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Open online courses at Aalto University's School of Arts, Design, and Architecture

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Start the new year by learning new skills in design and creativity!
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Maarit Mäkelä in Lapland during the shooting of Radical Creativity movie. Photo: Hayley Le.

How can radical creativity change the world?

Learn what is radical creativity and how to use it to create deep change - whether in business, the arts, or technology.

Diving into radical creativity online course (external link)

Learn about creativity from individual and organisational perspectives, and how to create and lead transformative change.

A person underwater with the text 'Diving into radical creativity' overlaying the image.

Ever wondered what design really is all about?

Learn the basics about design, how designers solve problems, and get to know a lot of design tools. Design Bits is the online course about design for non-designers!

Design Bits (external link)

An online course about design for non-designers by Aalto University.

Design Bits

Interested in experimenting with materials?

The CHEMARTS Cookbook offers both simple and more advanced ideas and recipes for hands-on experiments with wood-based materials. Download the book for free!

The CHEMARTS Cookbook (external link)

Inspiration for Material Enthusiasts

Chemarts Cookbook cover

Data Viz inspiration?

Browse through the interesting talks given at our annual Data Viz conference.

Viz Knowledge (external link)

New approaches in data visualization and information design

Viz Knowledge

Safeguarding and renewing craftmanship

Interested in ceramics? Look no further, the Ceramics Handbook is your guide to the age-old craft (in Finnish only).

The Ceramics Handbook (external link)

The handbook reveals the secrets of clay and guides the reader to working with clay through texts, images, illustrations, animations, and videos. NOTE! The handbook is in Finnish only!

Astioita tekijöiltä: Tuuli Saarelainen, Saija Halko, Nathalie Lautenbacher, Jatta Lavi, Laura Itkonen ja Airi Hortling. Kuva: Anne Kinnunen

Architecture and the built environment

It's not possible to understand today without an understanding of the past. Take the online course on architectural history! (In Finnish only).

Architectural history (external link)

In order to understand today, you need to understand the past. NOTE! This online course is in Finnish only!

Alvar Aalton suunnittelema Suomen pavilijonki Pariisin maailmannäyttelyyn 1936-1937.
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