Tatu Marttila | Design Researcher | MA in Industrial Design | Tel. +358 50 537 8303 | firstname.lastname@taik.fi
I’ve been working in Design Connections Doctoral School as a design researcher and a post-graduate student from the beginning of 2010. My professional background is in Industrial and Strategic Design (MA degree in 2007 from University of Art and Design, TaiK). My studies included minor studies in new media, at Media Lab Helsinki, and I’ve also been active in web design and audiovisual production.
Topic of my research is to improve understanding the process and the outcomes of multi-professional, interdisciplinary design collaboration in the context of sustainability. I’m looking into the tools and language related to the issues of sustainability and “design for sustainability” -process, in several professional areas. The focus is on the different fields of expertise that exists in the Aalto University framework, such as business, engineering and architecture.
The aim of the research is to gather information on how designer’s work as a facilitator of sustainable solutions could benefit from deeper understanding regarding the stakeholders’ and collaborators’ different approaches towards sustainability, and the tools and frameworks to measure it.
More information:
* My web portfolio (online)
* My Curriculum Vitae (Updated 19.3.2011 / PDF-file)
* My research and publications in School of Art and Design’s research database (Reseda)
Some publications:
Marttila, T. 2011. “Unpleasurable Products and Interfaces – Provocative design communication for sustainable society”. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interface (DPPI 11). Milano, IT: Politecnico de Milan.
Marttila, T. 2011. “Designing Anti-Activism: Apocalypse Faster!”. In Proceedings of the Nordes’11: The 4TH Nordic Design Research Conference MAKING DESIGN MATTER! Helsinki, FI: School of Art and Design, Aalto University. (Download PDF)
Marttila, T. and C. Kohtala, 2010. “Towards Transdisciplinarity: Understanding Current Multidisciplinarity in Designing Sustainable Urban Solutions”. In Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India 29th September to 1st October 2010 (Volume I). (Download PDF)