Severi Uusitalo
Senior University Lecturer in Industrial Design, MA
severi.uusitalo@aalto.fi
severi.uusitalo@aalto.fi
Combining 20 years of experience in the industry as a designer and researcher, in his research Severi explores what computational design can inform about design creativity.
Heading Collaborative and Industrial Design Masters major and well as art-ai-fact initiative which curates and funds a portfolio of human-AI co-created artefact design projects and the accompanying research output.
Focuses on computational co-creativity in design, including as research approach
A dog person.
Latest publications
Textile design meets AI / Designs for a Cooler Planet
Maija Fagerlund, Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Maarit Salolainen, Severi Uusitalo, Venla Elonsalo
2025
AI accelerates seamless Knitwear Design
Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Maija Fagerlund, Maarit Salolainen, Severi Uusitalo, Venla Elonsalo, Jere Vilo
2025
”Clay to Play With”: Generative AI Tools in UX and Industrial Design Practice
Severi Uusitalo, Antti Salovaara, Tero Jokela, Marja Salmimaa
2024
DIS '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Creative collaboration with interactive evolutionary algorithms: a reflective exploratory design study
Severi Uusitalo, Anna Kantosalo, Antti Salovaara, Tapio Takala, Christian Guckelsberger
2024
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
Evolumination - diversity of the species at Dutch Design Week
Kane Borg, Tina Cerpnjak, Sami Markkula, Severi Uusitalo
2023
Accessible magnetic resonance imaging – AMRI: Designing a mobile lifesaver / Designs for a Cooler Planet
Ilkka Laakso, Lauri Palva, Masoud Sharifian Mazraehmollaei, Raimo Sepponen, Severi Uusitalo, Erika Renedo Illarregi, Niilo Kämäräinen
2023
Scaling the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Through Design Research
Markus Ahola, Severi Uusitalo, Lauri Palva, Raimo Sepponen
2022
Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V
Co-creative Product Design with Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms: A Practice-Based Reflection
Severi Uusitalo, Anna Kantosalo, Antti Salovaara, Tapio Takala, Christian Guckelsberger
2022
Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design - 11th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Proceedings
Multidisciplinary knowledge creation: Case AMRI
Severi Uusitalo
2022
Designing Change : New Opportunities for Organisations
Research Forum
Severi Uusitalo
2022
Tutkimustori
Teija Vainio, Severi Uusitalo
2022
Yhteistyömalliehdotus
Tarja-Kaarina Laamanen, Jouni Silfver, Juha Ainoa, Severi Uusitalo, Pirjo Seddiki, Marjo Suviranta, Tarmo Karhu, Sami Kauppinen, Päivi Tossavainen, Katri Konttinen, Piia Rytilahti, Ari Känkänen
2021
Finnish Design Academy
Student Service Design Challenge 2020 Finalist Exhibition
Jooeun Park, Shreya Sood, Bohan Sun, Qianfei Gu, Zhengshuang Han, Nuria Solsona Caba, Severi Uusitalo
2020