We are an interdisciplinary research group using practices of art, design, and craft as vehicles of inquiry.
Ongoing projects
Sense of Water is a transdisciplinary project conducted by researchers from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), and Aalto University’s Emprica research group. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland.
Soil Laboratory is a concept and practice that brings together artists, designers, craftspeople, researchers, and local human and nonhuman actors to explore the relationship between humans and soil.
MakerStudioPeda focuses on analyzing pedagogical practices for fostering creativity at university-level design education and craft teacher education in the digital age.
Publication highlights
News
Luis Vega will defend the thesis "Thinking with people and pots: A practice-led design study of sociomaterially distributed thought processes" on November 15 at noon.
In the Utsjoki iteration of Soil Laboratory, four artists embarked on an exploration of the dialog between humans and the land in the northernmost part of Finland during 2023–24.
Specialist Anna Kholina will defend the thesis "Experiencing urbanity in the making. Embracing uncertainty in design for social diversity and rich public realm" on Friday 27.9 at noon.