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A table with bowls, bottles, and cups. People are working with various items, including a bottle of dark liquid.
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Growing Materials, Growing Ideas: Inside the BioMaker Studio

At Aalto University’s BioMaker Studio, initiated by Ena Naito, students and researchers experiment with living materials, from algae to mycelium, creating an open, interdisciplinary space where design, biology, and collaboration grow together.
People in an art gallery with large windows, viewing various artworks including portraits and abstract pieces.
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CoDe – the year in review: What happened in 2025?

A recap of the milestones of the Master in Contemporary Design in 2025
A person holds up a brown, leathery bag in a meeting room with a large window. Another person sits at the table with notebooks and cups.
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See Me Make, Make Me See

A Nordic Exploration of Craft, Observation and Language
Art exhibition with various installations, including hanging portraits, pottery, and people observing the artworks.
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ARTEFAKTI25

ARTEFAKTI returns for the third year at Helsinki Design Week
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Latest Student Projects

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Text on a blurred blue background reads: Hannakaisa Pekkala, How to make a living with the things you love?
Contemporary Design

How to make a living with the things you love? by Hannakaisa Pekkala

Helping emerging creatives build their career as entrepreneurs in the design field.
A hand holding a silver and black electronic device with buttons and a speaker on a light background.
Contemporary Design

Rethinking Portable Bluetooth Speakers by Dario Aguet

Disassemblability and Reparability in Product Design.
A close-up of a woven green and beige mat made from natural fibres, with loose strands on the left side.
Contemporary Design

Kuitukasveja tienpientareelta - Fiber crops from the roadside by Iines Jakovlev

Material research on roadside plants and their suitability as design materials.
A person wearing a towel enters a wooden sauna door. The background is blurred and the wall is light-coloured.
Contemporary Design

Metamorphosis of a sauna stone by Lennart Engels

Storytelling through investigative design & material development
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