Students’ lights at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020

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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… Continue reading Students’ lights at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020

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

DIMENSIO – New dimensions of ceramics / Helsinki Design Week 2019

  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!… Continue reading DIMENSIO – New dimensions of ceramics / Helsinki Design Week 2019

Conjuction – An AR art exhibition

  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… Continue reading Conjuction – An AR art exhibition

Campus Arabia – Helsinki Design Week 2019

  Campus Arabia opens up views to the present and future Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’ design and creative studies. The work and working environment of designers are facing continuous transformations. Tools that utilize virtual and extended reality bring along new working habits. The campus area introduces the design unit’s practical work projects and new… Continue reading Campus Arabia – Helsinki Design Week 2019

Success in Protoshop

This year, two Metropolia’s industrial design students have been selected to the Protoshop exhibition at Habitare Fair in September 2019. The chosen works are Jukka Surakka’s table and floor lamps Maiden, and Onni-Vilhelm Ojanen’s ceiling lamp Varjo. Altogether, there will be presented works by ten young designers, chosen from 117 participants.   Protoshop exhibition has… Continue reading Success in Protoshop

At the Milan Salone del Mobile 2019 Fair

A big group of Metropolia Design students travelled to Milan for Salone del Mobile Fair. They saw and experienced much, and came home with a lot of inspiration and fresh ideas from the fair and other design week events. Photos: Anne Vepsä  

Spring Design Forum 2019

  What? Muotoilun kevätfoorumi 2019 or  the Spring Design Forum 2019 in English:  Future of design education & the turning point of creative work Where? At Metropolia UAS Campus of Arts, Hämeentie 135 D, Helsinki When? Thursday April 11th, from 9 am to 11 am   The objectives and practices of design are shifting. What are the consequences of… Continue reading Spring Design Forum 2019