Japanese Design Workshop 6.-8.3.2017 – Tsutsumi, the Art of Wrapping

Professor Takaaki Oe from Metropolia’s partner institution Kyoto University of Art and Design held a Japanese workshop for the design students from the 6th to the 8th of March. He brought with him 22 Japanese students who also took part in the workshop. The itinerary of the Japanese students also included a trip to the Marimekko… Continue reading Japanese Design Workshop 6.-8.3.2017 – Tsutsumi, the Art of Wrapping

Textile Design Students at the Heimtextil Fair in Frankfurt

tuotteiden ja kahvilakonseptin suunnittelijoista.

A group of Metropolia’s Textile Design students spent a week in Germany, at the Heimtextil fair in Frankfurt. The students participated in the planning and implementation of the Micro Factory and Feels Like Home segments of the Campus exhibition. The Digital Textile Micro Factory was implemented in cooperation with Leeds College of Arts (England) and The Strzemiński Academy… Continue reading Textile Design Students at the Heimtextil Fair in Frankfurt

Success in the Fennia Prize 2017 Competition

Consair_Antti Väisänen

Industrial Design alumnus Antti Väisänen and Consair Oy received the €5 000 Fennia Prize Winner award for their CAMU 1200 – Clean Air Management Unit. Interior Architecture alumnus Sonja Lepistö and her team received the Fennia Prize Honourable Mention for their Home Store Concept. CAMU 1200 Design: Industrial Designer Antti Väisänen, Pekka Silen, Frank Russi, Innvolve Oy… Continue reading Success in the Fennia Prize 2017 Competition

Yarn Visions 26.11.-5.3.2017

Norppa. Sonja Tanskanen. Näkyväksi neulottu -näyttely 2016. Kuva: Daniel Leiviskä.

”In the Baltic Sea, as in any other ecosystem, everything is connected.” (the Chain made by Sonja Tanskanen, Gerli Kotkamets and Iida Kopio) We textile design students got our first real art exhibition project few months ago. The job was to create and execute crochetted art pieces made of Novita’s yarn to Sinkka’s art show ”Yarn… Continue reading Yarn Visions 26.11.-5.3.2017

Fresens Concept to Tackle Food Waste Problem

Last spring a team of Industrial Design students (Miika Lehtinen, Jaakko Ranne, Marianna Salminen and Laura Lerkkanen) took park in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge competition. This is an annual competition organized by the US Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson foundation. Metropolia’s team entered the competition with Fresens, which consists of a service,a… Continue reading Fresens Concept to Tackle Food Waste Problem

Metropolia and Aalto’s Team Wins Design Sprint Competition for Stations

24h Design Sprint. Kiia Kataja

Metropolia’s Interior Architecture student teamed up with students from Aalto University and won a competition organized by Sito Oy. The task in this competition for design students was to find new innovative ideas to ease the use of stations, terminals and other junctions of transportation. The winning team was the only multidisciplinary one in the competition, including… Continue reading Metropolia and Aalto’s Team Wins Design Sprint Competition for Stations

Thesis Projects in Design

Final Thesis. New concept development process of mono functional hybrid watches. 2016. Umberto Onza. Industrial Design. Photo: Umberto Onza.

Students in Industrial Design, Textile Design and Interior Architecture have created thesis projects, of which ones related to urban design are on display 1.9.-1.10.2016 at Laituri. Short introductions to the thesis projects can be found below.   Design and Productization of Knitwear Collection for R/H By: Amanda Halonen, Textile Design Thesis: Design and Productization of Knit… Continue reading Thesis Projects in Design

Degree programme in Design, Metropolia at Helsinki Design Week 2016

Pattern design by Lakriima Machreich

Young, innovative and bold degree programme in design is taking part in many activities of Helsinki Design Week (HDW): 1.-10.9.: City planning by using the techniques of design – thesis fair at Laituri 5.-11.9.: The city installation Emotion – “Tunne” 7.-11.9.: Habitare exhibition The Block (6b89) This forum is an excellent opportunity to see the works… Continue reading Degree programme in Design, Metropolia at Helsinki Design Week 2016

Industrial design student carrying out robot buses -project

Matias Lehmusjärvi ja Ville Arffman valmistelevat bussia tien päälle.

Matias Lehmusjärvi (Industrial Design student, Metropolia) has been implementing the robot buses -project. The busses will start running in southern Helsinki 16th of August, 2016. More information about the project at Metropolia’s website.