ARTEFAKTI25
ARTEFAKTI returns for the third year at Helsinki Design Week
News & Exhibitions
in Contemporary Design MA program
News & Events
Artefacts of Remembrance: First prize in Milan glass competition
CoDe student Ariane Carde wins first prize in the Milano Vetro Under 35 competition.
Watching the Anagama: Heat, collaboration, craft and waiting
CoDe community participates in a traditional Anagama firing at Ceramic Center Kuu, Orimattila
Exchanges in algae and design: a week in Portimão
A trip to Portugal, where seaweed becomes a tool to engage with the environment, learn principles of design and start collaborations.
Growing Materials, Growing Ideas: Inside the BioMakerStudio
At Aalto University’s BioMakerStudio, initiated by Ena Naito, students and researchers experiment with living materials, from algae to mycelium.ARTEFAKTI Exhibition
The annual graduation exhibition of the Contemporary Design MA program
ARTEFAKTI is the annual graduation exhibition presenting the work of recent graduates from the Contemporary Design MA programme at Aalto University during Helsinki Design Week. The exhibition spans a wide range of materials and design approaches, engaging with themes from material storytelling and craft, to more-than-human design and process-oriented exploration.
To learn more, visit the ARTEFAKTI website — a digital archive where graduates share their stories and each artwork is explored in greater depth.
Follow us on Instagram @artefakti.world to discover the process of creation and hear from previous Contemporary Design graduates and learn about their current practices.
Stay tuned for the next edition of ARTEFAKTI26 taking place from 3.9.-9.9.2026.
News around Artefakti
ARTEFAKTI24
The second iteration of ARTEFAKTI, the graduation exhibition of Contemporary Design MA programme.
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.
Latest Student Projects
In Nearness by Yash Gupta
This interactive artefact reacts to the viewer’s proximity using spruce cones as an instrument, recreating that experience of discovery.
Read the Bark by Ildikó Varga
Tree bark. Endless wrinkles, cracks, and scars align to form patterns. What if these are not merely patterns, but stories written on the tree’s body?
The Dark Forest by Seoyoung Lee
The artefact was created as a reflection of my personal winter, the state of creativity I found myself in.