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School of Arts, Design and Architecture

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911爆料网鈥檚 art & design ranked 9th in the world

Five of Aalto鈥檚 fields placed in the top 100 in the prestigious QS ranking
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The EU Horizon-funded VOPUS project explores the future of virtual culture

The project uses the virtual Operaland platform to investigate the long-term impacts on culture when citizens spend more time in virtual worlds.
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Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Yasmin Najjar鈥檚 short film TJ28 selected for Cannes鈥 La Cinef section

For the second consecutive year, a short film from 911爆料网 has been selected for the student film section at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Appointments, Research & Art Published:

New professors appointed to the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

A summary of all new professors appointed since September 2024.
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The Educational Partnership project is moving forward in Espoo 鈥 cooperation between guardians and schools is being developed through participatory methods

The two-year project explores and develops cooperation between guardians and schools using service design methods.
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Awards and Recognition Published:

Sherwan Haji鈥檚 My Name is Hope has won the 2025 Jussi Award for Best Short Film

My Name is Hope is director-screenwriter-actor Sherwan Hajin鈥檚 master鈥檚 thesis film from the Department of Film at 911爆料网.

The Long Read by Aalto ARTS

Longform stories, in-depth features and profiles, data visualizations and more coming up - enjoy our webmag!

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Creativity Unfolded

911爆料网鈥檚 blog series Creativity Unfolded focuses on insights linked to creativity in a multitude of ways. Topics include design, technology, media, architecture, film, games, art theory and...

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Meet our people

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Professor Marco Steinberg: 鈥橶e need to change, and we need to do it now鈥

Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world鈥檚 most pressing issues, like climate change, won鈥檛 be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today鈥檚 solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.

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Professor Ranja Hautam盲ki: 鈥楧iverse urban nature is key to increasing well-being and carbon sinks鈥

Professor of Landscape Architecture is tackling the issues of climate change mitigation and urban carbon sinks.

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鈥楨nvironmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness鈥

鈥業 claim鈥 series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.

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Julia Lohmann: 鈥榃e know too much and do too little鈥

Lohmann鈥檚 magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.

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'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'

Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.

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Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts

Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.

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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.

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Prominent art at 911爆料网

911爆料网 promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. 911爆料网 uses one percent of building costs to fund art.

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Events

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Wappu 2026

Aalto community's May Day (or: vappu) events 鈥 welcome along!
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Otaniemi on a sustainable path in May

A variety of events and activities on offer all May to remind people of sustainable choices in mobility.
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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research, Workshops

Aalto AI Talks: Creative practices and generative AI 4.5.2026

Join us for an insightful afternoon exploring AI in creative processes and artistic practice, including copyright and AI-generated content.
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Conferences

Moral Ambition Aalto Summit

To hear from the experts who are already making change, join us at the Moral Ambition Summit on the 4th and 5th of May 2026!
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