The IDBM Industry Project Course is a seven-month journey of collaboration, exploration, and innovation, where students addressing real-world challenges in collaboration with our industry partners. This year, we’re inviting you to follow 10 different stories as our teams move through different stages of their project journeys. Did you know that 65% of plastics in Finland are non-packaging rigids, but a staggering 1% are actually recycled? That leaves 5 kg of valuable raw mate

The IDBM Industry Project Course is a seven-month journey of collaboration, exploration, and innovation, where students addressing real-world challenges in collaboration with our industry partners. This year, we’re inviting you to follow 10 different stories as our teams move through different stages of their project journeys. This year, our team partnered with Aalto Global Impact (AGI) to explore the topic: How might waste-to-value solutions improve the sustainability of the

The IDBM Industry Project Course is a seven-month journey of collaboration, exploration, and innovation, where students addressing real-world challenges in collaboration with our industry partners. This year, we’re inviting you to follow 10 different stories as our teams move through different stages of their project journeys. We have done our IDBM industry project in collaboration with Brillian, an early-stage consulting company specializing in human-centered AI adoption. Ou

The IDBM Industry Project Course is a seven-month journey of collaboration, exploration, and innovation, where students addressing real-world challenges in collaboration with our industry partners. This year, we’re inviting you to follow 10 different stories as our teams move through different stages of their project journeys. Our IDBM industry project with Raisio focused on cardiovascular health and ecosystem strategy. From the beginning, the topic felt important but also di

Rochelle I’m Rochelle Claire Toscano, with a background in design. I hold a Bachelor of Design from Aalto University, where I also completed a custom minor in Creative Marketing and Management. My passions lie in project management and service design. Outside of academics, I’m deeply interested in visual communication design, fashion, branding, and martial arts. I currently work as the IDBM ARTS Thesis Experience Coordinator at Aalto. I chose the IDBM program because it bring

“It has been over 10 years since I was a student. It almost feels too long ago ,” I found myself pondering. Yet, there I was, returning back to school to gain my master’s degree. And, to be fair, studying at the IDBM program felt the most logical step to reach my next goals as a designer. This is my story of how I became a student again. Never say never Activpet was my first major design update to reach the market created for Portuguese retail. Developed in 2014 while working

It was Saturday, December 11th, 2024. During the annual IDBM Holiday Dinner, a seemingly innocent remark floated across the table, that the upcoming year would mark the 30th anniversary of IDBM. A few nods, some “Wow, really?” moments and then someone casually asked, “Hey, should we organize a gala to celebrate?” And just like that, one semi-joke, a few glasses of wine, and several enthusiastic yeses later, a party committee was born. A group chat soon followed, marking the o

Hey, Eve here. I am a student in IDBM, with a background in Mechanical Engineering, training myself to take the shortest path from an...

On the value of design in the prevalence of AI and technology-driven development, and the evolving role of designers

Like many other students, Laura Suomalainen (IDBM BIZ) studied abroad last winter. What made the exchange unique was that she used the...

As part of Aalto’s Product Development Project (PdP) course, IDBM student Utshav Bhattarai initiated his own idea, “Carbon Eaters”, an...

Industry Project team has partnered with Port 6 - an early-stage startup in the realms of human-technology interaction & augmented reality.

An Industry Project team is collaborating with Finnish 3D-printing startup Mehta Heino to help define future possibilities.

…what a journey it was Although I was deeply motivated and interested in my topic, the process had its twists and turns on the way....

… I just finished an interview I was really looking forward to, as you can probably read from my face :) To gather information about the...

Dear Thesis… Press PLAY. That’s how it began, at least my social media sharings about the process of writing my master’s thesis at Aalto...