When: 28 May 2019, 10am–3pm Location: Hämeentie 135 D Extending Design Realities explores the use of rapidly evolving extended reality technology (XR; augmented, virtual and mixed reality) in participatory urban planning to create better participation and enhance urban resilience. Lue tapahtuman suomenkielinen esittely Have you ever felt lost in the city? Is it sometimes … Read more
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 … Read more
The very first group of XR students in Metropolia got an assignment to write about the possibilities of XR tools in industrial design processes. As key points the students mentioned the intuitive design process, as well as examining and designing items in the natural scale. The XR tools start “a new chapter in the way … Read more
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 … Read more
On Friday 23 March Barbara Pollini gave a lecture and workshop at the Degree Programme in Design. In the workshop students worked with different DIY bioplastic recipes. Barbara Pollini is an ecodesigner and a professor at NABA Design University in Milan. She teaches “Materials and New Technologies for Project Innovation” and is also a co-founder of … Read more
Professor Takaaki Oe from Metropolia’s partner institution Kyoto University of Art and Design held a Japanese workshop for the design students from the 7th to the 9th of March. He brought with him 15 Japanese students who also took part in the workshop. In addition to the Japanese students, 25 Metropolia students attended the … Read more
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and AET Corporation announced the new electric car Angelica in 29.9.2017 at Arabia campus. Industrial design alumni Juha Tuomola and Toni Grönmark participated in designteam. The result of the co-operation between Metropolia and chinese AET, the new electric supercar Angelica as well as the electric vehicle technology R&D center Eurosina … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more