Aalto Design Factory spearheads experimentation in collaborative product development education, research and practice, bringing together diverse stakeholders across different disciplines and organizations. We develop lighthouse initiatives and foster a community of practice for exploring novel formats of research-based development collaboration practice and interdisciplinary education.
Product Development Project is our longest standing course, with over 25 years of students working with industry partners to develop functional solutions to challenges. In addition to courses, we do research and development project to create new collaboration practices for innovation.
We work with the engineering, science, design, art and business programs with Aalto and a wide range of external partners, particularly technology companies.