News about radical creativity
International LASER Talks series will start January 28, 2021
LASER Talks are an initiative launched by Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Aalto University joined the list of LASER Talks hosts in 2020, and the January event will be the first-ever held in Finland.
A six-meter wide seaweed installation takes over Finnish shopping centre
Julia Lohmann's globally acknowledged seaweed pavilion is on display around the clock at A Bloc in Otaniemi, Finland.
Everyday choices: Nitin Sawhney, how do we cooperate in times of crisis?
Professor of Practice Sawhney examines the role of technology and cooperation in crisis using transdisciplinary human-centered design practices.
Learning to unlearn: What could radically creative education be?
Juuso Tervo is urging us not only to learn new things, but also to unlearn the already learned.
A virtue of the Nordic system
Henri Weijo focuses on what creativity is and how it can benefit both individuals and society as a whole.
Designing smart digital worlds
We benefit from online learning approaches that bravely cut across all schools at Aalto University, says Tomi Kauppinen.
Fuel for entrepreneurship
Professor of Practice Lauri Järvilehto says that radical creativity is an important part of entrepreneurship.
Shaking up the status quo
Leading creativity can be paradoxical because it often includes destruction, uncertainty, and conflicts, says professor of practice Niina Nurmi.
Radical creativity – it’s a gamble
The first Finnish satellite was a creative and very risky project.
Contributing to a better future with creativity
Radical creativity is my elixir, it motivates and revitalises my interest in research and the world at large, says assistant professor Elisa Mekler.
Radical creativity empowers new thinking
Aalto aims to take an internationally leading position concerning radical creativity and its leadership.
From not knowing to new knowledge via imagining
Julia Lohmann considers design a bridge-building discipline that enables collaboration and communication across disciplines.
Mixing people
Mixing people with different backgrounds is a nutrient for creativity, says professor Tapani Vuorinen.
Knowledge is power – visualized knowledge is superpower
Aalto University’s 7th Visualizing knowledge -seminar showed numerous thought-provoking examples on how open data can be used as a means to solve difficult problems in the society.
UWAS Experiments, spring 2018 (Dipoli, Otaniemi)
The exhibition presents works from three University-Wide Art Studies (UWAS) courses together with research material produced by the members of the UWAS working group.
