Helsinki Design Award goes to Aalto University´s Cooler Planet

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Helsinki Design Award goes to Aalto University´s Cooler Planet

The Helsinki Design Award has been granted to the Aalto University's Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition as a meeting place that shapes a better planet for the cities, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Thursday.

Helsinki Design Week and the City of Helsinki granted the award marking the 20th anniversary of Helsinki Design Week to recognize a bold program concept that has emerged from within the metropolitan design community.

The exhibition brings people and ideas together, continuously creating engaging content, renewing our understanding of design, and reaching new audiences.

Aalto University’s annual Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition is organized as part of the European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative and Helsinki Design Week.

Launched in 2019, the concept highlights experimental solutions by Aalto University’s students and researchers to global challenges such as new materials, construction, health, and the circular economy.

“The scope and multifaceted nature of the Designs for a Cooler Planet concept is truly unique. The exhibition team brings together researchers, teachers, designers, manufacturers, producers, and curators, all united by a focus on a better future for our planet,” said Kari Korkman, founder of Helsinki Design Week.

“Designs for a Cooler Planet is a brilliant example of Helsinki’s design scene: creative, interdisciplinary, and strongly oriented towards a sustainable future. Helsinki Design Week has offered the concept an excellent platform for dialogue with different audiences,” said Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer of the City of Helsinki.

The Mayor of Helsinki, Daniel Sazonov, presented the award to Designs for a Cooler Planet at the Helsinki Design Week opening ceremony on Thursday.

Every year, Helsinki Design Week and the City of Helsinki recognize design professionals who make Helsinki a great place to live, study, and work.

  •  Helsinki
  •  Design Award
  •  Aalto University

Source: www.dailyfinland.fi

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