Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 — Events programme
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Welcome to participate in almost twenty presentations, workshops and seminars. Events are mainly organised either live at the Otaniemi campus or online. More detailed information can be found under each individual event. Events will be in English unless mentioned otherwise.
All events are on Finnish time (Eastern European Time, EET).
Events are free of charge with one exception.
Come get a glimpse of Life 1.5!
List of events during Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022
Wed 07.09.22 at 16:30–18:30
Interwoven - Exploring Materials and Structures by Maarit Salolainen
A live book launch event
Wed 07.09.22 at 18:00–20:00
PechaKucha Night x Aalto University
Tickets sold separately
Wed 07.09.22 at 17:00 - 18:00
Alusta pavilion: Making in the More Than Human World
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion / in English
Thu 08.09.22 at 16:15-17.45
NODUS TALKS: 1.5-Degree Lifestyles
A live talk event
Fri 09.09.22 at 18:00 -21:00
The Trees of Pikku Finlandia
Exhibition opening
Mon 12.09.22 at 14:00 -16:00
Transgenerational Aesthetics: How to care for future generations?
Online seminar
Tue 13.09.22 at 13:00-15:00
Better balance in the fashion system
Webinar / Registration needed
Wed 14.9.22 at 17:00–19.00
Alusta pavilion: Architecture as a Tool for Environmental Discussion / Arkkitehtuuri ympäristökeskustelun välineenä
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion / in Finnish
Wed 14.9.22 at 16:00 – 19.00
Map Your Own Foodscapes
Live workshop
Mon 19.9.22 at 13:00 – 14.30
NONTOX – Improving circularity of plastics
Webinar / Registration needed
Mon 19.9.22 at 15.00-16.00
Fluff Stuff: Re-imagining common peatland management practices in Finland
Live talk / Registration needed
Tue 20.09.22 at 13:00–14.30
Startups solving the sustainability challenges of future cities with Urban Tech Helsinki
Webinar / Registration needed
Tue 27.09.22 at 15:00 - 16:00
Luonnontiedeluento–Bioinnovaatioita kestävään tulevaisuuteen
Online lecture / registration needed
Thu 27.09.22 at 17:00-19:00
Re-valuing Wood: another look at wood and the forest
Live talk & exhibition visit / Registration needed
Wed 05.10.22 at 13:00 – 15:00
The future of vertical farming
Hybrid panel discussion / Registration needed
Fri 07.10.22 at 12:00 – 17:00
Interplanetary gender and technology workshop - a collective speculative exploration
Workshop & live action role-playing / Registration needed
Alusta: On the Relationship of Humans and Non-human Animals
Sat 27.08.22 | 15:00 - 17:00 EET
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion
in Finnish / Suomeksi
Free entry / no pre-registration needed
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Docent Elisa Aaltola from the University of Turku has focused on animal and environmental issues and moral psychology. Aaltola talks about the relationship between humans and non-human animals
Alusta: Loss of Biodiversity & Urban Design
Wed 31.08.22 | 18:00 - 19:00 EET
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion
in Finnish / Suomeksi
Free entry / no pre-registration needed
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Assistant professor of landscape design and ecology Elisa Lähde from Aalto University and docent of urban ecology Kati Vierikko from the Finnish Environmental Center discuss the loss of biodiversity and how designers can respond to it in urban environments.
Alusta pavilion: Care, Architecture & Materiality
Fri 02.09.22 | 17:00 - 19:00 EET
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion
in English / free entry / no pre-registration needed
What would happen if we were to cease treating construction materials as something separate from us that is there for us to utilize and discard as we wish? How could we care more for our buildings and materials in them and how could they care for us in exchange? What kind of architecture binds us to our material world? Discussion on the role of materials in architecture & introduction to pavilion materials, clay and biochar.
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Speakers are Matti Kuittinen, Architect, Adjunct Professor, Resource-efficient construction and environmental impacts, Aalto University and Elina Koivisto, Architect, University Teacher in Building Technology, Aalto University.
The event is in English and situated in Alusta Pavilion, located between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum. The location is outdoors.
Alusta: Architecture & Empathy
Sat 03.09.22 | 15:00 - 16:00 EET
Panel discussion & introduction to pavilion
in English / free entry / no pre-registration needed
Minimizing the negative impacts of construction is not enough – how can architecture contribute to the wellbeing of the community, both human and nonhuman? How does design change when it is based on empathy?
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Interwoven - Exploring Materials and Structures by Maarit Salolainen
Wed 07.09.22 | 16:30–18:30
a live book launch event at Väre, Piano lounge, 3rd floor, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Register | Free entry
This event is part of the opening of the Designs for a Cooler Planet festival.
Interwoven – Exploring Materials and Structures authored by adjunct professor Maarit Salolainen is a joyous exploration into woven textile design. It dissects woven structures along with the fibres and yarns used to make them, giving exceptional insight into the world of fabrics. The book introduces a new pedagogical method for woven textile design studies. The way this book interweaves technical knowledge, artistic expression and storytelling makes it a unique guide on the path to mastering textile design.
Everyone are welcome to the book launch!
Program:
16:30 Drinks and mingling
17:00 Speeches
17:30 Book signing
You can purchase Interwoven at the Book Launch with a 20% discount and get your copy signed by the author and contributors.
PechaKucha Night x Aalto University
Wed 07.09.22 | 18:00–20:00
Talks from 10 inspiring speakers from different fields.
The four-year collaboration with Helsinki Design week will continue with the PechaKucha event at Otaniemi.
The Designs for a Cooler Planet festival will open at Aalto University. Aalto scholars, designers and the local business community all invite HDW goers to Otaniemi, Espoo, to experience “Life 1.5”. About twenty projects combining research and design will be on show: textile made from water hyacinth, wood glitter, fabric filling made of cattail, and plenty of sustainable fashion and architecture.
As part of the opening of the Cooler Planet exhibitions, we’ll organise a public PechaKucha Night at Otaniemi with ten speakers. The exhibition venue is at the Väre building just hundred meters away from the PechaKucha location. Welcome to both places.
Organisers: Helsinki Design Week and Aalto University.
Programme:
16:30-18:00 Visit the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibitions
Address: Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Free entry.
18:00-20:00 The PechaKucha Night x Aalto University
Address: the Undergraduate Centre /Kandidaattikeskus, Otakaari 1, B-hall, Espoo.
Tickets sold separately.
Speakers include: Assistant Professor, Sustainable Design, İdil Gaziulusoy, research fellow Sanna Lehtinen, postdoctoral researcher Markéta Dolejšová, Assistant Professor, design thinking and innovation Tua Björklund, and our students Milja Komulainen, Hares Basel and Baldur Haraldsson.
Alusta pavilion: Making in the More Than Human World
Wed 07.09.22 | 17:00 - 18:00 EET
a panel discussion & an introduction to the pavilion
in English / free entry / no pre-registration needed
How does moving beyond the anthropocentric attitude change a designer’s perspective? Who is the author when natural processes, plants and non-human animals take part in shaping the outcome? What is the role of the material in the making?
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Speakers are Maarit Mäkelä, Associate Professor, Practice Led Design Research, Aalto University, Maiju Suomi, Architect & Doctoral Researcher, Aalto University and Aarni Tujula, Bachelor of Arts, Aalto University.
The event is in English and situated in Alusta Pavilion, located between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum. The location is outdoors.
NODUS TALKS: 1.5-Degree Lifestyles
Thu 08.09.22 | 16:15-17.45
a live talk event at the Design Museum Helsinki | Free entry
What the 1.5-degree climate target from the Paris Agreement means from a lifestyles’ perspective and what is a new not-wasteful production model?
NODUS talks seminar series is organized by NODUS Design for Sustainability Research Group of Aalto University, bringing together researchers and practitioners on topics relevant to design, innovation and sustainability. Each session features a researcher and a practitioner on a topic relevant to design and sustainability who each give a short lecture. After the lectures a panel discussion is held.
Organised together with Design Museum Helsinki.
To the event page.
Visit also to the related exhibition: Designing Experiential Futures for 1.5 Degree Lifestyles 07.09-12.10.2022, at the Aalto University, Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo. Free entry.
Speakers: Michael Lettenmeier and Reet Aus
MICHAEL LETTENMEIER is a post-doctoral researcher at the NODUS Sustainable Design Research Group, Department of Design, Aalto University and the CEO of D-mat ltd. Michael has developed the 1.5-Degree Lifetyles and the 8-Tonnes Material Footprint concepts for sustainable lifestyles. In this talk, Michael will show what the 1.5-degree climate target from the Paris Agreement means from a lifestyles’ perspective, how our everyday life can contribute to the target, and what this means from the perspective of different actors in society.
REET AUS is a PhD-qualified Estonian fashion designer and environmental activist who founded REET AUS COLLECTION® and THE UPSHIRT®. She is a pioneer in the field of industrial upcycling for fashion, and has developed the UPMADE® certification, in order to pass on her knowledge to brands and factories. Reet is going to talk about the radically not-wasteful new way of production model based on a scientific core methodology she developed called UPMADE®
The Trees of Pikku Finlandia
Fri 09.09.22 | 18:00 -21:00
Welcome to the exhibition opening at the Pikku Finlandia Café.
Address: Karamzininranta 4, 00100 Helsinki
The exhibition showcases over 15 sectional prints of the pine trees from Pikku Finlandia building. The artworks have been hand printed onto paper with ink to depict each tree’s sectional ‘finger-print’.
More information of the event.
The exhibition is open for public 1.–30.9.2022 within the opening hours of the cafeteria | Free entry
Host: Sanna Lehtinen, Research fellow, Aalto University
Panelists:
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Antti Lehto, Professor, Department of Architecture at Aalto University
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Joona Hulmi, PhD Student, Department of Architecture at Aalto University
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Johanna Ylipulli, PhD, Docent, Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science at Aalto University
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Eeva Houtbeckers, D.Sc., Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Design & NODUS Research Group at Aalto University
Better balance in the fashion system
Tue 13.09.22 | 13:00-15:00
Webinar – through new business understanding and new design strategies.
Free entry
> Read more about the Webinar and Register.
Recommended:
- Listen to the podcast about 'tekstiilien kiertotaloudesta'. The podcast is in Finnish.
- See the newest slow fashion outfits and visit the exhibition: Better balance in the fashion system 07.09-12.10.2022, at the Aalto University, Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo. Free entry.
How will we understand and implement circular economy in business and design?
Speakers:
Minna Halme, Aalto University: From simplistic to systemic sustainability solutions in textile and fashion
Susanna Horn, SYKE: Environmental benefits of the circularity strategies for a polyester T-shirt
Jetta Liukkonen, FabPatch/Vaatelaastari: Repair Revolution – pioneering new business in circular economy
Timo Huhtamäki, Emmy: Second-hand market as a part of the circular economy growth – how used goods will be traded in the next few years?
Alusta pavilion – Arkkitehtuuri ympäristökeskustelun välineenä / Architecture as a Tool for Environmental Discussion
Wed 14.9.22 | 17:00–19.00
a panel discussion & an introduction to the pavilion
in Finnish / free entry / No pre-registeration needed
Location: The Alusta pavilion and its pollinator friend meadow offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. It is built on the courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design museum in Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. Outdoor location.
Together with the Vapaa and You Tell Me collectives and Panu Savolainen, professor of the history of architecture at Aalto University, we ponder how architecture can promote environmental discussion and contribute to building a new relationship with nature.
Map Your Own Foodscapes
Wed 14.9.22 | 16:00 – 19.00
a live workshop at Otaniemi & visit to the exhibition
Free entry.
To the event page.
The Urban Foodscapes exhibition is showcased 7.9-12.10.2022 at the Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Workshop facilitator:Kata Fodor, PhD researcher
NONTOX – Improving circularity of plastics
Mon 19.9.22 | 13:00 – 14.30
Webinar about plastic recycling in relation to the focus waste streams, and on disseminating eco-design considerations developed in the NONTOX project.
Register to the event (opens late August).
Visit also the NONTOX exhibition 7.9-12.10.2022 at Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Fluff Stuff: Re-imagining common peatland management practices in Finland
Mon 19.9.22 | 15.00-16.00
a live talk at Otaniemi.
Explore the challenges and potential solutions to current peatland management practices in Finland through talks and a conversation with experts. Anyone interested is welcomed to join the audience.
Organised together with LUKE.
Location: Harald Herlin Learning Center, Room 126,Otaniementie 9, Espoo.
Seats: 30
Register and more info.
Visit also the exhibition to see the inspiring prototypes – Fluff Stuff: Textile fillings from rewetted peatlands 7.9-12.10.2022 at Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Four expert talks that explore how to harness Finland's potential through rewetting peatlands, the cultivation and harvesting of wetland crops, and one innovative proposal for climate-wise utilization of Finnish peatlands.
15:00 - 15:05
Opening words / Prof. Mark Hughes (Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems)
15:05 - 15:25
Opportunities for new products and climate change mitigation in the land-use sector by biomass production on rewetted croplands / Kristiina Lång (LUKE)
15:25 - 15:35
Seeds for sustainable transitions? Investigating properties of cattail seed hair as textile fillings / Lukas Schuck (MSc Creative Sustainability / Fluff Stuff Project)
15:35 - 15:45
The potential of robotics in paludiculture - Hermanni Viljanen (MSc Automation & Electrical Engineering)
15:45 - 16:00
Question & Answer
Startups solving the sustainability challenges of future cities with Urban Tech Helsinki
Tue 20.09.22 | 13:00–14.30
The webinar will share the innovative success story of Aalto University and the city of Helsinki striving together for a better future for sustainability, with the contribution of our startups.
More info & Registration.
Hosting: Urban Tech Helsinki
Speakers:
- Kaisa Ahonen, Aalto University
- Laura Forsman, University of Helsinki
- Mira Jarkko, City of Helsinki
- Juho Kostiainen, City of Helsinki
- Peeter Lange, Forum Virium Helsinki
- Anna-Stina Tähkävuori, Metropolia UAS
End notes: the Deputy Mayor of the City of Helsinki, Ms. Anni Sinnemäki.
Luonnontiedeluento–Bioinnovaatioita kestävään tulevaisuuteen
Tue 27.09.22 | 15:00 - 16:00
Online lecture focuses on sustainable bio-based textiles and packaging.
A public lecture in Finnish for high school and vocational students, and anyone interested in the topic. (tapahtuma on suomenkielinen ja erityisesti suunnattu ammatti- ja korkeakouluopiskelijoille).
The event is a joint effort between Aalto University Bioinnovation Center and Aalto Junior.
Register to the event.
Visit also the Facilitating the future of sustainable textiles and packaging exhibition 7.9-12.10.2022 at Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
Hosting: Bioinnovation center and Aalto junior
Speakers: Bioinnovaatioita kestävään tulevaisuuteen - kimaltavaa puuta / Noora Yau
Re-valuing Wood: another look at wood and the forest
Thu 27.09.22 | 17:00-19:00
a live talk & visit to the Revaluing Wood exhibition
Free entry
Address: Väre building, Otaniementie 14, Espoo.
To the event page (registeration link coming up on September).
In conversation with Saara Kantele (Architect and Designer) and Mark Hughes (Professor, Wood Technology):
In this event we will discuss how society values forests and take a look at how we should rethink our perception of what we regard as (wood) waste in our resource-constrained world.
Audience participation mandatory!
The future of vertical farming
Wed 05.10.22 | 13:00 – 15:00
Panel discussion about the potential of vertical farming.
Location: Otaniemi & online
To the event page or Registration.
Panu Miettinen (Aalto University) and Titta Kotilainen (Luke) are hosting the event.
Panelists:
- Arttu Mäkinen, Doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki
- Henri Jaatinen, Cultivation expert at Novarbo Oy
- Kasperi Sjöholm, Executive Chef at Sodexo Foodhub focused on sustainability
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Niko Kivioja, CEO, Netled Oy
Interplanetary gender and technology workshop
- a collective speculative exploration
Fri 07.10.22 | 12:00 – 17:00
Workshop & Live Action Role-Playing
Exploring the emancipatory possibilities of everyday technologies through a gendered lens.
Location: R001/U119 DELOITTE, Otakaari 1, Espoo
Facilitators:
Louna Hakkarainen, DA, LicSocSci
Kaisa Karvinen, Architect, Master of Research
The workshop focuses on how gender and technology, and technology and society mutually shape and constitute each other. How can we take hold of these technologies to provoke a rupture? What kind of strategies do we need to thoroughly change the mechanisms and algorithms by which the normalized society is working?
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The event is a part of Helsinki Design Week’s official festival programme and a World Circular Economy Forum 2022 (WCEF) side event. Aalto University is also one of the EU's New European Bauhaus partners.
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The World Circular Economy Forum is a landmark event of the year that brings together business leaders, policymakers and experts to present the world’s best circular economy solutions.
Life 1.5 – an exhibition of planet-friendly materials, fashion and food
Designs for a Cooler Planet is a five-week-long festival celebrating experiments in planet-friendly materials, fashion, and food.
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Specialist, partners and outreach
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