News archive: Archive 2013
Hyères Fashion Festival finalist from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
07.03.2013 Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Master of Arts graduate Satu Maaranen has been selected from among 355 entrants to be one of the ten finalists in the Hyères Fashion Festival. The 28th International Festival of Fashion & Photography Hyères 2013 will be held between 26 and 29 April 2013 at the Villa Noailles in France.
Jussi Lehtomäki wins best student price with film Out into the woods at Tampere Film Festival
11.03.2013 Jussi Lehtomäki won the best student price with his documentary film Aamulla viemme lapset metsään (Out into the Woods) (ELO, 2012) at the Tampere Film Festival which was held on 6 - 10 March 2013 in Tampere, Finland. Out into the Woods takes the audience into the middle of a storytelling moment, and sends the viewer on a journey into the dark woods.
On Display application makes it to the innovation contest final
13.03.2013 Art display application On Display has been selected to the final round in the Uutisraivaaja innovation contest run by the Helsingin Sanomat foundation. The other finalists are Long Play, a platform for long-form feature journalism, Nearhood, a hyper local information service, Infogram, tool for combining video and infographics and PalloPostia, a news service for children. The contest drew 105 applications from Finland and abroad.
Artificial parts, electronics and the human body combine to produce a dance work Faux
18.03.2013 How can virtual reality and electronics become forms of social interaction in the future alongside non-verbal and kinaesthetic communication. Come and see dance piece Faux to find out.
Helsinki as World Design Capital 2012 grew larger than planned
26.03.2013 The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 year grew larger than originally planned, states International Design Foundation, the managing body of WDC Helsinki 2012, in its final report. The design year exceeded expectations on media coverage both in Finland and internationally.