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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...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters 2012 IFME World Congress on Municipal Engineering 04/06/2012 We will be discussing ang developing sustainability in the cities. IFME World Congress brings every three years together the global community of municipal...	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions 20X0 – A journey into the Future 08/10/2011 Go on a thrilling journey to the city of the future! This interactive exhibition introduces visitors to e.g. life, transportation, health care and...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design 925 – redesigning the work week 12/09/2011 Redesign 9 to 5 is an embedded design project that aims to redesign the normal working practices of work communities where employees perform a large amount...	Blogs - 925 A more open and fun world A requirement for openness has slipped into organisations and leadership culture. Old thinking where hidden information provided power has to give way to the...
News - Espoo Event Aalto University gala showcasing future products This year's Product Design Gala will focus on user-driven and sustainable design.	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...	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.	Programme - Web Rethinking design C My City – childrens architectural map 01/11/2011 How do children and young people perceive our built environment? The virtual architectural map allows children and youngsters to tell us about it. C My...
Programme - Lahti Rethinking design CleanDesign Center 01/12/2011 We are developing solutions for the creation of a better and more sustainable living environment. The CleanDesign Centre aims to improve cooperation between...	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...	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...	News - Economy and Industry Design Into Profit Tekes and Design Foundation Finland have launched a Design Into Profit initiative to promote design and design expertise in Finnish SMEs. By focusing on...
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 Exhibitions Designed Technology – Windows on Technology and Design 01/02/2012 The exhibition entity Designed Technology – Windows on Technology and Design supplements the general view of design and highlights how design has...	News - Helsinki Economy and Industry Designing a good life A design leadership conference organised on 25–26 April at Wanha Satama in Helsinki will bring together top experts in the design industry to discuss...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Visitor Digital programme book is very today The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme listing is digital, always up-to-the-minute and easy to carry around. The mobile app WDC 2012 was released...	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...
News - Helsinki Services Electronic registration system makes life easier for event organisers The City of Helsinki has launched a new electronic event registration system which provides an easier way to submit permit applications and to organise fun...	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...	News - Architecture Environmental impact as the competitive edge in construction The Sitra report exposes the environmental impact of construction throughout the lifespan of buildings. The Finnish wood construction industry is eager to...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters EPISIS Conference 04/06/2012 The EPISIS project promotes the development of service innovations with pan-European cooperation. Partners from England, Sweden, Germany and Denmark are...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Fortum energy bench 01/10/2011 Our events include an illuminated and heated park bench. Visitors can sit for a while and send their event greetings online via a filming crew.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Functional Home – innovative and safe solutions for housing 01/02/2012 We will introduce solutions, technology, aids and products for an accessible and safe living environment. Functional Home is an information centre and...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Future home Habitare 2012 12/09/2012 We will open the doors to future homes. The section to be built at the 2012 Habitare fair uses design to introduce energy solutions for homes of the future...	News - Espoo Architecture Futuro landed in Espoo The world's first ever mass-produced, futuristic house invites people to learn about the wild visions of future housing in the 1960s.	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.
Programme - Vantaa Rethinking design HakuNet 15/09/2011 We will develop opportunities for residents to participate and have an impact. In Vantaa, the key element of municipal democracy is a regional committee...	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Hanasaari Designyear 19/01/2012 The design year of the Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre consists of exhibitions and public seminars, which are open to everyone. The Hanasaari...	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 17 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Helsinki Aeroport – Perfect Design Destination 01/01/2012 We will develop the service design of the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, product and service offering, and service concepting of airports.	News - Helsinki Urban planning Helsinki becomes an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant recipient Helsinki has been selected for IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge grant programme as the only Nordic city. Through this programme IBM offers technology and...
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Helsinki Region Infoshare 01/01/2012 We will make information concerning the Helsinki region available to everyone effortlessly and quickly. This information can be used for example in decision...	News - Helsinki Services Helsinki Region Infoshare makes data publicly available The Helsinki Region Infoshare project initiated by the cities of the Helsinki metropolitan area opens up the cities’ databases for everybody. The...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions HI Design 2012 08/06/2012 Displaying the multi-faceted nature of design. A number of Finnish companies within the technological industry make extensive use of design in product...	News - Helsinki Event HI Design 2012 to take over Helsinki's Cable Factory this summer This summer an unprecedented exhibition on the industrial design of Finnish companies will be on display in the Merikaapelihalli in Helsinki's Cable...	News - Helsinki Technology Partnership IBM joins World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 The Redesigning 925 project will redesign the working week and the City of Helsinki visualises better use of open data.
News - Helsinki Event Product Design INDEX: Award Exhibition – an open-air exhibition highlighting significant design Danish design organisation INDEX: is taking to the street on Keskuskatu, Helsinki, with design that has the capacity to improve people's lives all across...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events KONE’s Helsinki design reference tour 01/01/2012 KONE design reference tour and map for WDC audiences for independent tours around Helsinki to see KONE design references in locations that are open to public.	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Lapin Kulta Events 01/01/2012 We are combining design, food, drink and nature into a new, even surprising, experience. The unique Lapin Kulta Events are part of Lapin Kulta's Design...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design My e-Design 01/01/2012 We want to promote electronic services for Helsinki residents. My e-Design is a development project whose emphasis is on e-services and e-job seeking....	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...
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design NatureGate 01/10/2011 We are making nature more visible and comprehensible, and this way increasing the appreciation of nature. Through the NatureGate online service, users can...	Columns - Sam Inkinen Navigare necesse est The direction is clear: we are facing a situation where digital and virtual dimensions are integrated into the physical, built environment and “real...	News - Web Technology New guide to help with choosing a GPS tracker The 'Using technology to locate people and objects' guide presents over 20 GPS tracker devices on sale in Finland.	News - Helsinki Technology New urban Optical fibre is a symbol of the rapid evolution of techniques and technology, while weaving by hand lends a human touch.	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Nokia Siemens Networks active antenna design project & competition 07/02/2012 Antennas as part of the urban environment – what will antennas of the future look like? In addition to the relationship between design and technology,...
News - Web Services Technology Online Map Assists People in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area In early June, a Helsinki Service Map that has been online for two years was expanded to encompass the municipal services of the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and...	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 - Technology Product Design Open Helsinki @ DMY Maker Lab The Open Helsinki section of DMY Maker Lab features some prominent examples of the open and participatory design scene in Helsinki: YKON world simulation...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions People Made: Design Exhibition by Nokia 08/06/2012 ‘People Made’, an exhibition on Nokia design, looks across more than 20 years of Nokia product making and explores how Nokia Design has been...	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 - 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 - Web Rethinking design Promoting Accessibility in Communications Services 02/01/2012 How to ensure that a barrier-free information society becomes reality? A monitoring group for accessible communications services promotes and ensures that...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Ready Steady GO! Finland 01/01/2012 We’re colliding design with exercise. Ready Steady Go! Finland creates an activity model that aims at improving competitiveness and promoting co-...	Blogs - Off to Milan! Returning from one design city to another: Milan – Helsinki After our own World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 media and stakeholder event on Wednesday evening, it's time to return home via Travemunde on a freighter...	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Science Adventures for kids at the Think Corner Science workshops let kids try out their own scientific skills.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Smarter Cities Challenge 12/09/2011 The City of Helsinki was the only Nordic city to be selected for the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge project in March 2011.	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.	Programme - Web Rethinking design Supporting the use of open data 01/01/2012 The Ministry of Employment and the Economy and Ministry of Transport and Communications are promoting utilisation of open, digital, public data reserves in...	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...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design The Curious Life of Trash – user-driven documentary 26/04/2012 We will examine the different stages of goods turned into trash once their useful life is spent and they have been discarded.	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.	International events - Art Event The Essence of Finnish Design and Culture 07/04/2012 The Essence of Finnish Design and Culture exhibition will tour five selected Japanese museums during WDC Helsinki 2012, presenting a broad spectrum of...
News - Helsinki Health and Wellbeing The Functional Home exhibition introducing an accessible and safe living environment The Functional Home exhibition which was opened on Wednesday 1 February introduces solutions, technology, aids and products for an accessible and safe living...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design The KÄKÄTE Project 01/08/2011 We want to support the elderly, improving the quality of their everyday lives and helping them to cope in their own homes. We also aim to assist those who...	News - Helsinki Technology Product Design The year 2012 at the Museum of Technology focuses on technology design The role of design in industry and technology will be highlighted in the Technology Museum’s WDC Helsinki 2012 exhibition series.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Transformation: Towards a sustainable future 06/06/2012 The home you choose may be the most important ecological decision you ever make. The built environment has been calculated as accounting for up to 60%...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Urban planning for a better life An exhibition at Laituri highlights the role of urban environments in people's quality of life.
Programme - Web Rethinking design Verso - Responsibility as a competitive edge 01/09/2011 Along with 90% of Finnish people, we are interested in corporate responsibility.	Programme - Web Communications WDC 2012 Mobile App 04/01/2012 We are bringing design to smartphones and to take with you. When you want to know what is going on in WDC Helsinki 2012 and where the different forms of...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Wellbeing and happiness in everyday life 04/02/2012 Design for wellbeing searches and finds solutions. How can it be ensured that all Espoo residents have a pleasant everyday living environment, well-...	News - Media and Communication Technology Winners of the Open Data competition Apps4Finland announced Held for the third time, the Apps4Finland idea competition inspired citizens more actively than ever to develop new ways to utilise the open data reserves of...	International events - Architecture Winning Finnish architecture in China 30/04/2012 The Wuxi Grand Theatre, designed by PES-Architects, is a great example of Finnish architecture around the world today.
News - International Event World Design Capital presents Finnish design at the Milan Design Week The World Design Capital is heavily involved in the Milan Design Week, and at the same time, promotes the visibility of the field of Finnish design. The...