Education Arts and Sciences

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...
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The Aalto University project 365 Wellbeing is part of the World Design Capital 2012 programme. 365 Wellbeing is one of Aalto University's spearhead...
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...
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...
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...
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. 
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...
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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...
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Open Helsinki is challenging all under 19s to think about how to describe their own living environments visually in a fun and informative way.
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...
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Aalto University combines its skills in the fields of art, economy and technology to create better living environments.
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The University of Helsinki art collection, accumulated over the years, can now be seen at the University Museum Arppeanum.
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Students at Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth, shared their playful visions for the Guggenheim Museum, proposed to be built in the...
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 (...
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...
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Together in cooperation, IxDA Helsinki and Fjord will be organising a unique 'Designing for Wellness seminar', on 19 April. The seminar will...
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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...
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Conference provides new ideas, means and methods to explore architecture and design with children in school and after school activities.
25/08/2011
We will develop creative learning premises that utilise everyday design.
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Helsinki students will again be heard at the event targeted to strengthen community spirit and develop school environments.
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...
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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.
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
01/03/2012
Promoting understanding on the significance of immaterial rights and the role of design as intellectual property. 
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...
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...
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...
Imagine a ten-minute city. Imagine a metropolis designed to fit your use of time. All important services can be reached within ten minutes.
01/02/2012
Designed for Business Success will serve as the primary platform for business-related design conversations during WDC Helsinki 2012.
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...
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Design Learning Conference presents new ideas and solutions for design learning.
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...
01/01/2011
The Draped in Delight project inspires to think about fashion, its contents and methods, while building up a better self-image.
13/09/2011
Copenhagen will be highlighting international trends in education when the European Association for International Education (EAIE) holds its annual...
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...
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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...
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...
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The Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing Design and the Department of Marketing bring together students from different disciplines for the first time at...
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...
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...
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The Ice Cellar, located in Helsinki's Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, is hosting an event devoted to Mexico today.
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Finland is the theme country of the largest design event in Germany, DMY International Design Festival, held in Berlin in June 2011.
16/01/2012
Aalto University School of Economics main building in Töölö, Helsinki, is an architectural marvel from the post-war reconstruction period.
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...
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Helsinki City Planning Department’s gallery and information centre Laituri puts on display Spacial Design diploma projects from the University of Art...
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)...
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The Think Corner’s new science theme offers a peek into the fascinating world of plants.
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You can now take an expert-guided tour of the outdoor exhibition on Helsinki's Keskuskatu. 
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
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Here are some of our events taking place this week.
What does a forest feel and smell like? What does it look like? Many youths today can no longer answer these questions.
24/05/2012
We will gather together influential people from the fashion industry, media representatives, designers and experts from the Nordic countries and elsewhere....
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...
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The Helsinki University World Student Capital(WSC) project starting today will turn our capital into a unique and desirable college town.
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...
06/09/2012
We develop our schools and present the results of our development work. Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’ HSPACE innovates, researches and...
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Photographer-artist Perttu Saksa is examining the boundaries between culture and nature at Erottajankatu's Laboratory Gallery.
01/01/2012
What is a digital-age, communal and healthy school like? How can we develop new services for the school?
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...
Developer team. Service design project. Last year, I found these words in the invitation to the Kaisa library design team exciting. The development project...
15/12/2011
We promote creativity and aim for a brighter economy through diversification.
01/08/2011
The University of Helsinki shapes society through teaching and research.
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...
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,...
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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...
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The Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum are expanding their activities to the courtyard between the two museums from June to September 2011....
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...
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The 'Playce Nord 2012' seminar in Lahti will be studying the future of education in architecture.
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The Aalto University World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 series of programmes has launched a website at living.aalto.fi.  The website introduces all WDC...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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Science workshops let kids try out their own scientific skills.
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Graduates, students and researchers from the Aalto University will be stepping on stage to present their research in new ways.
27/09/2012
This exhibition showcases chairs and decorative pieces from the University of Helsinki from the span of nearly 200 years.
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...
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...
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-...
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?
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.
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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...
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The largest, most international architecture event of the Design Capital year will be arranged next summer in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The two-week festival...
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An international group of students from Aalto University spent a couple of intensive months studying the large Helsinki suburb of Mellunmäki. The...
12/09/2012
We’re focusing on the development of the suburbs. The multiprofessional planning seminar Suburban Design approaches the functional development of...
01/09/2009
We bring dispersed players together, promote innovation, and offer young people experience in entrepreneurship. SYMBIO Living Lab is an open development...
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...
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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.
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...
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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...
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...
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I am not writing about the Presidential election now, or about any other elections, not even about politics.
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The new science theme, Passion to Learn, will delve into the future of learning and the changing world of teacher training.
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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...
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The Think Corner set up in Aleksanterinkatu Street by the University of Helsinki introduces a selection of the university's top research and teaching...
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Due to open this autumn, the Kaisa Library will be full of information, research and international experiences.
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...
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The University of Helsinki new social and interactive wall invites everyone to discuss and comment.
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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...
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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...
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...
16/07/2012
During the Wastelands festival we examine issues and possibilities related to empty, unused and wasted spaces within and around urban areas.
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Completed on the plot between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum, the Pavilion will be welcoming everyone throughout the summer from...
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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.
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...
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...