The Ready15 exhibition consists of Metropolia design theses from spring 2015. The exhibition is part of the L3 Design Dock event that is held 9.-13.9. The event is open to design professionals on Wednesday and Thursday and to the general public from Friday to Sunday. Free admission for professionals (registration required), other €15/5 (three-day-pass) and €10/5 … Read more
SIVU foldable table lamp by industrial design student Simo Lahtinen opens and closes like a book. Simo designed a minimalist table lamp built for various uses. Read more Designmilk Designboom
Industrial design student Matias Lehmusjärvi had his own design wallpaper S.Pace at Feathr wallpaper collection. Read more
CEO of the Helsinki Design Week, Kari Korkman, had a lecture to design students at 12.3.2015 about interactive internationalization. Lectures about the International Design field was: 5.2. 2015 Sauli Laitinen – International UX-design 12.2.2015 Esa Vesmanen – How to separate oneself at the international operational environment 26.2.2015 Rosa Piironen – Small business export and operations … Read more
Design of Everyday Mobility takes part in the City Planning Fair 2015! The Fair takes place from 13th to 18th of April 2015 in the information and exhibition space Laituri by Narinkka square in Kamppi. We promise some sneak previews of the installation we’ll present later in the Spring in Velo-City conference. This spring the … Read more
Industrial design student Matias Lehmusjärvi had his S.Pace wallpaper in the final winners’ list at Feathr design competition. S.Pace wallpaper will be for sale in the next few weeks in Feathr.com webshop. Read more
Industrial design student Olli Mustikainen is one of the best emerging designers at Dwell’s annual survey of 2015. The Nappi sofa table, exhibited at Milan’s Salone Satellite 2014, is a prime example of the next generation in self-assembly, where quality materials merge with a considerably simplified human effort. “I wanted to create a table which can … Read more
The grayness of Frankfurt was sprinkled with color for a week in January, when Messe Frankfurt gathered under its roof the whole spectrum of interior textile industry from every corner of the globe. Held yearly, Heimtextil is the biggest international textile trade fair with over 2700 exhibitors and 11 halls. Finnish design was represented by … Read more
Lassila & Tikanoja gave a design challenge to students: Design a cozy trash shed. During the innovation project students completed a concept of the trash shed for the future. The shed included clear colour codes, bright lights and disinfectant for cleaning hands. Interior architecture student Mira Hölttä explains that bright colour codes work exellent when you guide … Read more
Industrial design students developed new design concepts in Electria’s Virtuoso Robotic hand competition. Metropolia’s Electria (electronics research and development unit) has developed robotic hand that is excellently suited for the teaching of programming. Miika Lehtinen’s concept Reache won the first prize (600€) and Jaakko Ranne’s Handy concept won the second prize (300€). Concept Androidi, designed … Read more