pavilion! Completed on the plot between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum, the Pavilion will be welcoming everyone throughout the summer from...
News - Espoo Event Health and Wellbeing Wellbeing Market encourages people to take care of themselves Passers-by at Tapiola's Wellbeing Market, can try out an electronic health check, test some gym equipment or find tips for a healthier diet.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters World Student Capital 2012 01/11/2011 The objective of World Student Capital (WSC) is to create the metropolitan area into a truly attractive metropolis of students, where students together with...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Youth Food Festival 20/02/2012 We enable and facilitate a sense of community and the learning of new skills. The Youth Food Festival will see young people organising some 50 different...