Aalto Media Lab

Aalto Media Lab

The Media Lab was founded in 1994 and is now a part of the Department of Art and Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University.

The mission of the Media Lab is to explore, discover and comprehend the new digital technology and its impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to communication, interaction and expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to design and creative production.

Aalto Media Lab
Aalto Media Lab Demo Day December 2018
Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony, May 20, 2025, 1-2.30pm, Mordor A Grid, Otakaari 5 02150 Espoo. Programme: Welcome words, award video screening, AALTOLAB, Aki Vehtari, Rupesh Vyas, panel discussion on open science, coffee & ice cream. All Aaltonians welcome!
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Join us for the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 Ceremony

All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!
Three images: individuals cooking together. Displaying fruits, teamwork, and frying food. Orange background, 'Aalto University' header.
Studies Published:

Cooking Open Science: A Sensory Learning Experience for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

The course provided researchers a unique opportunity to immerse in the principles of open science while exploring varied gastronomic cultures.
A man presents at a university annual review event. Audience watches a large screen showing the date 12 March 2025.
Research & Art Published:

The Annual Review provided an overview of Aalto ARTS’ year 2024

The School of Arts, Design and Architecture's Annual Review on 12 March 2025 reflected on the results of the previous year and celebrated ARTS activities.
Text '#8 in the world in art & design (QS 2025)' on a blue background.
Research & Art Published:

Aalto University’s art & design ranked 8th in the world

Six of Aalto’s fields placed in the top 100 in the prestigious QS ranking
Poster for Ääniaalto Festival. Dates: 3-4 May 2025 at Majansali, Oodi Library.
Exhibitions, Students

ÄÄNIAALTO FESTIVAL 2025

The festival highlights performances, audiovisual artwork, talks, and panel discussions from up and coming artists.
Discover and explore research data - in collaboration with KTH.
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Discover and explore research data, May 15, 2025

Welcome to a webinar on data re-use and exploratory data visualisation.
Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony, May 20, 2025, 1-2.30pm, Mordor A Grid, Otakaari 5 02150 Espoo. Programme: Welcome words, award video screening, AALTOLAB, Aki Vehtari, Rupesh Vyas, panel discussion on open science, coffee & ice cream. All Aaltonians welcome!
Campus, Networking, Other

Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony, May 20, 2025

Join us in celebrating the winners of the Aalto Open Science Award 2024!
Academic events

Erasmus+ Staff Training Days 4.-6.6.2025 (external link)

Erasmus+ Staff Training Days bring together professionals from Aalto University partner institutions to get to know Aalto better, to network and to workshop on annually changing topics.

Latest Theses

The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1995 up to this date.

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Theses from the Media Lab

Media Lab Demo Days

Already in the late 1990s we adopted the slogan, ‘hands on with minds on’ to explain our work. We also adopted the ‘demo or die’ attitude of other Media Labs and formalised this into bi-annual Demodays, organised at the end of each term.

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Media Lab Winter Demo Day 2018. Work by John Lee. Photograph by Janne Koivisto.

Apply to Media Lab

Media Lab at the Department of Art anf Media offers interdisciplinary studies in design and production of new media, games and sound. Also various areas and amounts of design, arts, computer science, communication, cognitive science, sociology etc. are present during your studies in Media Lab.

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Department of Media Demo Day

Department of Art and Media

The departments of Art and Media at Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture have merged as of 1st January 2022. Professor Harri Laakso has been appointed as Head of the new Department of Art & Media.

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School of Arts, Design and Architecture

One of the most prestigious universities in its fields. We educate our students to create imaginative, collaborative, compassionate and unconventional approaches to the most pressing challenges of today.

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Students riding bikes in front of the Aalto University Väre building, photo by Unto Rautio
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