News archive: Archive 2012
Aalto a visible participant at Helsinki Design Week
03.09.2012 Aalto University students, researchers and alumni are participating in Helsinki Design Week 6–16 September 2012 in the form of numerous exhibitions and events. The exhibitions are focused on the design of better living environments and industrial art design, displaying the projects of future artists and designers. The programme for Open House Helsinki includes walking tours at the Töölö and Otaniemi campuses. The Pavilion will remain open for the duration of Helsinki Design Week.
Opening of the Academic year: President Tuula Teeri finds the cutting of the university index to be a short-sighted solution
04.09.2012 The opening of the academic year at Aalto University was held on the Otaniemi campus on Tuesday 4 September. Almost six hundred staff members, students and cooperation partners took part in the event.
Three new professor appointments at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
05.09.2012 New professors have been appointed at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
140 years of architectural education in Finland: architectural education at Aalto University on a solid basis
06.09.2012 This autumn marks the 140th anniversary of the start of architectural education in Finland. The teaching started in 1872 at the Polytechnic School under the leadership of F.A. Sjöström. Together with the Helsinki University of Technology, the department became part of Aalto University in 2010. Now, 140 years on, the architectural education at Otaniemi is still founded on arts and advanced technology.
Leo Lindroos wins the main prize at the Habitare Design Competition
12.09.2012 The winner of the 2012 Habitare Design Competition was Leo Lindroos with his design 'Sunset Camera'. Lindroos was awarded the €6,000 main prize.
Design report to the European Commission to be made public at summit in Helsinki
13.09.2012 The Leadership Board on European design has completed a list of policy recommendations that aim at the utilisation of design as a driving force for economic growth, wellbeing and competitiveness in Europe.
Design as a driver of European growth: the Design Leadership Board’s 21 recommendations to the European Commission
17.09.2012 The role of European design should be enhanced on the global stage, and top expertise in design should be supported. Cooperation between strong design competencies, companies and the public sector should be developed to produce better services. Design should be embedded in innovation programmes and business incubators across Europe. Harnessing design as a tool for innovation processes will boost prosperity and wellbeing across the continent.
Aalto University opens the first Fablab in Finland
25.09.2012 Aalto Media Factory opens the first Finnish Fablab – the Aalto Fablab – on the Arabia campus. A fab lab (short for ‘fabrication laboratory’) is an open workshop, where everybody can make objects using techniques such as 3D printing or laser cutting. The Aalto Fablab is already open for Aalto people and it will be open for the public one day per week, starting 2nd of October.
Aalto University participates in the design of the Expo Milano 2015 Clusters
26.09.2012 Aalto University participates in designing the concepts of the exhibition spaces of the Expo Milano 2015 world exposition. The representatives of the Department of Architecture and Department of Design of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture take part in a multidisciplinary workshop in Milan during September and October 2012. The aim of the workshop is to design a concept for the Clusters, which group different countries within the same architectural project.
Design Meets Cellulose project turns Finnish wood into champagne
27.09.2012 How could a Finnish wood product attain the same luxury status as French champagne on the global market? This question was examined in the Design Meets Cellulose project, in which one of the themes was to develop a brand for Finnish wood products.