Aalto Design Factory An experimental learning platform to foster! university-industry collaboration.!

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1 Aalto Design Factory An experimental learning platform to foster! university-industry collaboration.! Tiina Tuulos

2 Topics for today Development of the Aalto Design Factory concept Changing the learning culture of Aalto University Passion-based learning Educating the worlds best product designers Product Development Project Sharing the passion for doing Design Factory Global Network

3 University reform in Finland International evaluations : In spite of excellent university-industry collaboration and links, Finnish research and innovation system is loosing ground Parliament passed the new Universities Bill in June 2009, enforced Jan The new Universities Act will extend the autonomy of universities in order to strengthen their role within the system of innovation

4 Aalto University A merger of three universities Ø 1849 Helsinki University of Technology Ø 1871 University of Art and Design Helsinki Ø 1898 Helsinki School of Economics Endowment: Campaign 200M Governemnt 500M Inauguration Direct Government funding: PLUS M pa 4

5 ARTS ELEC, CHEM, SCI, ENG BIZ

6 Picture: Laurentinus de Volotina

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8 Projects/ exbition area Coffee & food Area for researchers Prototyping/ team working Private working Disenganging Design Factory

9 Developing the best designers Science, universities, exercises <> Practise, real projects Problem & Project Based Learning philosophy Testing of skills and personal limits Design & manufacturability are learned by doing Taking risks & making of mistakes Interdisciplinary cooperation (departments, universities, people) Project management 9

10 EDUCATION RESEARCH DF INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

11 Courses Seminars Experiments Study projects Research projects Breakfasts Events

12 Help Research Community Catalyst Space Learning Impact Global 12

13 Change is the goal PBL, Theory and Practice, Easy access, Interdisciplinary, Interaction, Flexibility, Open innovatio, Passion

14 Aalto Design Factory Spaces Environment that supports new ways of teaching and learning!

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19 INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

20 Companies should get more involved with university courses - Reuters "Employers, education providers, and youth live in parallel universes," the McKinsey report found. "They have fundamentally different understandings of the same situation." Study

21 Projects 2149 Students 17 Universities 93 Company partners

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24 The students provide a totally different perspective to the project, not only because they come from the outside and aren t tied up with the company s everyday life, but also because the teams are interdisciplinary. - Ari Hänninen, Innovation Manager at KONE corporation

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26 I have become aware of job opportunities, alternative methods of doing things, and that attitude is everything. - Student at Aalto Design Factory

27 BUZZ WAY sponsored by NOKIA

28 BEYOND BASIL sponsored by Biolan

29 Design Factory Global Network

30 Sharing the passion for doing - meet DF Global Network Network of innovation platforms that drive change in their own institutions for a better learning culture, whether it is in a university or a research center.

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32 Shared ways of working

33 Collaborative projects Shared ways of working and the supporting culture enable the collaboration in the network

34 Nord Design Being part of the network establishes familiarity and trust even between collaborators who do not know each other Agility is created by low hierarchies and fast decision-making

35 CBI DFGN simplifies the process of finding good partners for new global projects such as CBI

36 Rovio in China DFs around the world provide familiar working environments and soft landing in new cultures Shared ways of working lower the barrier to collaboration across national borders

37 International DF Week Annual meeting of the DFGN family to plan collaborative projects

38 DF Bootcamp Supporting the development of new DFs

39 Tiina Aalto Design Factory Design Factory Global Network dfgn.org fb.com/globaldfnetwork