We are two textile design students at Metropolia University of applied Sciences. We are doing an “international project”-course independently, which entails us designing and manufacturing a piece of furniture for the Heimtextil -fair in Frankfurt, Germany (12.-15.01.2016). Heimtextil is the biggest international textile fair. People have been gathering there for more than 40 years. The … Read more
Campus development cooperation at the Central Baltic region began November 10 – 11 in Helsinki when kick-off meeting of the project Live Baltic Campus took place. The project is coordinated by the Degree Programme in Design at Metropolia and project’s partners are Universities of Latvia, Stockholm, Tartu, Turku and Uppsala – which all have interesting … Read more
Design students of Metropolia are suggesting that old storehouse ruins in Töölönlahti, Helsinki center would be altered to a bicycle center. Students´ idea was born in co-operation with Helsinki city in a project where student get to know urban planning. The old sturehouse that was build in 1889 and used to belong to Finnish State Railways was destroyed mostly by fire … Read more
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) and Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences have arranged a joint exhibition called Dialogue in Budapest. The exhibition is held from 26 September to 4 October 2015 in MONO art & design- gallery. The exhibition presents knitwear designs of textile design students from the two universities as … Read more
Interior Architecture thesiswork, Heidi Taskinen RUOTI – New serie of houseplant products My thesis is a prototype of a plant light that is meant to enable diverse use of plants in decoration. It allows plants to be set in to spaces that natural light does not reach.
Industrial Design thesiswork, Aaro Kurkela DICE – Designing a Slot Machine for Electronic Payment Methods Only The subject of my thesis is Designing a Slot Machine for Electronic Payment Methods Only. How does the design of a slot machine change when cash is removed from the payment methods?
Textile Design thesiswork, Tiina Taivainen Narrative Pattern – Designing a Narrative Textile Design Collection for Vanja Sea In my thesis I researched the role of the meanings and stories that children give to print design. As an output I designed for Vanja Sea brand a collection of three prints for kids that can be digitally … Read more
Industrial Design thesiswork, Roope Hänninen. Mobile game user interface design and execution In my thesis I designed an interface for a mobile game. The mobile game is my and my friend Juha Halonens´ environmentally critical co-operation project.
Textile Design thesiswork, Ilona Puumalainen Wild Hunt – Designing a print collec¬tion for digital textile printing based on sketching techniques My thesis is a collection of four prints that are inspired by a Wild Hunt myth. The Myth has influenced as well prints and chosen materials.
Iiris Rouskun sisustusarkkitehtuurin opinnäytetyö: Lighting design for Riviera Food Court Suunnittelin opinnäytetyönäni valaistuskonseptin moskovalaisen ostoskeskuksen ravintolamaailmaan. Konsepti perustuu tilan typologioihin joiden pohjalta tein valaistuksen eri tasoissa mahdollistaen monipuolisen tunnelmien luomisen tilaan.