Theme: Art and Design

Dissertation: The journey of floral bead styles from 1500s France to 1800s Yukon First Nations

20.4.2022 11:45

Dr. Ukjese van Kampen traces in his doctoral dissertation the origins of the floral bead styles that his people from the south-central Yukon adopted in the mid-1800s. The Yukon First Nations people had an established floral embroidery tradition already before Europeans entered the area in the end of the 19th century. However, the floral designs were not indigenous but adopted through a centuries-long process. The dissertation gives new insights into the spread of floral designs originating in 1500s France and migrating westwards across Canada to the Yukon.

Dissertation: Early stage communication of service design needs to be improved

24.3.2022 10:11

Danielle Zsifkovits, MA, investigates in her dissertation how service designers communicate about their discipline to stakeholders and the ways to enhance the existing communication. Especially the early stage communication in service design projects should be improved.

Student collections participating in the Arctic Design Week fashion show

24.3.2022 9:51

The collections, designed jointly by the students of the University of Lapland and the Politecnico di Milano, will be on display at the Arctic Design Week fashion show in Rovaniemi on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Responsibility has been emphasized in many ways in the designs.

The University of Lapland’s Art Walk introduces the Art collections in the campus

10.3.2022 14:50

The University of Lapland's Art Walk will be opened on Tuesday the 22nd of March. Contemporary artworks from various collections are brought together in the University of Lapland’s spaces. Sculptures, paintings, graphic art, and other works dating from the 1970´s to the present are showcased in public spaces across campus. We want to emphasize their dialogue with the university itself, as well as with the architecture and northern nature.

Maria Huhmarniemi appointed as Docent at the University of Eastern Finland

17.2.2022 11:25

Maria Huhmarniemi, University Lecturer at the University of Lapland, has been awarded the title of Docent of Social Pedagogy, especially Community Based Art Education, at the University of Eastern Finland on 17 January 2022.

Pigga Keskitalo and Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja Invited to a New Arctic Humanities Series’ Editorial Board

20.12.2021 10:00

Professor Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja and University Researcher Pigga Keskitalo from the University of Lapland have been invited to the Editorial Board of “Arctic Humanities” published by Brill.

Dissertation: A comprehensive understanding of service design facilitates healthcare professionals' commitment to development

10.12.2021 11:04

Mira Alhonsuo, MA, investigates in her dissertation the development of healthcare services through service design and co-design. She also studies the benefits of the design methods especially in the beginning of the process. According to the study, understanding design methods and design processes makes it easier to discern the scope of the service under development and to plan a more realistic development process particularly by observing the needs of healthcare professionals.

Artwork by Maria Huhmarniemi presented in the Anchorage Museum

12.10.2021 10:00

Series of photos titled Alien Hiker (2010–2021) by lecturer Maria Huhmarniemi are shown in the exhibition "Counter Cartographies: Living the Land” in the Anchorage Museum.

Doctoral dissertation: Design Space Broadens Perspectives on Organization and Strategizing

30.9.2021 14:45

In her interdisciplinary doctoral research, M.Sc. (econ) Tarja Pääkkönen examines the significance of design and design thinking in organizations and their strategies. The study shows that design can expand our views beyond what is generally thought about organizational management and strategy, and thus reshape and broaden our understandings of organization and strategizing as well as popular conceptions related to them. The research elaborates on the concept of design space which helps rethink organizations, strategies and design in novel ways and together as part of a larger whole.

Doctoral Dissertation: Culturally Diverse Place-specificity of Art Education in Higher Education Promotes the Integration of International Student Groups

8.9.2021 13:29

In her doctoral dissertation, Elina Härkönen examines the actualisation of the principles of cultural sustainability in international art education in higher education. The study shows that place-specific teaching, which in its pedagogical orientation takes cultural diversity into account, promotes both local and cultural sustainability as well as integration of student groups.

Doctoral dissertation: Stronger copyright protection for fashion designs contributes to sustainable development of the fashion industry

31.8.2021 15:30

Protecting fashion designs by copyright has been challenging. This has enabled large-scale copying of designs, which in turn has contributed to 'fast fashion' – a phenomenon that causes damage to the environment, human rights and cultural values. In her doctoral dissertation in the field of law, Heidi Härkönen states that copyright is one of the several legal means at our disposal to foster sustainable development of fashion.

Doctoral dissertation: 10X-Service Design Lab as an accelerator for business development

20.8.2021 11:30

Automotive industry is going through a digital transformation and striving to expand its business models into new mobility solutions. Their core product-driven business is expanding to service-orientated business models which requires a new set of expertise and capabilities. Linus Schaaf (M.A.) examines in his doctoral dissertation the possibilities to use service design in business development for human-centered accelerated decision-making by application of digital co-creation.

The new international Master’s degree in service design, the Service Design Strategies and Innovation (SDSI) announces a call for student applications

2.6.2021 13:30

Sámi cultural heritage search service name selected by international competition

31.5.2021 11:45

The Sámi archive materials can soon be searched through a new digital search service. The name for the new search service, Nuohtti, was chosen through an international competition, where the public were invited to present suggestions.

Feelings of Nature exhibition highlights Northern nature relationship

26.4.2021 16:50

Feelings of Nature is a group exhibition that highlights the Northern nature relationship. The exhibition reflects the growing concern for the environment, current environmental activism and the everyday but deep connection of nature that Northerners have. The artists of the exhibition are based in Lapland and work at the Faculty of Art and Design in the University of Lapland in the fields of arts education and applied visual arts.

New book: Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research

22.4.2021 8:30

Featuring an international, multidisciplinary team of authors, a new book explores how arts-based methods can be utilised in developing more horizontal, democratic and reciprocal research practices. The purpose is to create new approaches, methods and processes for participatory research that supports the perspectives, needs and interests of research participants in their place-based and cultural contexts.

The new international Master’s degree in service design

24.3.2021 11:00

The new international Master’s degree in service design, "the Service Design Strategies and Innovation" (SDSI) envisages to kick off in the Fall 2021. The new programme focuses on interdisciplinary studies and cross-specialisation in design, business, technologies and social sciences. Graduates will be awarded with a Master’s double degree, one from the University of Lapland and one from the Art Academy of Latvia.

A bioart laboratory launched in the Faculty of Art and Design

22.3.2021 9:00

The new BioARTech laboratory in the Faculty of Art and Design focuses on bioart and its connections to art and research.

Doctoral Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Career Development of Female Graphic Designers

4.3.2021 9:00

Around the world, there are not as many women in the workforce as there are men. This reality also holds true in the field of graphic design (GD). The fact that women usually excel in their studies but are not equally well represented in the job market has drawn particular attention. MA Yue Zhao explores the lower status of female graphic designers in the workforce as compared with males and the possible reasons for this situation.

Doctoral Dissertation: Emotional skills for service designers in co-creation practices

28.12.2020 11:00

Service designers often act as facilitators in co-creation workshops, and they need specific skills to ensure a positive participant experience. The facilitator needs to be capable of creating a sense of togetherness and optimizing interaction in order to allow the flow of collective creation. The study by Mariluz Soto, MA, aims to broaden our understanding of emotions in service design processes and presents three essential skills that help facilitators in their work.