Visit Aalto Festival 2016
Aalto Festival showcases the talents of
Aalto University students, graduates and faculty.
Past events
Wood Program Säie Pavilion
Wood Program, a year-long course at Aalto University Department of Architecture, builds a pavilion for the Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA)'s summer exhibition in the square between the Design Museum and MFA.
27.5. – 23.8.2015, Museum of Finnish Architecture
Exhibition
Current State
“Current State” is the showcase of artworks by graduates of the Fine Art, Environmental Art and Visual Culture programmes of Aalto University.
30.4. – 15.5.2015, Puristamo, Cable Factory
Exhibition
Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors: Mathematics Meets Art and Architecture
The exhibition of the course Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors : Mathematics Meets Art and Architecture consists of artworks designed by student groups.
4.5. – 29.5.2015, Otakaari 1, Espoo
Exhibition
Space Invaders III
Aesthetically tolerable is more than a traditional exhibition, binding performance, intervention, site-specific, sound and visual art together.
14.5. – 17.5.2015, Otaniemi mall
Event
TOKYO Spring Sales
TOKYO will bring Summer to Arabia, as the Spring Sales are organised at Media Centre Lume.
16.5.2015, Media Centre Lume
Event
Lauttasaaren yhteiskoulu goes pop up
Site-specific artworks located in the area of Otaniemi are created in a collaboration between 8th grade students from the Secondary and Upper Secondary School of Lauttasaari and art education/environmental art students from Aalto University’s Department of Art.
18.5. – 29.5.2015, Otaniemi
Exhibition
Kalasatama Surf-N'-Art City
Kalasatama Surf-N’-Art City brings art, city life, design and surfing into one urban set-up.
18.5. – 31.8.2015, Kalasatama
Event
Design Club gets into Stories!
Design Club is a business community that develops customer relations, and helps member businesses increase sales through the integration of design.
18.5.2015, Media Centre Lume
Event
Sustainable Global Technologies Studio - Final Presentations
Sustainable Global Technologies Programme Studio 2015 – project presentations.
18.5.2015, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture
Event
Aalto Festival Opening
The opening of Aalto Festival launches a two-week festival showcasing the talents of Aalto University students, graduates and faculty.
18.5.2015, Bio Rex Lasipalatsi
Event
Final Works - Architecture Exhibition
A Master's Thesis works like a two-sided mirror.
18.5. – 28.8.2015, Otakaari 1, Espoo
Exhibition
Mentoring Programme Gala
The Mentoring Programme Gala invites mentors and mentees to celebrate the end of the successful mentoring year with networking and cocktails.
18.5.2015, Bio Rex Lasipalatsi
Event
Afterparty
Welcome to the Mbar terrace after the opening day's Aalto Festival celebrations!
18.5.2015, Mbar
Event
Kino Sheryl and short films by Aalto University students
Kino Sheryl is brand new cinema in Arabianranta, Helsinki.
19.5. – 31.5.2015, Media Centre Lume
Event
KUVIS1000 Node
What the heck is happening here?
19.5. – 4.6.2015, NODE galleria
Exhibition
Aalto Digi Breakfast on Digital Cultural Heritage
In the Digi Breakfasts, Aalto university's key digi themes are discussed within the Aalto community and with outside stakeholders.
19.5.2015, Open Innovation House
Event
Spring Steam: Footnote to a Graphic Design Programme
Spring Steam: Footnote to a Graphic Design Programme gathers together the best works from BA, MA and PhD-level students at Aalto University.
19.5. – 24.5.2015, Design Forum Showroom
Exhibition
Bit Bang 7: Future of Energy Seminar
Welcome to the 7th annual Bit Bang seminar on the Future of Energy!
20.5.2015, Open Innovation House
Event
IDBM Innovation Island
The quaint little demagnetisation island of Lonna, located quite near to Kauppatori in Helsinki, will be the venue for the IDBM (International Design Business Management) final presentations.
20.5.2015, Lonna
Event
Aalto ARTS Books 30 yrs and publishing of two art books
During this event two books will be published: Juha Varto’s The Sins of the Fathers as well as Kirsi Heimonen, Mira Kallio-Tavin, and Tiina Pusa’s Kesken-erillään, taiteessa altistumisesta.
20.5.2015, NODE galleria
Event
Bachelors of Arts
Come and see how the expression ‘Bachelor of Arts’ gets a new meaning in the design exhibition in Lume Gallery!
21.5. – 29.5.2015, Lume Gallery
Exhibition
KUVIS1000 Kamppi
KUVIS1000 Kamppi exhibition looks at 900 years ahead.
21.5. – 24.5.2015, Kamppi Shopping Centre
Exhibition
Designing Soul - First Annual Color and Material Design Event
Designing Soul celebrates and highlights Material and Color Design as a key strategic asset in creating innovative products that connect practically and emotionally with consumers.
21.5.2015, AaltoEE
Event
Art Education Now
The "Art Education Now" seminar focuses on contemporary perspectives on art education and research.
21.5.2015, Ateneum Hall
Event
KUVIS1000 Ateneum
Artistic and pedagogical interventions during the KUVIS100 seminar and celebration events.
21.5. – 22.5.2015, Ateneum
Exhibition
Extra 100 Kuvis Movies Gaala
This historical movie gala presents a retrospective of short films and samples of longer films from the past four decades, created and produced by art education students.
21.5.2015, Ateneum Hall
Event
SUPERSTORE
SUPERSTORE is a pop up galleria by the Aalto University Department of Design in Helsinki city center.
21.5. – 31.5.2015, Galleria Esplanad
Exhibition
ELO Spring Screening 2015
The latest student films by the Department of Film, Television and Scenography, ELO Film School Helsinki.
22.5.2015, Media Centre Lume
Event
Product Design Gala
The Product Design Gala is an annual event celebrating the hard work done in students' learning projects in partnership with industrial sponsors.
22.5.2015, Design Factory & Urban Mill
Event
III Reading
Bachelor’s students of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture have designed furniture and lamps with the theme Reading Nook.
22.5. – 18.6.2015, Isku Showroom
Exhibition
Electrical engineering workshop course final seminar
What happens when the students have time, inspiration and a pile of different electronical equipment?
22.5.2015, Otakaari 5A, Espoo
Event
Aalto ARTS Fashion Seminar
A fashion seminar, hosted by the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, brings together various international speakers from different fields of fashion to discuss the new boundaries and possibilities of fashion, and the value of creativity in today’s challenging ecological and economic climate.
22.5.2015, Cirko, Solmu-sali
Event
Making_Life
Art and science are both practices that are based on intellectual creativity; they shape our experience, perception and knowledge of the world.
22.5. – 31.5.2015, Näyttely Gallery at Lasipalatsi
Exhibition
Hundred years of art education gala
The art education programme's 100-year journey from Ateneum to Aalto is celebrated with speeches and visual presentations.
22.5.2015, Ateneum Hall
Event
Näytös 15
Näytös15, the annual student fashion show by the School of Arts, Design and Architecture presents graduate collections from both the BA and MA degree students.
22.5.2015, Suvilahti Kattilahalli
Event
Cities for All
The Cities for All exhibition showcases examples of Finnish and European Design for All that are designed by means of user-centred, participatory design processes.
25.5. – 29.5.2015, Otakaari 1, Espoo
Exhibition
Aalto BIZ Research in a Nutshell
What is the current research conducted at the School of Business?
25.5.2015, Aalto University School of Business, Chydenia building
Event
Design for Government - Final Show
What happens when you mix policy-making with design?
26.5.2015, House of the Estates
Event
They have escaped movie
A road move of a boy and a girl who meet at a detention center for problematic youth.
27.5.2015, Media Centre Lume
Event
Pack-Age Gala
Design teams present new exiting packaging concepts and prototypes to the public and their clients at the closing show of Pack-Age 2015.
28.5.2015, Design Factory
Event
Media Lab Demo Day
Media Lab demo days have become regular events at which we demonstrate our work to each other and to the public, to people from other departments and to schools, companies, partners, and prospective partners.
28.5.2015, Media Lab Helsinki
Event
Tenured Professors’ Installation Lectures
Aalto University celebrates its Tenured Professors with popular lectures presented by the new tenure track professors of Associate or Full level.
28.5.2015, Open Innovation House
Event
Design for All
The Design for All seminar highlights fresh ideas, practices and theses in the area of Design for All that create all inclusive and accessible environments, products and services.
29.5.2015, Design Factory
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