Aalto Design Factory

Design Factory News / Wed-Tue 1.-7.2.2012

Tiina Tuulos — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:04:13 +0000

New Inspired by Design Factory group work space was opened last week to the K1 building. More Inspired by Design Factory physical learning environments and mental ways of working spring up all the time!

Wednesday 1.2.

ADF Jogging Club community run at 8:00, starting from Lobby. ADF Jogging [...]

New Inspired by Design Factory learning environment opened

Tiina Tuulos — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:18:47 +0000

New Inspired by Design Factory learning environment opened in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

An old lecture space has been renovated and redesigned to an adaptable learning environment. The new teaching and learning space has been developed to support different ways of teaching and learning especially increase the functionality outside lectures. The space [...]

Design Factory News / Wed-Tue 25.-31.1.2012

Tiina Tuulos — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:24:22 +0000

Last week we enjoyed wonderful Design your own pizza-workshop and great company as we sent Satu (our researcher from DFRT) off to Australia for four months. We wish her a great time!

This week’s scoop: Design Factory spotted in Chinese media

TV Channel Young (6) will air [...]

Occupy Reimagining Design – Interview with GK VanPatter of Humantific

Tiina Tuulos — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:03:47 +0000

How should the university educate problem solvers? How to approach the problems in new ways and which are the right problems to choose? What could be the benefits of possible Aalto Hub New York? Wycliffe interviewed GK VanPatter of Humantific.

By Wycliffe Raduma

Wycliffe Raduma Q1: In the first CEB conference in Helsinki, [...]

Charlotta’s and Jouni’s experiences from USID Gurukul 2011 conference in Kanpur, India

Tiina Tuulos — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:29:38 +0000

Jouni and Charlotta from Aalto took advantage of the exciting possibilities that the world and Aalto connections have to offer and went to a conference in Kampur, India. They spent a week in India working in teams with challenging projects.

Read more about the Gurukul conference HERE.

The [...]

Design Factory News / Week 3

Tiina Tuulos — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:15:46 +0000

Everybody excited to start the new week and new courses! We are glad to see that Kafis has also more buzz and energy after the holidays. Yesterday we also got visitors for two from Uganda. They are working with PDP and IDBM Unicef teams and will spend here two weeks. Let’s make them feel welcome!

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Design Factory New Year News / Week 2

Tiina Tuulos — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:44:07 +0000

Happy New Year dear DFers! Let’s start the new year in DF style by talking to strangers even more, for example in Kafis and hugging everyone who are standing at the Hugging point!

DFfany’s Breakfast on Tuesday 10.1. at 8.30-9.30 am

It is again time to start enjoying [...]

Monthly update by DFRT

Maria Clavert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:48:31 +0000

December 12/2011

WHAT’S UP:

After Tua and Senni leaving for their maternity leaves, DFRT will now consist of Maria, Satu and Miko. Satu will be joining Päivi at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne as a visiting researcher. She will be leaving on the 23rd of January and will be staying for three to [...]

Aalto University courses in co-operation with ADF, Spring 2012

Tiina Tuulos — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:15 +0000

Now it’s time to start getting ready for the spring after wonderful Christmas holidays and celebration of the New Year 2012! That’s why we have prepared a list for you of Aalto University courses which are in one way or another co-operating with ADF this spring. Have a look and sign up!

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Out now: A study report on Aalto University Design Factory in the eyes of its community

Tiina Tuulos — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:08:15 +0000

Design Factory research team has the pleasure of introducing you to the Aalto University Design Factory through the eyes of its community members. The study aimed at understanding how Aalto Design Factory is perceived, experienced, utilized and developed by its community members: Aalto and ADF teachers, students, researchers, and other staff members. It is mainly [...]