Radical Creativity Interviews

Creativity in many forms

The Radical Creativity interview series features guests like the Moomins’ creative director and Tove Jansson’s niece Sophia Jansson, film producer Max Malka, fashion designer Ervin Latimer, glass artist and designer Milla Vaahtera, and diplomat Pekka Haavisto, who talks about peace negotiations and connections between people.

The series explores what creativity is and how it appears in different people, in different fields and at different stages of life.

Episodes

Episode 1: Milla Vaahtera (to be released soon)

Designer and artist Milla Vaahtera is known for her bold glass works that combine glass and brass and explore body image, sexuality and the role of intuition in creative work. Vaahtera has taught creativity to children, young people and adults, and given lectures with unashamed energy about her unconventional career. She calls her philosophy of creativity ‘hand in the jelly’.

Director Emilia Hernesniemi

Hernesniemi is the founder of the Finnish fashion label R/H and an award-winning documentarian. In her debut as a director she enters the world of documentary film: the work won a Jussi Award and the main prize at the Helsinki International Film Festival (Love & Anarchy), and it premiered at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.

In the Radical creativity interview series, Hernesniemi brings her documentary gaze to discussions about creativity.

Interview series concept
PAULIINA SEPPÄLÄ & EMILIA HERNESNIEMI

Director and screenwriter
EMILIA HERNESNIEMI

Director of the Centre for Radical Creativity
RIIKKA MÄKIKOSKELA

Cinematography
IRIS SJÖBLAD

Sound recording
JANNE ARIKAINEN

Hair and make-up
JENNIFFER APPLETON

Composition
TAPIO VITASAARI

Graphic design
HANNU HIRSTIÖ
MARINA VEZIKO

Editing
EMILIA HERNESNIEMI & MILLA RAJAKALLIO

Project production
EMILIA HERNESNIEMI

Documentary film production
ILONA MALINEN, NITA REHTONEN, MILLA KOKKO &
KIMMO SYVÄRI

AALTO UNIVERSITY 2026