The Long Read by Aalto ARTS

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Aalto ARTS 150 years visuals

This webmag showcases a selection of some of our most ambitious projects. Enjoy these long reads from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. This year we're also celebrating the fact that we've been educating creative professionals for 150 years. Join us in celebrating this milestone!

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Design can help solve the complex challenges of our time, and it may be a key driver in our transformation process towards sustainability.

vaatemallit seisovat metsän keskellä ja katsovat kameraan

Fashion resists attempts at definition and refuses to fit a mould. It’s a true hybrid, comprising countless different professions and specialisms.

Colourful abstract figures look like moving around. Visuals for an article on the superpowers of design.

Design’s superpower is that it has several fundamental qualities — both as a practice and as a mindset — that make it effective in the face of complicated issues.

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Wood stores carbon and is a versatile, renewable and recyclable building material.

Seaweed pavilion Hidaka Ohmu is Julia Lohmann's installation made of seaweed.

Julia Lohmann underlines, that design can play a major role in realizing sustainable changes on a vast scale.

kuvassa kahdet kädet levittävät läpinäkyvää limaa punaista taustaa vasten

Biomaterials are the best options as we seek more sustainable ways for our current world of materials.

Maisema-arkkitehdit muokkaavat maisemaa. Kesäisessä kuvassa Flow-festivaalialueelta ihmiset viihtyvät ulkona ja telttakatoksissa.

Landscape architects are constantly shaping our surroundings. They take care of the environment as a whole.

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Film education in Finland began among the first in Europe.

Water breath for the beginning,2019. Image by NooraSandgren.

Today, bioart is maybe more relevant than ever – it doesn’t provide solutions but prompts critical questions.

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The program has evolved into one of the more recognizable teaching programs in the world.

Kantava maa Solid Ground

Ceramics is popular again, and old subjects take new forms in the hands of new makers.

Photo from short film No perkele

Our art-house short film festival presents seven tailor-made films on @aaltoarts Instagram.

1920 Oppilaita veistoluokassa, keskellä opettaja pulpetin ääressä. Gustaf Nyströmin kokoelma, Aalto-yliopiston arkisto, Finna

Builders of the Future

Professionals in art and design have played an important role in shaping Finland’s cultural and economic development.

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Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design (external link)

Aalto Master's Programme website

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CreaTures (external link)

Furthering the sustainability agenda with creativity

Wood Program

Study program focusing on wood architecture

Architect doing handson work at the Wood Program of Aalto University. Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Photography at Aalto (external link)

Photography studies at Aalto website

Valokuvauksen koulutusohjelman verkkosivut_Kuva: Rosenlund Kukka

CHEMARTS (external link)

CHEMARTS website

kuvassa kahdet kädet levittävät läpinäkyvää limaa punaista taustaa vasten

BioColour (external link)

Bio-based Dyes and Pigments for Colour Palette

biocolour research project

Aalto Visual Communication Design (external link)

The study programme's website

Visual Communication Design poster by Milja Komulainen

Aalto Art and Design Cases

Aalto Design Cases is a platform for activity-based creativity and practice-based research in the Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Nyang'oro Girls Dormitory, a project by Hollmén Reuter Sandman

Online Exhibitions

A selection of Aalto exhibitions made available online

Still: '01-Training' 2020. Video (02:57) by Lukas Malte Hoffman. Image courtesy of the artist.

Public art collections at Aalto University

The aim of public art across Aalto is to create a vibrant environment for experiencing the world through various perspectives and for embracing imagination, intuition, and exploration.

Renata Jakowleff «Blue» 2017, 190 x 160 x 40 cm, glass and steel, assembled Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Published: 3.3.2021
Updated: 13.9.2021