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in Contemporary Design MA program
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The Making of ARTEFAKTI
The founding story of ARTEFAKTI - the annual CoDe graduation show
An interview with the Faculty of Aalto University’s MA in Contemporary Design
The ARTEFAKTI Team sits down with the faculty of Aalto University’s Master’s in Contemporary Design to discuss the origins of the programme, students’ expansive outcomes, and the common values that underscore its teachings. We also talk about how we interpret contemporary design and the way it factors into the wider field of design.
Sofia Guridi is designing a better world with smart textiles
Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life.
Donor artwork was unveiled at the Väre Night Out stakeholder event
The power of creativity and sustainability brought together stakeholders, alumni, researchers and staff of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.Latest Student Projects
Reflective Practices
This 6 week long reflective practices course introduces critical and reflective approaches to design, which we consider to be an evolving, political and activist field. We look at different practices of critical design including speculative design, transition design, design activism and their theoretical and historical foundations. We also discuss how to use our agency as designers in line with our values and learn to incorporate new reflective practices into our work.
DON’T AXE ME WHY by Unkown
Materials: Reindeer bone, porcelain
Halvvägs / Halfway by Vala Boucht
wool, mohair & synthetic blend yarns