Tuuli Mattelmäki

Tuuli Mattelmäki

Professori (Associate professor)
Professori (Associate professor)
A803 Dept. Design

Tuuli Mattelmäki is expert in co-design and service design. She acts as associate professor, tenured, at Aalto University and as the Head of the Department of Design  The starting point for her research has been in empathic and explorative approaches in human-centered design. She is interested in public sector and service design related questions, and more recently in creative practices and transformational futures. 

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...

Areas of expertise

Design probes, Empathic design, Co-design, Services

Honors and awards

2024 Ziman Award: CreaTures (Creative Practices for Transformational Futures) project

The Award is given to the core team of the CreaTures (Creative Practice for Transformational Futures) project:<br/><br/>from Aalto University, Tuuli Mattelmäki (Principal Investigator/coordinator), Andrea Botero, Markéta Dolejšová (lead on our laboratory), Julia Lohmann, Kirsi Hakio, Gaurika Singhal, Savannah Vize, Namkyu Chun, Jarkko Mutanen (project manager);<br/>from University of Sussex, Ann Light (lead on research gathering and analysis), Lara Houston, Kit Braybrooke;<br/>from RMIT University, Jaz Hee-jeong Choi (lead on engagement), Cristina Ampatzidou, Ralph Horne;<br/>from Utrecht University, Joost Vervoort (lead on evaluation), Lucas Rutting;<br/>from Superflux (creative partner), Anab Jain, Jon Arden, Nicola Ferrao;<br/>from Kersnikova (creative partner), Jana Putrle Srdić, Simon Gmajner, Sandra Sajovic, Jurij Krpan, Klemen Kristan;<br/>from Hellon (creative partner), Kirsikka Vaajakallio;<br/>from Zemos98 (creative partner), Felipe Gonzáles Gil, Rosalía Gutiérrez;<br/>from Furtherfield (creative partner), Ruth Catlow, Charlotte Frost;<br/>from OKFI (NGO partner), Tarmo Tokkanen, Teemu Ropponen, Susanna Ånäs;<br/>from Sniffer (NGO partner), Ruth Wolstenholme, Iryna Zamuruieva.
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Muotoilun laitos Jul 2024

‘The Industrial Designer of the Year’ 2008 award by the Industrial Designer Association TKO and ORNAMO

Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Muotoilun laitos Jan 2008

Publication bonus awarded by the Dean of Aalto School of Art and Design 2012 to Tuuli Mattelmäki and Encore team (14 000 euros)

Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Muotoilun laitos Jan 2012

Research groups

  • Encore

Publications

Feral Experiments in CreaTures Co-Laboratory

Markéta Dolejšová, Andrea Botero, Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Michal Mitro, Agnieszka Pokrywka, Chewie Škubánek, Tuuli Mattelmäki 2024 Research in Arts and Education

9 Dimensions for evaluating how art and creative practice stimulate societal transformations

Joost Vervoort, Tara Smeenk, Iryna Zamuruieva, Lisa L. Reichelt, Mae van Veldhoven, Lucas Rutting, Ann Light, Lara Houston, Ruth Wolstenholme, Markéta Dolejšová, Anab Jain, Jon Ardern, Ruth Catlow, Kirsikka Vaajakallio, Zeynep Falay von Flittner, Jana Putrle Srdic, Julia Lohmann, Carien Moossdorff, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Cristina Ampatzidou, Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Andrea Botero, Kyle A. Thompson, Jonas Torrens, Richard Lane, Astrid C. Mangnus 2024 Ecology and Society

CreaTures Framework

Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Markéta Dolejšová, Lara Houston, Ann Light, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Joost Vervoort, Richard Lane, Iryna Zamuruieva, Ruth Wolstenholme, Milja Komulainen, Konstantinos Papagiannopoulos 2023

Turning inwards for change : The role of inner conditions in transformative co-design

Kirsi Hakio, Tuuli Mattelmäki 2023 The Design Journal

Design types in diversified city administration: The case City of Helsinki

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2023 The Design Journal

CreaTures Showcase at Helsinki Design Week 2022 (Designs for Cooler Planet)

Markéta Dolejšová, Gaurika Singhal, Savannah Vize, Kirsi Hakio, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Andrea Botero 2022

Following Seals and Dogs: Experimenting with Personal Dimensions of Transformative Design

Kirsi Hakio, Markéta Dolejšová, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Jaz Hee-Jeong Choi, Cristina Ampatzidou 2022 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022

Design types in diversified city administration

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2022 The Design Research Society Conference (DRS2022)