Design Factory 10 years!
Welcome to Aalto Design Factory’s 10-year anniversary celebration festivities!
Aalto Design Factory was opened in September 2008 and the opening ceremony was held October 3, 2008. To celebrate this there weill be a 2-day celebration at Aalto Design Factory.
Design Factory is an interdisciplinary product design and learning hub uniting students, teachers, researchers, and industry. We aim to build a new kind of passion-based learning culture for Aalto University. After 10 years working for 24/7 it’s time to honor the achievements of our students, entrepreneurs and researchers – and party with you!
The anniversary festivities include program to every taste: seminars, workshops, hands-on prototyping, community breakfasts & lunches, ADF Talks and a great party!
Handful of the activities have a risk of filling up. For these activities you will have an opportunity to sign up to ensure you will have a spot.
See the program on page https://designfactory.aalto.fi/10years/
There will be e.g.
Future of Technology Education event with the newly appointed professors of technology education Kaiju Kangas (University of Helsinki) and Maria Clavert (Aalto University) as keynote speakers.
Product Development in 4 hours (PD4)
Design Thinking Crash Course – will go through the origin, basics and applications of design thinking using an interactive workshop approach.
Peer to Peer Teaching – a series of 30-minute rapid hands on lessons by your peers!
Design Factory – The Next 10 Years – a hands-on, structured workshop that focuses on identifying user needs and different scenarios developing “the next big thing”.
Learn Prototyping – Ever wanted to try out welding, soldering or laser-cutting? Now you have an opportunity to learn all these and much more with the gurus from MachineShop, ElectroShop, and PrintShop.
ME310 Paper Bike Race – A testament to how good the students were at experimenting and iterating in a situation no-one could have been prepared for.
Desiging an Electric Device for Business and Production – The students are presenting their plans for the electric device they will be building by the end of the course.
Design [Thinking] Research Across Disciplines – This session aims to identify synergies across the university, bringing together different academics working with design thinking and design in organizations.
And much more!
Do not miss out on this spectacular occasion!
Hope to see you there!