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Students to renovate the interior of a department library
25.04.2014 The old department library will convert into a modern work and living room for students when the construction of the latest Learning Hub starts in Otaniemi in summer. The project is related to the development of the university's new Learning Centre and will supplement its services.
New vice deans named for School of Arts, Design and Architecture
08.04.2014 Professor Teemu Leinonen, D.A., and Head of Research Ossi Naukkarinen, Ph.D., have been named as Vice Deans of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.Their terms begin on 1 May 2014.
Environmentally friendly solid wood chairs going to Milan Furniture Fair
04.04.2014 Ecological considerations, which are among the guiding principles in the process of furniture design, are among the characteristics written into good design. They also form a part of the world view of a responsible person.
Short documentary screened at the International Festival of Films on Art
25.03.2014 Le Pavilion de la Finlande à l’exposition universelle de 1900 à Paris, a short documentary film about this legendary landmark in the history of art and design has been screened in the Horizons official programme at the 32nd FIFA, International Festival of Films on Art.
The Pattern Lab course thrives on passion for patterns
21.03.2014 The significance for young students of the Pattern Lab study project – which concentrates on pattern design – is immense. The readiness for entrepreneurship accumulated during the course has encouraged many to establish their own businesses.
The legacy of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 lives on in concrete activities
14.03.2014 Cities need design to prosper.
Susanna Pettersson appointed to the Aalto University Board
25.02.2014 Susanna Pettersson (Ph.D., born 1966), Director of the Finnish Institute in London, has been appointed a member of the Aalto University Board as of 1 March 2014.
Aalto University involved in Cape Town, the World Design Capital 2014
24.02.2014 The University takes the WDC Helsinki 2012 legacy further by taking projects and an exhibition to Cape Town.
Finnish photographic art extensively on display in Madrid
14.02.2014 The ARCOmadrid art fair brings photographic artists from the Gallery Taik Persons and the Helsinki School to the Spanish capital in February 2014.
Finnish textile art heads for Paris
11.02.2014 Aalto University’s design students are about to introduce their Pattern Lab ’14 collection to a worldwide audience.
Textile Artist of the Year award to Maarit Salolainen
07.02.2014 Professor and textile artist Maarit Salolainen was chosen as Textile Artist of the Year at the Designers 2014 seminar on 7 February 2014 at the Bio Rex cinema in Helsinki.
Ariel Bustamante starts as a new Artist-in-Residence
21.01.2014 Bustamante`s works bring out other forms of listening.
New honorary members for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
13.01.2014 Each year people who have worked with special distinction on behalf of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, and for the benefit of the fields of culture, industrial art and architecture, are invited as honorary members of the school.
Anna Valtonen appointed Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
29.11.2013 Professor Anna Valtonen has been appointed Dean of Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture and a member of the university’s Management Team. She will begin her five-year term of office on 1 March 2014, when Helena Hyvönen comes to the end of her term as dean.
Aalto University's Wood Program and the MFA in South Korea
12.11.2013 Aalto University's Wood Program and the Museum of Finnish Architecture opened an exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Art in South Korea presenting 22 examples of experimental wooden architecture from Finland as part of the 'Nordic Passion' program on architecture and design from the Nordic countries.
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