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The green metropolis

Karthikeya Acharya — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:41:02 +0000

This article as a critique comes across as timely, when criticism is being heaped on ‘urban’ living. At this juncture when most of our amenities are dependent on fossil fuel based energy systems, it is but pertinent that our values get questioned, which are in turn dependent on systems which provide them.

http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=13368

Petra Ahde and Jaakko Aspara in the U.S

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:03:29 +0000

Doctoral school students Petra Ahde and Jaakko Aspara continue their research in the U.S. during the fall of 2008. Petra is situated in IIT Chicago and Jaakko in New York.

Petra Ahde has taken part in two conferences. First in Bloomington, Indiana University, Participatory Design Conference 1-4 Oct 2008. Petra presented a poster at this conference.

An artickle written by and relating to the dissertation of Petra Ahde ”Power Jewellery: Mediating Powers through Jewellery” was published in the Design & Emotion conference publication in Hong Kong 6-9 Oct 2008. Petra travelled to the conference to present her paper.

Salu Ylirisku to Palo Alto

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:06 +0000

Design Connections status student Salu Ylirisku joined the PARC research groups in Palo Alto California for four months during spring 2008. This visit is part of his doctoral studies. He will be back in Helsinki in May 2008.

Kirsikka Vaajakallio to Center for Designforskning

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:56:17 +0000

Doctoral school student Kirsikka Vaajakallio will be continuing her research at Center for Designforskning at Danmarks Designskole in Copenhagen during the autumn 2007. She will work closely with Thomas Binder and Eva Brandt there.