Design Factory, opened in October 2008, is one of the projects of Aalto University. Design Factory is the symbiosis of the state-of-the-art conceptual thinking and cross-disciplinary hands-on doing. It leads a way towards a paradigm shift in education and business by providing a constantly developing collaboration environment for students, researchers and business practitioners.

• Design Factory brochure (pdf)
• Design Factory’s Annual Report 2008-2009 (pdf)

In brief

• The space is an experimental platform for education, research and application for interdisciplinary product design.
• Design Factory project develops and maintains the 3000 m2 house and offers its services for Aalto University courses, research projects and industry partners.
• The Factory premises are designed for interaction, lectures, seminars, workshops, team work and all kind of hands-on activities: prototyping, experiments, user tests etc.
• The users can flexibly have access to the spaces also besides the office hours (24/7).
• The rooms can be easily modified and rearranged for various set-ups for different purposes of use.