Designs for a Cooler Planet

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 – Exhibitions

What don't we see even though we should – or could? Explore the exhibitions of Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 to discover what Aalto students and researchers should be made visible.
Colourful abstract graphics for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 visual identity.
Visual identity: Veera Kemppainen

Exhibitions in Väre, Otaniemi

Väre building, Otaniementie 14
Mon–Thu 7:45–21:00 | Fri 7:45–20:00 | Sat 9:00–17:00 | Sun Closed

Selected geopolymer test cubes. Clockwise from left: chamotte, calcined Finnish clay, raw Finnish clay, feldspar and volcanic rock. Photo: Johannes Kaarakainen, 2022

Radical ceramics: Rethinking geopolymers

A living laboratory, with local materials, experiments and haptic prototypes to uncover the potential of geopolymers.

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A room for brain scanning

Wireless connection to the human brain

Learn about cutting-edge technology to study the brain, revolutionize diagnosis and transform therapy.

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Agate sensor device

AGATE: Beyond human vision

Mini-sized sensor sees hundreds of colours to feed the world.

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Unlikely Materials exhibition: Material Experiments design Tiina Otala and photo Esa Kapila, Aalto University

Unlikely materials

Experimenting with underutilised bio-based materials.

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Constructuion site with cranes and birds

Time out! Rethinking construction

The construction sector affects climate, ecosystems, humans and non-humans every day – and mostly in negative ways. At Aalto University, we’re calling time out!

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3d render of mobile stroke unit car

Accessible magnetic resonance imaging – AMRI

Featuring a pilot mobile stroke assessment unit.

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wall of a building with new cladding solutions, 3d render by Hemmo Honkonen

WUUD - Novel wooden cladding solutions

Elegant and durable wood panels for different needs.

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students at the printing workshop holding fabrics with fresh prints

Exploring the sustainable future of digital textile printing

Greener textile design: less water, chemicals and pollution.

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3d render of a pine tree

Ground Truth, or how to resurrect a tree

From forests to data points to forests again.

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New Cotton with Infinited Fibre Company

Textile circularity

Solutions for closing the loops.

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Ready made product of a circular panel

Circular Panels – Biofoam acoustics

Acoustic elements from local side-stream materials.

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different designs of chairs

Fantastic Lypsy stools – and their illusory making techniques

A furniture collection celebrating the art of craft.

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White network on a yellow substrate

Behind bioinnovations

Collaboration as the key to success.

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digital illustration, writings with white paint on top of a rock saying words: heat, adapting, experiences that you can't understand by reading a piece of paper, in a world, whose world? additionally a human figure and symbols.

Only way out is in

Culture and locality in architecture and urban design.

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People in a brainstorming session in Nepal

Sustainable change through global encounters

The significance of small actions.

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preparation for the fashion show

Critical Approaches to Fashion

Showcasing 2023 Aalto Fashion collections.

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Grasping creativity exhibition

Grasping Creativity exhibition and events

Explore the invisible dynamics enabling creativity.

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Wood Studio course

Reusable – Visions of wood architecture circularity

How to design to extend, modify and reuse.

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Banner for Structuring Irregularity

Structuring irregularity

Waste as the driving force for design.

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Dowel-laminated timber floor beam in Project 2 under bending load.

Sustainable timber floor systems – concepts from circularity for circularity

Bringing circular thinking to wooden structural elements.

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Presentation during the Design Futures course.

Designing Experiential Futures: Hidden dimensions of fashion

Explore the intersection of design and futures fields.

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Satellite exhibitions

HuojuA pavilion photo

Huoju-A – a multi-sensory wooden pavilion

Mindful, experiential architecture.

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assembly of the first industrial element

Wood construction for any environment on earth

A vacuum that makes the wood endure.

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Alusta pavilion

Alusta pavilion – Environmentally conscious architecture

A place for encounters between humans and non-human animals.

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sea line landscape showcasing light pollution from a building
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abstract monochrome shapes and patterns with deep orange red tones overlaid with the exhibition title

Energy Futures: Critical minerals, climate neutrality and transition pathways

An exhibition on energy transitions and the challenges and solutions driving our response to the global energy crisis across research and industry.

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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 main visual with Events title.

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 – Events programme

Welcome and participate in Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 through a variety of different events, from live talk shows to webinars, workshops and guided exhibition tours.

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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2020 exhibition piece.

Designs for a Cooler Planet

The festival returns to Otaniemi this fall, 6 Sept – 3 Oct 2024, revealing how we can change the world.

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