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  • Welcome!

    Welcome to the  Design Impact II course. 

    The teachers of the course are Graphic Designer and Lecturer Päivi Helander &  Industrial Designer, Professor of Practice Irina Viippola. 

    We will meet on Mondays (mornings) and Wednesdays (full days) in different classrooms. After Vappu on Friday 3rd we will have a field trip to Tapiola and Emma Museum.

    The calendar will help you to find the right room. Please, notice that there can be some changes in the rooms, too. These will be announce during the classes.

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    • WEEK 1

      Monday 22.4. 9.15-12: Course Introduction
      Kandidaattikeskus M134

      Introduction to the topic and working process. 

      The group will be divided into three working groups, with several teams: 

      1. WP1: Magazines / Zines (Päivi) 
      2. WP2: Exhibition Design (Irina & Päivi)
      3. WP3: Workshop Facilitation (Irina)

      Everyone will learn from all the three themes and contribute to them, but for each theme there will be a a core working group responsible of three deliverables of the course.

      Wednesday 24.4. 9.30-17
      Publication Design 1 with Päivi 
      Kandidaattikeskus A046

      About designing publications, storytelling & introduction to InDesign

    • WEEK 2

      Monday 29.4. 9.15-12 Irina

      Väre L208
      Writing an essay. Quest lecturer Zoë Robertson.

      Wednesday 1.5. VAPPU, no class

      Friday 3.5. 12-17 Field Trip to Tapiola and Emma Museum

      Practical information follows.



    • WEEK 3

      Monday 6.5.
      Environmental value of design with Päivi.
      Kandidaattikeskus M240

      Guest lecturer: Zeynep Falay von Flittner: "Practice-based examples environmental activism and design”.


      Wednesday 8.5.  
      Creating a publication with Päivi

      Väre L208

      Basics of editorial design: Grids, fonts, illustrative elements

      Deadline of the first essay draft (MAX 1000 words!)

      Deadline of visual moodboard of the editorial.


    • WEEK 4

      Monday 13.5. 9.15-12
      Cultural & social value of design with Irina
      Kandidaattikeskus M134

      Guest Lecturer Mariana Salgado: "From participation to policy. How design helps citizens shape migration?"

      Wednesday 15.5. Publication Design  with Päivi
      Structuring a publication – look & feel, scale and hierarchy

      Essay final layout due.

    • WEEK 5

      Monday 20.5. 9.15-12 Economic value of design with Irina 

      Introduction to exhibition design 

      Economic value of design, Guest lecturer: Antti Ainamo


      Wednesday 22.5.  Publication Design 5 with Päivi
      Preprint, layouting, testprint, structure


    • WEEK 6


      Monday 27.5. 9  Introduction to exhibition design, Planning an event with Irina/Päivi

      Wednesday 29.5. 

      9:15-12 Brief for the exhibition and workshop facilitation 

      13:15 Teamworking time

    • WEEK 7

      Monday 3.6. at 9 -12: Exhibition and workshop team meeting 

      Wednesday 5.6.: Exhibition and workshop team meeting with Irina, Magazine team meeting with Päivi

    • WEEK 8

      FRIDAY 7.6. full day: FINAL EVENT: WORKSHOP + EXHIBITION


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      Course Handbook File
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      Field trip 3.5 Questionnaire
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      • You are a(n) Teacher
      • You are a(n) Advanced teacher