Welcome to the Demoday event 11.5.2023 – the 2023 program is published!

Demoday 2023 is an event for the Design, Conservation, Film and Television, Live Performance Engineering and Clothing degree programs of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, which will be held at the Arabia Campus on Thursday, May 11, 2023. At the event, students present their projects, such as animations, games and short films, graphic and… Continue reading Welcome to the Demoday event 11.5.2023 – the 2023 program is published!

Metropolia at Habitare 2019

Chairs by Sini Mäkinen. Habitare Block 2019.

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… Continue reading Metropolia at Habitare 2019

Extra summer tip: ORNO – Light and shape exhibition

ORNO – Light and shape -lighting exhibition at Art and Museum Centre Sinkka in Kerava presents Orno’s famous design lighting as well as lighting prototypes by young designers from Aalto University. Two alumnis of Metropolia, Saara Ollila and Simo Lahtinen, have their lighting prototypes at the exhibition. The balance between classic, well-known lamps and new, more… Continue reading Extra summer tip: ORNO – Light and shape exhibition

Opening of the Urban Life Exhibition

  The works from the innovation project course of Metropolia’s third-year industrial design and interior architecture students are presented at the Urban Life exhibition at Iittala & Arabia Design centre. The exhibition shows eight groups’ projects, where students discuss urban life and environment from different points of views through service design.   The innovation project… Continue reading Opening of the Urban Life Exhibition

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

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

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

Metropolia Home at Habitare

Metropolian osasto Habitarella

The fair stand by Metropolia designers is presented in Habitare-fair, The Block-area (6B89). Wellcome to see the products of the design students and alumni! More Information: firstname.lastname@metropolia.fi Alumni: info@simolahtinen.com liliansokolova@hotmail.com emmi.pesari@hotmail.com

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