2018 Final Show – in videos, slides and pictures!
The 2018 Final Show of Design for Government showcases new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! 3 highly-committed and talented student teams present their research and proposals addressing a challenging project brief from within the Finnish government – this year, students have addressed a policy challenge from the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture and Metsähallitus. The project brief, titled “Future of Finland’s Hiking Areas: New uses, users and identities”, explores and proposes futures for the hiking areas, a type of national land use with unique potential for economic, environmental and social sustainability.
FUTURE OF FINLAND’S HIKING AREAS
–NEW USES, USERS AND IDENTITIES
DfG’18 Final Show
09:00 – 12:00, Tuesday 22 May 2018
Säätytalo, Finland’s “House of the Estates”, Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Room/Sali 15
Below is documentation of the 2 DfG’18 projects – including videos of the presentations, presentation slides, each team’s final report, as well as pictures of the Final Show.
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Welcome and introduction to Design for Government from Professor Ramia Mazé and the 2018 teaching team including Taneli Heinonen, Hella Hernberg, Seungho Lee, Tania Roderiguez-Kaarto and TA Petra Leino![]() |
“Eventful Forest”, project by Aleksandra Anikina, Juliane Fuchs, Hsiao-Pei Liao, Gautam Vishwanath, Larissa Weiner and Joel Wolff |
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“Exploration Areas”, project by Ming Unn Andersen, Abigail Garbett, Mengxiao Li, Riina Ruus-Prato and Andreas Sode |
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“ELEVATE: Re-organizing the Hiking Area process for civil servants” project by Andrea Gilly, Katariina Kantola, Hye Jin “Jinny” Kim and Ada Peiretti |
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![]() Link to video (48 min) Panel on ‘Creative Capabilities’ with Mariana Salgado (InLand/Migri), Juha Kronqvist (Hellon), Anni Leppänen (D9/State Treasury) and Minh-Nguyet Le (University of Potsdam), sitting from left to right. |
FINAL SHOW IN PICTURES
Commissioners from the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture and Metsähallitus (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability at Aalto University
Commissioners from the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture and Metsähallitus (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability at Aalto University
Students and the audience (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability at Aalto University
Panel including Mariana Salgado (InLand/Migri), Juha Kronqvist (Hellon), Anni Leppänen (D9/State Treasury), Minh-Nguyet Le (University of Potsdam, Germany) (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability at Aalto University
Teachers introducing Design for Government including (left to right) Taneli Heinonen, Ramia Mazé, Hella Hernberg, Seungho Lee, Tania Rodriguez-Kaarto (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability at Aalto University
DfG class of 2018, hurra! (JPG), photo © Creative Sustainability
Warm thank you to our A/V team, Alisa Javits (video) and Heidi Konttinen (video support and photography).
The Final Show is also part of 2018 Aalto Festival. Complete program and more info and images at aaltofestival.fi and #aaltofestival
More:
Complete Flickr photo-album, photo credit © Creative Sustainability
Check out the show’s twitter stream #dfg2018 with images and thoughts from the audience that included governmental and design stakeholders as well as a wide range of perspectives from the public!
Design for Government course is a 10ECTS advanced studio course within Creative Sustainability (CS), a joint master’s degree programme at Aalto University. Questions? Contact Ramia Mazé (Professor, course leader for DfG) at ramia.maze@aalto.fi.