Seminar programme 10.6.2025

Welcome to follow the live program on Tuesday 10.6.2025, at the Main building of the University of Jyväskylä. This English-language hybrid event will be streamed to a global audience. Registered participants will have access to recordings until the end of September 2025.

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Main building of the University of Jyväskylä (address: Seminaarinmäki 15)

11:15  – 11:30 Opening words
Jukka Savolainen, Director of Alvar Aalto Museum
Pauline von Bonsdorff, Professor, University of Jyväskylä
moderator Nina Heikkonen, Programme Manager, Alvar Aalto Academy

1. Theme: AUTHENTICITY
11:30 – 12:00 “New design approaches”
Ineke Hans, Designer and Professor (UdK-Berlin) from the Netherlands

12:00 – 12:30 “The Power of Being Real: Authenticity in Interior Design”
Hanna Neuvo, CEO of Fyra Design Agency, Helsinki, Finland

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

2. Theme: COHABITATION
14:00 – 14:30 “Rethinking Planetary Living Arrangements”
Ann Light, Professor of Design of the University of Sussex, UK, and Malmö University, Sweden

14:30 – 15:00 “Designing the cohabitation of technology and its users: Case Nokia Design Archive”
Kaisu Savola, Design historian and curator, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

3. Theme: EVOLUTION
15:30 – 16:00 “Reality check”
Harri Koskinen, Industrial designer, Friends of Industry Ltd, Helsinki, Finland

16:00 – 16:30 “The Visionary Role of Design: From Aalto’s Modernityto Regenerative Futures”
Zeynep Falay von Flittner, Designer, consultant, Helsinki, Finland

16:30 – 17:00 “Design as the world needs”
Angelos Arnis and Milja Havusela, Designers, Ornamo Sustainable Design Group, Helsinki, Finland

Aalto2 Museum Centre (address: Alvar Aallon katu 7)

17:00 – 18:00 Artek-lecture, Timo Penttilä and Antti Tevajärvi, Artek 2nd Cycle

18:00–18:30 Guided tour to Visibly Invisible – Artek Drawing Office 1936–2004 exhibition, Mari Murtoniemi, Chief curator, Alvar Aalto Museum

19:00 – 21:00 Get-together

Side program

GUIDED TOUR: SÄYNÄTSALO TOWN HALL

Säynätsalo Town Hall by bus.

Date: 10.6.2025
Time: 9:00–11:00
Address: Starting and ending point: Aalto2 Museum Centre, Alvar Aallon katu 7, Jyväskylä
Price: 60 EUR (incl. guided tour and bus transport)

GUIDED TOUR: AALTO CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ

Walking excursion to the main campus of the University of Jyväskylä.

Date: 10.6.2025
Time: 9:00–10:30
Address: Starting and ending point: Aalto2 Museum Centre, Alvar Aallon katu 7, Jyväskylä
Price: free (incl. guided tour. Note: available only for seminar ticket holders)

ARCHITECTURE EXCURSION AALTO WEST

Excursion by bus: Jyväskylä – Villa Mairea, Noormarkku – Paimio Sanatorium – Helsinki

Date: 11.6.2025
Time: 8:30 – 22:00
Address: Starting point: Aalto2 Museum Centre, Alvar Aallon katu 7, Jyväskylä. Ending point: Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki
Price: 380€ (incl. guided tour, bus transport, lunch and dinner)