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.
On Display is developed by photography student Tuomo Rainio from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture together with Riikka Notkola and Janne Sundqvist. On Display is an application for displaying a weekly art dosage: a piece of art for the week presented in a mobile application.
Finalists will receive 10 000 euros of seed funding with which they develop their project further for the next 6 months. They will also receive entrepreneurship training organised with Aalto University’s Start Up Sauna programme. The finalists will also visit Silicon Valley. The winner or winners of the Uutisraivaaja contest will be chosen from the five finalists, announced at Slush start up conference in Helsinki in November.
-Each of the finalists broaden the field of journalism and distribution of information by introducing new viewpoints, target groups and topics. It is a very interesting and heterogenic selection, says Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Chairman of the Uutisraivaaja jury.
There were both newcomers and experienced entrepreneurs in the applicants. Many had prepared their project for a long time for the Uutisraivaaja contest, Tanja Aitamurto, Chairman of the Review Board and Coordinator Uutisraivaaja Innovation Challenge says.
On Display team is looking for content developers.
We are searching for a good team of art writers to the content development of the application. We hope On Display raises interest amongst art researchers and other art experts, says Tuomo Rainio.
More information:
Tuomo Rainio, tuomorainio [at] gmail [dot] com, tel. +358 50 321 0783