Aalto Media Lab

Latest Theses

The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1995 up to this date. Here is a listing of the most current theses done at the Media Lab.

Theses from the Media Lab

For more information, the theses can be found and read in full on aaltodoc.aalto.fi.

Arvola, Pietu	Sound in New Media	Using Monome Crow and Norns as live performance tools in a small Eurorack system
Bernal, Anna	New Media Design and Production	Meeting the Imaginary Future: Exploring a method of qualitative research of the imaginary
Chen, Qi	New Media Design and Production	Power of the soft: Discovering textile as a censorship - resistant medium
Fang, Qianyu	New Media Design and Production	Attracting more international talents to work in Finland – mixed-method user research
Fankhauser, Simon	New Media Design and Production	AI Psychoanalysis - An ever elusive audio-visual web experience
Felta, Liga	New Media Design and Production	Artifacts for Shared Spaces: An Exploration in More-Than-Human-Centred Design Practice
Hudson, Michael	Game Design and Production	Modular real-time high resolution 3D character development for Unreal Engine
Ikola, Hannu	Sound in New Media	Moments minted – Audio visual textures as non-fungible tokens
Jalasaho, Eerika	New Media Design and Production	Aineettoman tuntu
Lammi, Pekka	New Media Design and Production	How the creation of art is influenced by social media?
Lähteenaro, Eelis	Sound in New Media	Reinventing the sampler: Leveraging constraints to enhance digital content creation software
Milvi, Patrick	Game Design and Production	Taking a theme-centric approach to designing a non-violent FPS — The Fashion Police Squad post-mortem
Nikolaev, Alexey	New Media Design and Production	3d animation as a way of addressing social issues
Norvio, Tuomas	Sound in New Media	Upottavaa ääntä - Immersiivisen Laila-teoksen äänisuunnittelu
Oshiro, Ken	Game Design and Production	Level QA testing with curiosity-driven AI agents
Rustamova, Erika	New Media Design and Production	Real-time motion capture and game engine technologies in contemporary dance
Takkunen, Pyry	Game Design and Production	Recontextualization of hockey mechanics, dynamics and aesthetics in videogames
Tammela, Sami	Sound in New Media	Egyptin loisto: miten toteuttaa äänisuunnittelu historialliseen museonäyttelyyn
Tarvainen, Lari	New Media Design and Production	3D Modeling in the Context of Limited References : Reconstructing the Finnish Pavilion of 1900
Ursin Svinhufvud, Jukka	New Media Design and Production	Text-based games and the mind: Representing the phenomenology of conscious sensory experience through a computer role-playing game
Vihko, Lassi	Sound in New Media	Musical mapmaking: understanding the adaptive soundtrack in the open world adventure game A Short Hike
Westerholm, Rudolf	Sound in New Media	Making video game music more accessible for visually impaired
Yan, Dinan	New Media Design and Production	Making interactive ferrofluid installation: Digital fabrication presenting the ferrotank

Archer, Noora	Game Design and Production	Visual Design of Quantum Physics: Lessons Learned from Nine Gamified and Artistic Quantum Physics Projects
Bratuš, Anže	Sound in New Media	An Audible Environment: Production of a Generative Soundscape Device
Groenendijk, Robbert	New Media Design and Production	Pocket Size Interactive Films: Embedding the mobile devices' features, characteristics and affordances into filmic interactive narratives
Häkkinen, Lassi	New Media Design and Production	Runoja: Publishing Site-Specific Poetry on a Mobile Application Platform
Heikkilä, Juuso	Sound in New Media	An ode to listening: sound diegesis and the perception of space in linear and non-linear narrative
Kärnä, Emmi	Game Design and Production	Invitation to interpret: crafting interpretative agency as a tool for narrative designers
Kervinen, Taavi	New Media Design and Production	OmaOPS Vare - muotoilemassa pedagogisen dokumentoinnin alustaa
Koli, Oskar	New Media Design and Production	Enchantment through Technology: A Novel Approach to New Media Art
Kumpulainen, Marie	Game Design and Production	Narrative Design in Vignette Games
Laatikainen, Lauri	New Media Design and Production	Project Romer
Lassheikki, Christina	Game Design and Production	Game writers and narrative designers — The evolving role of storytelling professionals in game development
Määttä, Milla	New Media Design and Production	Kuusijuhla AR filter: Designing an interactive augmented reality filter for social media
Marchesi, Lorenzo	New Media Design and Production	Dissecting Commercials: A Content Analysis Inquiry on Video Advertising
Perä, Juha	Sound in New Media	Aural Costume: Sonic identity and soundscape design for an interactive costume
Pitkänen, Eero	New Media Design and Production	DimSyn - A touchscreen-based tool for expressive real-time sound synthesis and composition
Pohjanpalo, Taru	New Media Design and Production	Designing a family of characters for a series of 2D animated commercials
Polkinghorne, Bailey	Sound in New Media	Human and Non-Human Sound Interactions within Suburban Forests
Raudanjoki, Özge	New Media Design and Production	Amoment: An ambient display designed to support wellbeing at the workplace
Sand, Julia	New Media Design and Production	VIRTUAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS - An exploration into novel ways to convey information with VR
Startz, Brandon	Game Design and Production	Automating Playtest Data Analysis: A natural language processing approach
Varila, Jenni	Game Design and Production	Flipped Male Gaze
Villberg, Aleksi	Sound in New Media	Composing Nonlinear Music for Video Games

Batra, Gurden	New Media Design and Production	Climate tech: evaluation of technology in climate action with a lens of materiality and data justice
Chikramane, Ameya	New Media Design and Production	Mediating Presence in Virtual Design Thinking Workshops
Delgado, Adriana	New Media Design and Production	Designing Original Position, a collaborative civic board game for teaching distributive justice
Greb, Jennnifer	New Media Design and Production	Design considerations to advance the accessibility of the fulldome media environment
Harju, Matias	Sound in New Media	Exploring narrative possibilities of audio augmented reality with six degrees of freedom
Havanto, Otso	New Media Design and Production	Associate - documentation of a machine learning-based generative poetry artwork and reflections on the implications of generativeness in digital poetry
Hiremath, Punit	New Media Design and Production	Breathe in, breathe out : augmented reality murals as a tool for extended storytelling narratives
Holmes, Thomas	Sound in New Media	Defining voice design in video games
Hsieh, Wan-Ting	New Media Design and Production	Wireless Haptic System Design for a Multiplayer VR Game Scenario
Huttunen, Max	Sound in New Media	Tahti: a groovebox for the web browser
Jaiswal, Abhishek	Game Design and Production	Less Input, More Output: Investigating Multiple Purpose Game Mechanics
Ketonen, Olli	Sound in New Media	Sonifying air quality: investigating musicality and aesthetics in data sonification
McGregor, Scott	Sound in New Media	SoundShade - A creative tool designed to help users reduce the negative effects of unwanted sound in their working environment.
Meskanen-Kundu, Laura	New Media Design and Production	Remote user study: a reflection on remote user research methods during the COVID-19 pandemic
Murtaugh, Kevan	New Media Design and Production	Narrative interfaces in time and space
Nezvitskaya, Mirya	New Media Design and Production	Protecting the invisible: Exploring the preservation of endangered languages through new media technologies
Nuotio, Antton	New Media Design and Production	Dissonance – the role of interaction in perceiving noise
Räihälä, Aida	Sound in New Media	Aistimus, tallennus, toisto – ääniessee itsensä äänittämisestä
Rein, Lisa	New Media Design and Production	Dirty computers – On the sociocultural implications of the computational
Ristimäki, Samuli	New Media Design and Production	Expanding Flutter Framework: generative art with alternative tools
Shan, Yuanqi	Game Design and Production	A procedural character generation system
Thenor-Årström, Hanna	New Media Design and Production	When the clouds went north: Exploring landscapes of data centres and extraction in Northern Sweden
Tiainen, Eero	New Media Design and Production	Transformational dramaturgy for VR simulations - the affordances of ludo-narrative virtual reality performances in player-self transformations
Valo, Rauli	Sound in New Media	The Dead Are Speaking - sound design for a smart speaker story game
Varm, Taavi	New Media Design and Production	Making of “XXX Xanax Edition” New Media Installation. The creative process, observations and methods from the perspective of a depressed artist
Węgiel, Magdalena	Game Design and Production	The importance of body modifications and accessories in character design for videogames
Wingren, Emily	Sound in New Media	Press play: music performance & release with/in multimedia frameworks
Xie, Jasmine	New Media Design and Production	Transcension: an exploration of the creative potentials for wearable technology and interactive media art in fantasy worldbuilding
Yu, Chen	New Media Design and Production	Designing for the user experience of Halloped.fi through storytelling

Anttonen Christian	New Media Design and Production	Modular Design Architecture: Accelerating Product Design Processes through Modularity
Barreto Frias Régis	New Media Design and Production	Motley 2020: a kinetic visual identity
Cohen Roee	New Media Design and Production	Kolar Gold Fields: Encountering tourism through contemporary surveying and prototyping technologies
Dammert Harri	Game Design and Production	The Process of Creating an Atmospheric Point-And-Click Adventure Game
Giokarini Athina	Game Design and Production	Level design complexity in match-three games: a study of level design structural complexity in modern, casual, mobile match-three puzzle games
Hoban Bryan	Sound in New Media	A Brief Statement on Contemporary Music Consumption
Honcharuk Nadiia	Game Design and Production	Designing the art style and asset pipeline for a mobile game: Case Pocket Factory
Jurvanen Kalle	Sound in New Media	Binaural beats and music: using Theta and Alpha waves in music to induce relaxation and meditation
Kolehmainen Mikko	Sound in New Media	How to optimize the implementation process and data management in game audio production
Kuusniemi Silva	Game Design and Production	Collaborative World-Building: Curating creative development of the cyberpunk live action role-playing game Beyond: The Neural Horizon
Lee Cheong Un	New Media Design and Production	SEEING SOUND “How to generate visual artworks by analysing a music track and representing it in terms of emotion analysis and musical features?”
Machida Yuika	New Media Design and Production	Redesign for a peer-to-peer virtual currency trading platform
Mela Martti	Sound in New Media	Technology-Driven Wealth Building: Asumma Rent-to-Own Homeownership Platform
Novak Miloš	Sound in New Media	Flesh of Flame: Narration Through Music Composition and Sound Design
Nguyen Thu	New Media Design and Production	Intersemiotic Interpretation — The role of medium in intersemiotic translation of a poem
Oinonen Mirka	Game Design and Production	Boundaries of Darkness. The Complexities of Gamemastering Challenging Content in Vampire Tabletop Role-Playing Games
Piquemal Sébastien	Sound in New Media	Hyperexistence - a web essay on individualism in late capitalist society
Priace Michavila Lu	New Media Design and Production	Exquisite Vessel: Portable and Collective Immersive Cinema Experiences
Pöllönen Niklas	New Media Design and Production	Wire - Computer-controlled Mechanics for Artists
Rab Isra	New Media Design and Production	Educational Escape Rooms As Collaborative Learning Environments
Spigai Elisa	New Media Design and Production	Amarcordi, tangible memory cues for personal stories
Vapaakallio Lassi	Game Design and Production	Designing Climbing Games - Creating Shadowlings for ValoClimb
Wiberg Andreas Sode	New Media Design and Production	OmaStadi Budgeting Game - An evaluation framework for working towards more inclusive participation through design games
Zhang Yitian	Game Design and Production	Using the Unity Game Engine as a Platform for Prototyping Cinematic Visual Effects

Alkan Hazal	New Media Design and Production	Together – Design concepts for improving youth participation in decision-making processes in Helsinki
Arola Tytti	Sound in New Media	Ihmiskehonjatkesoittimet. Instruments extending the body in sonic performance: creation and development of three tangible string instruments for performative sound art
Blanco Vicentini Andre	New Media Design and Production	How New Media Design Can Resignify Urban Landscapes
Ervasti Jenna	New Media Design and Production	Keskeneräisyys
Holzer Derek	Sound in New Media	Vector Synthesis: a Media-Archaeological Investigation into Sound-Modulated Light
Horton Laura K.	Game Design and Production	Collaborative Game Development with Indigenous Communities; a Theoretical Model for Ethnocultural Empathy
Huang Siying	New Media Design and Production	An introduction to Project N
Huang Yun-Hsuan	New Media Design and Production	Developing a design system for an e-commerce website
Immonen Mikael	Game Design and Production	Runo – Encouraging Historical Thinking Through a Narrative Game
Juju Noora	Game Design and Production	Message from Venus - Creating new kind of game concept with emphasis on experience design
Järvinen Oona	New Media Design and Production	Motion Graphic Design in a New Media Environment
Karas Jenna	New Media Design and Production	Analytics in the profession of journalism – toward measuring success and impact
Keko Hermanni	Sound in New Media	Buoyancy bot v. 0.1
Koivisto Janne	New Media Design and Production	The Building Blocks Of a UI Sandwich: Examining the Efficiency and the Customization of Design Systems
Korshunova Viktoriya	Sound in New Media	The impact of sound systems on the perception of cinematic content in immersive audio-visual productions
Kuvaja Ville	Game Design and Production	Collaborative Games for Event Audiences
Laine Anna-Maija	New Media Design and Production	Creating an independent work of fiction through live action role-play
Li Yingyan	Game Design and Production	Light Catcher: Design and Learnings of an AR Puzzle Game
Närekangas Leena	New Media Design and Production	Entrepreneurship As A Tool For Making Art - Finnish Media Art Companies in 2015-2018
Pardinho Victor	New Media Design and Production	Volumetric Intelligence: A Framework for the Creation of Interactive Volumetric Captured Characters
Peled Avner	New Media Design and Production	Soft Robotic Incarnation
Pillai Maya	New Media Design and Production	Voices of Specialists: Using a Podcast to further company reputation
Pitkonen Piguet Idamaija	New Media Design and Production	Playful AR - Playfulness and augmented reality in a route planning application
Rantanen Jonna	New Media Design and Production	Games as Affective Medium: A theoretical framework for studying emotions in the context of digital games
Rojas Terraza Misael Andrés	New Media Design and Production	Museums and digital devices: Towards the open access of museums and user engagement through digital devices.
Roy Moumita	Sound in New Media	Reminiscence: an installation on aural memories
Ruonala Antti	Game Design and Production	Transferring meditative tasks to virtual reality through bioadaptation.
Sen Sourya	New Media Design and Production	Developing a hybrid video synthesiser for audiovisual performance and composition
Shagal Eduard	New Media Design and Production	Towards a Semiotic Typology of Data Visualization: Establishing binary oppositions
Turner William	New Media Design and Production	Designing for Trust in News Media: Encouraging Digital Literacy  Through Product Design
Vallisto Jukka	Sound in New Media	Freedom Under Control: Adventures in making non-4/4 techno with digital tools
Wikgren Wolf	New Media Design and Production	Beyond Shape – An exploration in alternative forms for data visualization
Vishwanath Gautam	Game Design and Production	Phobi: Combating stage fright through a virtual reality game

Aldunate Infante Joaquín	Modular composition environment: A tool for improvisation of conventional electronic music
Barksdale Jesse	Bucket Detective, Creating and Releasing an Interactive Narrative Game
Baumann Ralf	The Impact of Licensed Visual Brand Elements on Social Media Engagement Case Study: The Walking Dead No Man’s Land
Dai Lisha	Digital Memorialising: A Concept for a Digital Memorial Service in Finland
Díaz Sánchez Cristian David	Darkroom Mansion Postmortem
van Giersbergen Alex	The Autonomous Creative System
Gurgulitsova Leda	From Immaterial to Tangible, the Digital Photograph as a Hybrid Piece of Art
Haanpää Harri	ESPORTS-MEDIAN TUOTTAMINEN Mitä mediatuottajat voivat oppia sim racing -alagenrestä?
Hietaniemi Antti	Digital Media and the Transformation of Visual Communication Design Education: Teaching and Conclusions From Three Case Studies
Huiskonen Jukka	Full Body Problem! Animation control for virtual reality characters
Jones Alexandra	Auditory Interfaces: Using Sound to Improve the HSL Metro Ticketing Interface for the Visually Impaired
Juutilainen Juulia	Understory
Keränen Päivi	Drinking Light – Designing for a mediated experience
Koponen Timi	Weighing Ultralight User interface evaluation of a mobile photo editing application
Kääriäinen, Jukka	The Pretty Vacant, a programmable guitar pedal
Laamanen Veli	Virtual Heritage – Audio Design for Immersive Virtual Environments Using Researched Spatializers
Lehto Johanna	Robots and Poetics – Using narrative elements in human-robot interaction
Ling Chen	Interactive Diorama: A Case Study on Virtual Reality Applied to Cultural Heritage
Lure Iakov	Listening to the Square: Sennaya Square in Sounds and Oral Narratives
Mutanen Anssi	Usability evaluation of two virtual learning environments used in Qatar-Finland International School
Niemi Ville	The Use of a Personal Computer: Interface aesthetics in live visual performance as criticism of human-computer interaction
Niitamo Ilari	Ruby+ Blob: Crafting an app for teaching kids computational thinking
Provoost Mathijs	Rocking the Sea of Time, Experiences as Vessels bringing Pilot Vision to People in Transit
Rebolledo Barbara	Data Embodiment: Irrupting space with digital narratives
Said Mercedes	St. George & the Dragon Design and production of a cultural heritage museum installation using media archaeology
Sánchez Carranco Juan	Vibrating Instruments In Virtual Reality: A cohesive approach to the design of Virtual Reality Musical Instruments
Tambay Saudamini	Designing a mobile interface for a Deaf user
Taponen Mona	Tunneanalytiikkaa pintaa syvemmältä: Mitä suunnittelijan tulisi tietää emootioista?
Uusitalo Laura	Designing for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Zlobin Denis	Audio Design in Mid-Core Mobile Games

Brantberg, Tove	Staging Sociality in Team-Based Multiplayer Games
Brunou, Miki	Aural Identities. Auditive representations of ethnicity in documentary films
Ceylan, Melike	Listening to Turkish Coup Attempt Behind Loudspeakers
Dhinakaran, Krupakar	VR-CHEM Developing a Virtual Reality Interface for Molecular Modelling
Dickman, Tea	Aparaatti – A Playful Interactive Installation for Children
Dowsett, Guy	IMPLANTS – A 24 Channel Outdoor Sound Installation for Zodiak Center for New Dance
Häusler, Fabian	The furiously calm tiger — Cultural effects on colour perception in digital interfaces
Huang, Hsin Yu	Emoji Masque: Designing a Digital Product Experience
Jugănaru, Gabriela	Normal-Ion. A Procedural Refectionon Animation Audio
Kim, Bo Kyung	Virtual Reality as an Artistic Medium: A Study on Creative Projects Using Contemporary Head-Mounted Displays
Neumeier, Johannes	Legibility in typeface design for screen interfaces
Lee, Narim	Interactive Installation for Museum, Move or Die: Influence of embodied interaction on players’ experience.
Lepistö, Markus	Slow Evolution of Grey Matter – The Work Behind the Scenes of IC-98 Animations
Lukka, Lauri	Conquering the mobile. A study on the contemporary practices in mobile game development through nine cases and the introduction of the DPS model
Onttonen, Esa	The Arranger: Creating a Tool for Real-time Orchestration and Notation on Mobile Devices
Valori, Kim & Ylimäki, Juha	Shadow Bug Post-Mortem
Zhang, Wenna	Health Pal: a smart pre-diagnosis system

Adnan, Muhamad	Bubble Ride – A postmortem and my transition from an artist to a game designer
Ahva, Tuomas	Padworks – Building a solo live performance with iPad
Grayson, Ava	Äänijooga. Wellbeing through Sound and Movement
Hassi, Lauri	GETTING LIFTED: Design, Production and Development of Online Courses on Wellbeing
Hovi, Mikko	Motion capture 3D-animaation välineenä
Janhunen, Juuso	Disposition Matrix: The Design and Development Process of a Critical War Game
Kailu, Minka	A Kiss From Helsinki – interaktiivinen runoinstallaatio
Kazantzev, Alexander	MOI HELSINKI: DESIGN FOR PUBLIC USE & LOCALISATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Kwon, Karoline	INCOkit: A Toolkit to Support Internal Collaboration for Service Design Teams Working in a Corporation
Kämäräinen, Saku	Performing Live with Virtual Musicians
Mohseninia, Pouyan	Design Principles for Mobile Soundwalk Applications
Moisio-Eloranta, Outi	Little Elephant’s singing friends – Designing of children’s song application
Niinimäki, Matti	Interface Bending as a Media Archaeological Approach for Interactive Art
Onttonen, Antti	Privacy in the Smart Home Environment
Park, Eun Young	LINKKI A planar linkage-based kinectic toy for storytelling and drawing in terms of Art+Tech toy
Patrikainen, Juuso	Visualizing the Sounds of Paltamo
Pihlaja, Pia	Viestintä murroksessa: Kallion seurakunnan digitaalisen viestinnän kehitystar- peiden löytäminen ja työstäminen seurakuntalaisten blogin avulla
Rapo, Janne	From off-the-shelf to do-it-yourself: An exploration and demonstration of DIY electronics culture with DRUM-O
Reponen, Sanna	Social Augmented Reality Application: Enhancing Remote Collaboration in Physical Work Context
Rijnieks, Krisjanis	OfxPiMapper—Projection mapping tool for the Raspberry Pi
Roongta, Akshay	Participatory Learning Networks
Salo, Annukka	Poissaoloja, läsnäoloja. Paikkakokemuksen jakaminen osana identiteettitarinaa, paikkojen limittäisyys ja medioituminen
Santasalo, Juho	Democratizing online political discussion: A practice-oriented exploration in service design
Svedström, Thomas	Tuote-1: Ultrasonic Echo Chamber
Uzer, Mehmet Can	Conceptual Design Methods for Game Sound
Vasquez, Juan Carlos	Defragmenting Beethoven: Appropriation in Electroacoustic Music as Bridge Between Classical Tradition and Music Technology
Vuorenvirta, Linda	Bitter Lands – The Making of a Short Animated Film

Abhisek, Rahul	Noticed. Designing a University-Student Communication Service
Acosta Lara, Jairo	Polku: Designing an Interactive Sound Installation Based on Soundscapes
An, Chao	Designing for Collaboration- A Study of Knowledge Work Collaboration and a Concept Design for a Large Touchscreen-Based Groupware System
Dash, Shakti	Designing Antikythera—A tactile interactive poetry application for iPad
Duarte, Juan	PULSAR KITE – a study case for Sonic Ludic Interaction
Ehrström, Jan-Erik Bengt	Beat It –mainospeli osana Alepa-ketjun markkinointiviestintää ja pelin vaikutukset Alepa-ketjun brändimielikuvan kehittymiseen
Hakkola, Ilmari	Brändin Varjossa - Näkökulmia organisaatiokulttuurin äänisuunnittelulle asettamiin haasteisiin
Ihalainen, Kirsi	Generative Sound Design: Complexity, Realness, and Quality Including study cases of an interactive 3D environment sound research and a generative sound installation
Jensen, Karina	Designing tangible interfaces for collective decision making in interactive theatre
Kauppinen, Jari	Into the Dominion of Vibrations – Listening to Infrasound
Ketola, Liisa	Kevyet käyttäjälähtöiset suunnittelumenetelmät osana pieniä verkkoprojekteja
Knappe, Niko	Viola – Imperceptible presence
Koivula, Janne	Audiovisuaalisen kerronnan estetiikka ensimmäisen persoonan pelissä: Tunnelman näkökulma pelisuunnittelussa
Koskinen, Tommi	The UFO Controller: Gestural Music Performance
Lahti, Rauno	Käyttäjäyhteisö kokoelman muodostamisen tukena – verkosta vetoapua erikoismuseon ensimetreille
Lazzari, Louise	Art & Play: Designing Ludic Interactions within the Art Field
Leinonen, Ari-Pekka	What Lies Beneath KIVIKASA and What Is Sound Art? KIVIKASA As a Step to Understand Sound Art and Sound Art As a Way to Understand KIVIKASA
Luotonen, Markku	Tehostetuotannon kursseja kehittämässä – Toimintatutkimus opetuksen suunnittelusta ammatilliseen koulutukseen
Miessner, Susanne	Urban Alphabets – A Smartphone Application to Change Public Space for the User
Morimoto, Taro	Pelori- Designing a digital service for maker projects through research
Neuvonen-Mulvie, Reetta	Coaching Designer’s Mindset
Niskala, Meiju	Onnistumisen tekijöitä – Havaintoja luovan työn vakiinnuttamisesta ja kehittämisestä
Overstall, Simon	Autonomous Virtual Instruments: A Foray Into Musical Metacreation
Panagiotidou, Georgia	Visualising Collective Actions – The Process of Creating the ArtovaModel
Qin, Dan	Digital Reading Platform. Case study: classical Chinese reading platform
Rotko, Johanna	Katoavat kuvat, hiivagrammeja ja muita viljelyalustoja
Saarinen, Vesa	Using Locational Data from Mobile Phones in Development Aid Projects – A Case Study
Siewnath, Rajeev	The digital assembly line
Sääksjärvi, Nelly	How visual artists find employment in the Finnish game industry
Tervinen, Liisa	Healing jewellery, Thought transmitter jewellery & Personal space jewellery
Wikström, Valtteri	Emotion Transfer Protocol

Aro, Vuokko	Invisible New York Cities — 100 days of nearby tweets
Bar-Sheshet, Ran	A new-media company in transition: Trust and communication double-binds in a small organization. An activity theoretical research
Heino, Riikka	Voi kuinka pieninä palasina onkaan mun sisältöni maailmalla
Holma, Ulla	Edut palvelumuotoilun käytöstä, case freedo.me
Hong, JiHyun	Dearest memories: Supporting early parenthood with new media
Huhtanen, Mari	Kinetic kid – Guiding child interaction within a motion game
Jalanka, Helena	Contemporary cabinets of curiosities. Capturing environment and experiences into digital collections.
Jokinen, Kalle	Deus ex Machina – The audio production for Adel Abidin's “Blueprint”
Kalme, Anna	Designing for e-commerce – a lean UX approach
Kommonen, Kari-Hans	Digitalization and the design of everyday life - steps in the evolution of a research agenda
Koski, Anu	Uusmediakuplan reunalla - Tampereen Iconiittien tarina
Lammi, Riikka	Osallistava mediateos Jotain muuta – kokemuksia kuvien jakamisesta julkisessa kaupunkitilassa
Lehto, Anu	Hold on. Let go. Installaatio
Lindholm, Björn	Procedurally generating a world for The Trials of the Wolf project
Magica, Reina	Proteus: A cruise design tool for the future
Menon, Ranjit	Unraveling reflections of the organization
Mutanen, Mikko	Signal - a user experience prototype for vizualising notifications as light signals
Nikulin, Aleksander	Creating critical gameplay: Designing affective player experiences
Piirainen, Minna	Parenting the touchscreen natives – Dilemma with guidelines, content, and context
Ruotsalainen, Markku	Remixing experience
Sammander, Arash	The production & learnings of Trials of the Wolf
Toimela, Laura	The case datafisher: Customized design toolkit to support digital learning design processes
Törönen, Juha	Custobar - Auttaa kauppiaita tunnistamaan tärkeimmät asiakkaat
Wallenius, Ville	Design process of AirLoop-pedal: Experimenting with standard guitar pedals
Wright, Timo	Race code - The artistic and design process of the media art installation

Ekholm, Kristian	Mediated Sound in Performance: Contextualization and Analysis
Grönroos, Anne-Marie	Humour in Video Games: Play, Comedy, and Mischief
Haaja, Tapio	Poliittinen remix-video - vaikuta videoeditoimalla!
Holm, Heidi	Aasin silta – Kuvakirjaa uudistamassa
Kallio, Kiia	Filtered - a tool for editing SVG filters
Lehtonen, Paula	#0000FF on uusi #000000 - käsitteellinen ja paikkasidonnainen mixed reality mediataidenäyttely -projekti
Mitts, Camilla	Co-creating the Future Suburb. The Creative Corner, a co-design approach
Nasibova, Leyla	PlanetHero - Collaborative System for Public Good Initiatives
Poutanen, Irene	Synergies Between Sound and Image
Salonen, Juha	Kids Play - Designing a touch screen game with children
Singh, Abhigyan	Design Opportunities and Challenges in Indian Urban Slums-Community Communication and Mobile Phones
Sonawane, Dipti	Välkky Kirjastoauto – A service & interaction design concept
Tomaszewski, Iris	Askel hyvinvoinnin tulevaisuuteen - palvelumuotoilun tapaustutkimus apteekissa
Vilmusenaho, Sanna	Lumi-animaatioelokuva. Avoimet sisällöt ja arkistomateriaalit kokeellisen animaatiolyhytelokuvan teossa.
Vänttinen, Tero	Live Music for Moving Images: Experimenting with customized musical instruments, sound systems, and performance techniques

Dromey, Ben	Understanding Fukushima: designing for an embodied interaction with citizen science data
Hinomizu, Satoko	to/from: Designing a Non-Verbal Reciprocal Online Connection. Case Study of Japan Support Flags Project
Hyvärinen, Jaana	Verkostoituneet organisaatiot. Huomioita yhteistoimintaa varten suunnittelemisesta.
Jacobsen, Sara	A SoftGIS Revision: Towards Digitally Mediated Locative Dialogue in Support of Urban Planning
Kainulainen, Lauri	Dotted Landscape
Koljonen, Markus	Redesigning Futurice - Introducing Service Design into an Agile Software Contractor
Kramer, Samy	The Spatial Aural Exciter
Krogius, Sonja	A+ -palvelu. Kohti prosessiorientoitunutta ja opiskelijakeskeistä ohjelmoinnin opetusta
Laiho, Janne	Three letters to a child: Producing a documentary film with mid-range technology
Matilainen, Tapio	Visual Effects for Stereoscopic 3D Contents: Experiences from the Don't Look Back-project
Olander, Ilkka	Muistin kerrostumia -teoksen suunnitteluprosessi ja generatiivisen suunnittelun strategia
Oliphant, Forrest	Meemoo: Hackable Web App Framework
Suominen, Jari	A Software Framework for Embedded Real Time Audio Applications
Söderholm, Linda	Helsinki Freezing Interactive Installation – B-girl's POint of View
Toivonen, Mikko	Lokki – Kite-lokikirja

Cremieux, Jonathan	Fulldome Content Production: A bricoleur's approach
Gowrishankar, Ramyah	Designing Fabric Interactions: A study of knitted fabrics as an electronic interface medium
Greger, Sebastian	The Absent Peer – Non-users in Social Interaction Design
Jämsen, Tapani	Developing Expert Communications - Suggestions for improving creative design
Liikala, Elise	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WEB Case study: Redesigning sos-lapsikyla.fi
Maraš, Svetlana	Embodied composition - treatment and meaning of physical object in experimental music and sound art
Paappanen, Pii	Digitaalinen kuolema
Ruikka, Petri	Arch of Neo – Audiovisual Performance and Video Work Exploring the Convergence Between Abstract Visual Music and Dance
Taskan, Gokce	Computational Abstraction of Films for Quantitave Analysis of Cinematography

de Sousa, Diana	Oswald and the Objects - improving the access of Finnish daycare centers to Design Museum’s educational activities
Jouhtimäki, Juho	The Brave Little Troll - a visual rhythm game for the Deaf and hearing-impaired children
Kronman, Linda	Killer Fashion Revolution: Combining peace education with participatory art and design
Luhtala, Matti	Music of the Spheres – From Prototyping to Product Realization
Malmberg, Viljo	Iris: A Circular Polyrhythmic Music Sequencer
Natunen, Miska	Nuclear Tycoon: Designing Simulation Rhetoric for a Persuasive Game

Attardi, Stefano	Zipiko User Experience
Auvinen, Virva Emilia	Touch the Unreachable - Looking For Finnish Identity, Designing art education learning experience
Koponen, Jarno	FutureSelf: Reflections on a Personal Future Simulation System
Korpilahti, Teemu	From Alan01 to AlanOnline - A study of the different characteristics of physical media installations and non-material art
Lanu, Sami	LaiskaMies livenä Second Lifessa - miten musiikin esittäjän identiteetti ja esitys siirretään virtuaalimaailmaan?
Liukkonen, Jukka	Taide 2060 - Toimijalähtöisellä skenaarioanalyysilla
Visanen, Kristine	A Case Study on Ubiquitous Social Networking: Fusion Mobile

Erkkola, Jussi-Pekka	Sosiaalisen median käsitteestä
Gimpl, Martin	Juovat — konseptuaalinen käyttöjärjestelmän käyttöliittymä
Kaasalainen, Janne	Designing for Experiences, Case of a Mobile Imaging System
Larsen, Atle	East is Red - semi-generative audiovisual composition, composed instrument, part of the Audio Visual Live Composition System
Londen, Timo	Naisen kanssa - Verkkokonseptin kehitys ja toteutus
Neuvonen, Aura	Kokemuksia Kaupunkiäänestä - ’Kaupunkiääni’ - installaatio kaupunkiäänitutkimuksen välineenä
Nurminen, Minna	Miten leikata vuorovaikutteista fiktiota? Havaintoja Sankari ja Sydän Kierroksella -televisiotuotantojen leikkaamisesta
Palosaari, Laura	Purgatory - elävä taulu. Animaationtekijän näkökulma
Puntila, Päivi	Erilainen matka. Tuottaja evolutiivisessä tuotantoprosessissa
Tarkiainen, Tuomo	The Audiotarium - A Concept for a Public Domain Sound Object Repository

Fatland, Eirik	Democratic Interfaces - Decision-Making Tools for Online Communities
Junnila, Miikka	Genret ja niiden rikkominen pelisuunnittelussa
Lehtonen, Elizabeth Erin	Complexity in Gaming: What Game Developers Need to Know – A Hypothetical Model for Comparing Player Motivation Relative to Complexity Preferences
Li, Xin	Mapping the recent past: Visualization of online news archives
Niemi-Hugaerts, Hanna Katriina	A whole lot of fuss about LifeNavigator -A human-centered approach to a concept for a mobile application helping individuals to better fit their values and preferences into their everyday life
Rönnberg, Lotta Johanna	Tarinassa toimiminen - Huomioita tilan merkityksestä vuorovaikutteisen installaation kokemisessa
Widerberg, Richard	IMPROVe: Exploring modes of listening

Aapro, Wesa Matti	Ideasta Kulutuskapulaksi eli kuka lisäsi ADHD:tä kahviini
Hupponen, Paula Talvikki	Laatutyökalun uudet vaateet - selvitys julkisten verkkopalvelujen laatukriteeristön kehitystarpeista
Korhonen, Jokko Juhana	ProspectBa - Platform for Collaborative Exploration of Product Innovation Opportunities
Kotala, Outi	Käyttöliittymäsuunnittelijan mahdollisuudet ja tavat toteuttaa käyttäjäkeskeistä suunnittelua ohjelmistoprojekteissa
Kuittinen, Petri	Very Important Game People in the History of Computer and Video Games
Mizutani, Michihito	Emotional Communication - products that connect friends and family
Nousiainen, Markku	UMBRA: Kokemukset digitaalista mediaa ja perinteistä esitystä yh- distävästä tanssiteoksesta
Simula, Adele Asuncion Valerio	Mycomob - a mobile phone application and web community
Tikkanen, Ville	Informal Archiving Systems of Digital Videos - A proposal for design principles.

Iljin, Jonna Maarika	Konseptisuunnittelu, mitä se on? Digitaalisen viestinnän suunnittelijan näkökulma
Kotirinta, Teppo	JoystickDJ
Paju, Tiina Inkeri	Election Star -karikatyyrit
Reunanen, Markku	Viskijukka - ohjelmisto musiikin reaaliaikaiseen visualisointiin
Saad-Sulonen, Joanna	Mediaattori – Urban Mediator A hybrid infrastructure for neighborhoods
Tienhaara, Tommi	BeAtPlay.net
Uhari-Pakkalin, Maria Pauliina	Visuaalisuuden Vaikutus Mobiili-internetin Käyttäjäkokemukseen. Case: Soneran WAP-valikko
Åberg, Kati	Emotions in Man - an interactive dance

Lappalainen, Markku	Good Life Game Prototype - Designing Game Mechanics for Group Interaction
Lavinen, Satu	"30-love"
Lindholm, Mikko	Animaatiokone - Interaktiivinen animaatioinstallaatio
Marttiini, Mia	MAI Garden - Digitaalisen apuvälineen palvelukonsepti
Raami, Asta	Luova designprosessi ja sen kehittäminen
Schimanovich, Simona	Journeys in Design - Exploring Issues in Designing Across Cultures

Eerikäinen, Ville	LADYBUG – Muuttuva montaasi fiktiivisessä digitaalielokuvassa
Harviainen, Tatu	Content Creation for Technical Research Centre of Finland's Virtual Reality System, Lumeportti
Kanninen, Matti	Multimodaalisuus käyttöliittymäsuunnittelijan näkökulmasta - Graafisen ja puhekäyttöliittymän symbioosi
Lankoski, Petri	Vallan Jäljet - lähtökohtia pelin ja draamallisen tv-sarjan yhdistämiseen
Linkola, Jouni	Shopping Guide to Future - demonstraatio tiedostavan kuluttajan päivittäistavarakaupasta
Norrena, Markus	The Serendipity of Colliding Multimedia - A study into the aesthetics and dramaturgy of generative art and into the nature of chance

Hyvärinen, Reija	eOppimisen kivijalkaa rakentamassa. Kehittyvä organisaatio uudenlaisten oppimisratkaisujen edessä.
Hämäläinen, Perttu	Kukakumma Muumaassa - keholla ja äänellä käytettävän lasten tietokonepelin konsepti- ja vuorovaikutussuunnittelu
Järvinen, Sanna	Matkoja Suomen kuvataiteen historiassa. Taiteen kokemista painottavan verkkonäyttelyn konsepti.
Kallio, Henrik	The Carpenter's Garden. A Design-palette for construction
Kokko, Jaana	Kertomuksen avoimeksi jättämisestä
Lahti, Päivi	eOppimisen kivijalkaa rakentamassa. Kehittyvä organisaatio uudenlaisten oppimisratkaisujen edessä.
Nevakivi, Anna-Kristiina	Henkilökohtaisella viestintälaitteella tapahtuva tunteiden ja kokemuksien viestintä
Niinimäki, Henrik	Cube Entertainment Oy - yrityksen strateginen suunnittelu muuttuvissa markkinaolosuhteissa
Nuutinen, Christer	Tingelis-tangelis-puutarha
Riihimäki, Hannu	Cube Entertainment Oy - yrityksen strateginen suunnittelu muuttuvissa markkinaolosuhteissa
Tenhunen, Juhani	Suomen linnut. CD-fakta päivitysprosessi.

Haaslahti, Hanna	Falling through the force of gravity
Hannula-Stenqvist, Kirsi	Digitaalinen televisio aloittaa 27.8.2001 - mikä on interaktiivisuuden rooli?
Ikonen, Petri	Jouduin tarinan sisään: Lähtökohtia tietokonepelien dramaturgiaan
Karhulampi, Ellen	Digitaalisen lukemisen mekanismit. Tekstin koneluonne kohtaa koneen tekstiluonteen
Kligyte, Gierde	'I Think I Know What is Good for You'. User Interface Design for a CSCL system.
Konttinen, Eeva	Signs of the times
Laitinen, Karri	Elokuvantaju
Leinonen, Teemu	'The Art of Second Thought'. Communication and Cooperation Framework for European Research Project and FLE Research and Design Team
Lönnqvist, Cilla	Tracing Mobile Concepts
Mantere, Misha	Approaches to openness
Martimo, Oskari	Akvaario
Saarinen, Leena	Chatterbots
Vainiopää, Marja	Daisy's Amazing Discoveries
Viikari, Timo	Elokuvantaju
Ylihuttula, Ljubov	Yritysten www-palvelut erilaisissa kulttuuriympäristöissä

Fabritius, Maari	Katumuisti - 50 tositarinaa Helsingistä
Ilvessalmi, Tomi	Geneesys – katsaus kolmiulotteiseen keinoelämään nyt ja hahmotelmia tulevaisuudesta
Jyvälä, Minna	M2europe.com – vaihtoehto Music Televisionille
Knuutila, Tomi	Collagerator
Lappalainen, Kai	Giant Steps
Mielonen, Samu	Deviant Design
Pellinen, Teijo	Akvaario vuorovaikutteisen televisio-ohjelman ohjaaminen
Väisänen, Matti	WWW- Museoiden World Wide Web -sivustojen suunnittelu

Seppänen, Lasse	Power! Game Design Document
Sopo, Sini	SYNDICATES - henkilökohtainen viestintäympäristö pienryhmille

Hintikka, Kari	Nettielämää
Orava, Jukka	Luolamies näyttöpäätteellä
Veijonen, Teppo	Before Computers Came In - Käyttöliittymän suunnittelu osana ohjelmistokehitystä
Ånäs, Susanna	Sokko

Anttila, Akseli	Virtuaaliset yhteisöt tietoverkoissa
Helke, Susanna	EKO.FI - ekofilosofinen verkkojulkaisu
Piippo, Petri	CD-Flora, käyttöliittymän suunnittelu CD-ROM-ohjelmaan
Tuomola, Mika	Teoksesta ja tekemisestä

Hytönen, Pasi	DESTINIES - Vuorovaikutteinen fiktiosarja tietoverkkoon
Kivelä, Aki	Destinies
Telivuo, Pekka	Destinies, virtuaaliset ympäristöt tietokonepeleissä

Kanerva, Kalle

F.I.A.S.K.O. -Feelings, Imagination And Sight Killed (The) Ordinary

Published: 14.1.2019
Updated: 1.10.2023

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