Merja Kosonen 
Industrial design student Joonas Sillanpää made his thesis work about utilizing VR tools in design process. In thesis he investigate the use of VR tools in the design process. The work was commissioned by Metropolia UAS under a Finnish Design Academy project. He implemented three different product concepts using VR tools as part of the concept design work. Also … Read more
Lights of students of industrial design and textile design from Metropolias degree programme in design were exhibited in the international Furniture fair in Stockholm. The stand of our design students’ products was located in the Greenhouse area, which is a specific, juried area in the annual Furniture & Light Fair for young designers and the schools … Read more
Industrial design student Onni-Vilhelm Ojanen presents his designs Varjo and Tynnyri at Greenhouse in Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020. Greenhouse is popular section at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair where up-and-coming designers and design schools show their prototypes to future partners, producers and customers. VARJO (shade) is pendant light where plant acts as the lamp … Read more
On 21th of November 2019 Match Up -The XR Event was held second time in Campus Arabia in Helsinki. The event focuses on virtual and augmented realities. Along with over thirty other exhibitors, our design students were on-site to showcase their expertise at Metropolia’s stand. What’s MatchUp? The MatchUp – The XR Event is one … Read more
Metropolia’s textile design student Eveliina Hamari’s work was selected as one of the three winning patterns in Lekolar Design Competition called Pattern for Inclusion. Congratulations, Eveliina! These winning patterns will together create a limited edition collection as a part of Lekolar’s Inclusion campaign, that will be launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2020! Read more about … Read more
Metropolia’s design students’ works are visible at Habitare Design Fair 2019. Metropolia has an own stand at the Block area, where you can explore furniture designed by our students, and a VR model with different interior decorations of the new education spaces for XR Design students. At Protoshop exhibition you can see two lighting products made … Read more
Virtual reality, extended reality, VR, AR, XR. The beloved child has many names. Virtual reality is a way to visualize pieces as they were real, right in front of viewers eyes. Currently there are plenty of different tools to present virtual reality on the market. These gadgets can be divided on four main … Read more
During Helsinki Design Week 2019 at Erottaja2 there is an exhibition presenting the collaboration project of Metropolia’s design students and ABL tiles. Dimensio exhibition is part of a big exhibition entirety that covers up the whole building, so we recommend to be prepared with a couple of hours, comfortable shoes and an open mind! … Read more
During Helsinki Design Week there is an AR (Augmented Reality) exhibition, Conjunction, to be visited at Metropolia Arabia campus. Conjunction is a collaborative exhibition by young designers and photographer and it presents for example digital paintings, live sound artwork and photography. The exhibition is open during Campus Arabia opening hours from September 5th to 15th … Read more
A collaboration project with ABL-Laatat and Metropolia design students explores new ways of using ceramics. These visions created by the students are visible at Erottaja 2 part of Room with a View exhibition during Helsinki Design Week. ABL-Laatat & Metropolia Muotoilu Dimension – New Dimensions of a Ceramic Tile A shared learning process, … Read more