Interwoven - Exploring Materials and Structures is a joyous exploration into woven textile design. It dissects woven structures along with the fibres and yarns used to make them, giving exceptional insight...
The data visualization handbook is a practical guide to creating compelling graphics to explain or explore data. It is primarily aimed for designers, journalists, researchers, analysts, and other professionals...
Citizens are increasingly involved in the design and production of their own products. Forerunner groups are exploring new ways of doing things with digital fabrication tools, a phenomenon known as the...
This thesis as an energy study makes use of domestic energy use information for design practice. The longitudinal study is framed through the interpretation and critique of four prior approaches from design,...
Applied art and design have shaped Finland's culture and economy since the late 19th century. In the process they have become an integral aspect of the identity and international image of this country.
The dissertation proposes to present a textual research approach in the context of architectural research. Three mutually interacting threads could be singled out in this book. One aim is to argue that...
A woman has several diamond rings but her most treasured piece of jewelry is a silver bracelet with five hearts on it. Why? The piece was her mother's, composed of gifts from her father, a heart after...
The transition to visual mobile communication is evident in the screens of mobile phones, which have transformed from small black-and-white displays portraying numbers and letter into big, phone-sized,...
Artistic research is the research of singular events, identified as an individual's creative moments. Such moments are open to others' interpretations but are still unique. The unique is naturally related...
This dissertation consists of three essays on family economics and human capital development. In the first essay, I estimate the effect of screening for gestational diabetes on birth outcomes using a regression...
This dissertation explores the question of how one building can achieve a role as something much more than a building, even ‘larger than life'? The case is the Viipuri Library, designed by Alvar Aalto....
Viipurin vanhakaupunki sai 1800-luvun jälkipuoliskolla kokea kovia. Lukuisten Euroopan linnoituskaupunkien tapaan keskustaa ympäröineet vallit purettiin, ja vuosisatoja vanhat talot väistyivät uudisrakennusten...
The lighting designer is a shadow designer, who treats his/her task like an artist treats the canvas by painting gradations of darkness using light sparingly on illuminated surfaces, thereby using a whispering...
Art education exists on the borderlines of the global and local. The last 100 years of Finnish art education are no exception and belong to the wider international research field. The history and evolving...
Colours are all around us and they affect our daily lives, but what exactly are they and what is their function? A closer look at colours raises many questions: Can colour be measured? How does changing...
Traditional instruments have emerged gradually in the course of human culture. For example, the violin and the piano are based on their predecessors, but no one seems to have designed them intentionally....
Opening up new insights into design theory, the articles in this volume cover a wide range of approaches into semiotics and design communication. Design is conceived as a broad field, not limited exclusively...
Sekret uspeha perehdyttää lukijansa monipuolisesti nyky-Venäjän liikekieleen ja liike-elämän käytänteisiin. Pääpaino on suullisessa kielitaidossa. Kurssi edellyttää vain suppeaa venäjän kielen taitoa....
This book offers an extensive introduction to the current craft paradigm and its challenges from several socio-cultural angles. Rather than answering "what is craft", this book attempts to pull all of...
