The last breakfast of the spring will be organized on June 10th, 2010. The superpopular breakfasts will be on holiday for the summer and continue in the fall.
Breakfast at DFfany’s – have a hearty start to your day!
- Come to Aalto Design Factory in Otaniemi and enjoy a €2 breakfast of porridge, oven-fresh buns, coffee and – above all – the inspiring company.
- Every Tuesday and Thursday morning 8-10 the table is set for serendipity, lucky coincidences!
- Please register beforehand at www.otaniemi.fi/oin
Organizer:
Otaniemi Marketing
Melissa
+358 50 543 4788
Aalto Design Factory is looking for Aalto teachers to participate in a new teaching development program Opekumppani. The program offers teachers pedagogical and practical support in order to encourage continuous development of teaching practices. Opekumppani offers teachers
- the pedagogical knowledge base of a Master of Education,
- additional work force and support in planning, executing and evaluating a teaching and learning session,
- Design Factory tools and spaces for one day and
- information of Design Factory as passion-based experimental platform of co-creation and new teaching philosophy.
Opekumppani includes three meetings and a teaching session that fits into teachers’ regular teaching program. Interested teachers are welcome to participate by contacting Maria Clavert via email (maria.clavert@tkk.fi) or phone (0505665683).
IN FINNISH:
Aalto-yliopiston Design Factory etsii Aallon korkeakoulujen opettajia osallistumaan uuteen Opekumppani-hankkeeseen. Opekumppani on Design Factoryn tarjoama pedagoginen käytännön tuki opettajan ehdoilla tapahtuvaan oman opetuksen kehittämiskokeiluun, jonka tavoitteena on rohkaista opettajia jatkuvaan opetuksen kehittämiseen. DF-Opekumppani tarjoaa opettajalle kasvatustieteen maisterin pedagogisen osaamisen, työpanoksen ja tuen opetustilanteen suunnittelussa, toteutuksessa ja jälkipuinnissa, Design Factoryn opetustilat ja –välineet käyttöön yhdeksi päiväksi sekä tietoa Design Factorystä opetusympäristönä. Hanke sisältää yhteensä kolme vapaasti sovittavaa tapaamiskertaa sekä yhden, omaan opetukseen integroitavan opetustilanteen Design Factoryllä. Kiinnostuneita opettajia pyydetään ottamaan yhteyttä sähköpostilla maria.clavert@tkk.fi tai puhelimitse 050-5665683.
More information:
Dear all,
the academic year 2009-2010 is approaching its end. As a consequence, it is time to wrap up Aalto Design Factory’s activities in the form of an annual report. This year, we are planning to do also a digital video version of our story for the past year in addition to the printed brochure, so we need lots and lots of juicy material.
If you have any fascinating stories, photos, projects, initiatives, experiences or other materials relating to Design Factory you want to share with the world, now is the time to step up! Your comments, thoughts and development ideas relating to the report are also warmly welcomed.
Contributions from the users, habitants and visitors of Design Factory will be rewarded with added visibility for your company or project. The printed version of the report will be distributed to various stakeholders throughout next year. The video report will be open for the entire world.
We encourage you to raise your voice and share the amazing stuff you’ve been up to this year!
- Please contact Annaleena Kuronen (firstname.lastname@tkk.fi) or Päivi Oinonen (firstname.lastname@student.hse.fi) for more information.
- Feel free to comment below for any spontaneous ideas.
- You may also post your suggestions to our Facebook page.
We will be contacting relevant DF habitants during the beginning of June, but proactivity will be appreciated! Looking forward to hearing from you,
Anski & Päivi
SoMeTime 2010 is an unprecedented collaboratively and transparently produced event to be held at Aalto Design Factory on May 22nd. It will gather the most active Finnish social media users and influencers together. The idea is to network and generate ideas how social media could be used.
For businesses and communities SomeTime 2010 offers a chance to reach the Finnish social media influencers. Theme of the first time held SoMeTime event is “Mobile social media”.
It all began from an idea. The idea grew bigger and bigger. And all of this was done online. People started to organize the event with the help of Facebook, Twitter, Wiki and Google Docs. Meeting face-to-face was challenging, because organizers had their own companies and jobs. Social media made it happen.
More info about the upcoming event:
The street campaign of the social initative, Soita mummolle <3, was successfully kicked off yesterday on May 19th in sunny Helsinki.
“Thanks to the great weather and the cheerful spirit of the participants who showed up to the flash-mob the Action was the best kickstart one could wish”, says Stefania Passera, an agitator behind the initiative.
One team in Kamppi and one team in Esplanadi, the group collected many support pictures and caused surprise, smiles and interest in many passers-by. You can check already almost all the pictures in lower resolution from Facebook, while on Flickr you can find so far most of the hi-res pictures from Esplanadi.
Soita Mummolle is a campaign aiming to sensitize people about the issue of seniors’ loneliness. Its “communication weapons” are street campaigns, flash-mobs, guerrilla marketing and PR. For everybody who is interested to join the campaign in the next round, the calendar of the next Street Actions is this:
2.6.
16.6.
30.6.
21.7.
28.7.
4.8.
More info:
Vuoden ilmastoteko design competition is now open for all Aalto University students. See more information below (unfortunately in Finnish only!).
Energiateollisuus ry on käynnistänyt Aalto-yliopiston opiskelijoille Vuoden ilmastoteko -kiertopalkinnon suunnittelukilpailun. Kilpailijoiden tehtävänä on suunnitella kiertopalkinto, joka kuvastaa vähäpäästöistä tulevaisuutta 2050.
Suunnittelukilpailu on kaksivaiheinen. Voittajatyön suunnittelija palkitaan 2 000 euron stipendillä. Lisäksi kaikki muut toisen kierroksen kilpailutyöt saavat 200 euron kannustuspalkinnon.
Ohjeistus ja aikataulu
- Kilpailutyön tulee olla kooltaan noin 30cm x 30cm.
- Ensimmäisessä vaiheessa kilpailijat toimittavat alustavat kuvaukset/hahmotelmat kiertopalkinnosta1.6.2010 mennessä.
- Toiselle kierrokselle ja jatkotyöstämistä varten valitaan 2-6 parasta työtä, joiden lopullisten suunnitelmien (3d-mallinnus materiaalisuunnitelmineen sekä kustannusarvioineen) tulee olla valmiina 1.8.2010 mennessä.
- Voittajatyö valitaan 20.8.2010.
- Voittaja huolehtii palkinnon fyysisestä toteuttamisesta 1.10.2010 mennessä, ja on mukana luovuttamassa suunnittelemaansa palkintoa Vuoden ilmastoteko –kilpailun voittajalle 18.11.2010 Helsingissä.
- Energiateollisuus kattaa palkinnon materiaaleista ja toteuttamisesta mahdollisesti aiheutuvat kulut.
Kilpailun voittotyön valinnassa tullaan kiinnittämään huomiota ehdotusten ilmastomyönteisyyteen, innovatiivisuuteen ja materiaalien oivaltavaan käyttöön.
Lisätietoja Vuoden ilmastoteko -ohjelmasta osoitteessa www.vuodenilmastoteko.fi.
Tiedustelut ja kilpailutöiden vastaanotto:
Asiantuntija Ina Lehto
Energiateollisuus ry
PL 100, Helsinki
puh +35840 570 5589
ina.lehto [ät] energia.fi
Dear friend,
We have the pleasure to invite you to celebrate the Opening Day of Aalto-Tongji Design Factory with us. The Opening Day will be Tuesday 25th May, starting at 11:00.
The official invitation and map how to get there is attached. There will be guidance from the Zhangwu Road 100 Gate to the ATDF.
ATDF is a permanent, creative environment bringing together universities, business and society to create new ways of learning, research and innovative collaboration.
ATDF is the first phase in the process of building the Sino-Finnish Center at Tongji University in cooperation with Aalto and Tongji Universities.
ATDF is located at Zhangwu Road 100, Yangpu District, Shanghai
Programme for the Opening Day:
11 – 13 Open Doors
14 – 15 Official Opening and Signing Ceremony (R.S.V.P needed)
15 – 18 Open Doors
18 – 19 Workshop presentations
During the morning and afternoon Open Doors, ATDF is open for public to come and experience the place first hand, according to your own schedule. During the afternoon Open Doors you can also observe ongoing workshop according to the ATDF principles of doing and having fun. The workshop presentations are also open for public.
The Official Opening and Signing Ceremony will be during 14:00-15:00, in which the agreement between the two universities will be signed of establishing the Sino-Finnish Centre. For the Official Opening & Signing Ceremony, R.S.V.P is needed:
R.S.V.P by May 21st to viljami.lyytikainen@tkk.fi
President Pei Gang of Tongji University and President Tuula Teeri of Aalto University will honor the Opening Ceremony with their presence.
Welcome!
www.shanghai.aalto.fi
Best regards
Aalto Tongji Design Factory
Address: 100 Zhangwu Road, Yangpu, Shanghai
+86 15021 888672
Greetings from Shanghai! Aalto Tongji Design Factory is currently being built at top speed. Our Finnish team is working full-time on the construction site in collaboration with their Chinese partners to make the place rise and shine. As you can see from the photos, the Factory is starting to take shape:
Important visitors & lots of love
Last Friday, Aalto Tongji Design Factory had the pleasure of getting some well known visitors from Finland. A top delegation from the Helsinki region, including Jussi Pajunen, Marketta Kokkonen and Juhani Paananen, the city mayors of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, visited the Factory. Naturally, they could not escape the premises without the affectionate hugs from our Aalto Tongji DF team…
Finnish delegation visiting Aalto Tongji Design Factory
The grand opening celebration of Aalto Tongji Design Factory will be organized on 25th May, 2010. More information will follow in the near future!
- Aalto Tongji Design Factory is a joint project between Aalto University & Tongji University (Shanghai). According to a Memorandum of Understanding, signed on January 9th 2010 by President Tuula Teeri of Aalto University and Vice President Jiang Wu of Tongji University, Aalto Tongji Design Factory will be established to Tongji University Campus during spring 2010.
- Aalto Tongji Design Factory will be a platform enabling and inspiring interdisciplinary co-creation, interaction and learning between students, teachers, researchers and industry of the two universities and respective nations involved.
Even though the best way to experience Design Factory is to actually visit the place, panoramic images are a good second option. Check out these fancy photos taken on 23rd April 2010 at Product Design Gala:
Make sure to turn on the telly tonight! Aalto Design Factory will be featured on the interior decoration programme T.i.l.a. on MTV3 tonight at 20:00-20:30. A link will be posted on this page after the show for a web-based view.
