WHAT IS DF

Aalto Design Factory (ADF) is an interdisciplinary product design and learning hub uniting students, teachers, researchers, and industry. We focus on design-based learning for development collaboration, aiming to build an interdisciplinary, student-centered, impact oriented learning culture in Aalto University. You are welcome to join us!

Co-creating impact

Established in 2008, the Design Factory was one of the first spearhead projects experimenting with collaboration in the merger that became Aalto University. Starting from the aim of developing the best product developers in the world, the Design Factory aims to foster the capabilities, knowledge and collaboration needed in co-developing the innovations of tomorrow. We act as a window to Aalto and strive to offer concrete benchmarks, easy-to-join collaboration opportunities and a sandbox for new initiatives that would otherwise fall through the cracks.

DF TO THE WORLD

Design Factory activities have spread around the globe! The Design Factory Global Network members operate based on the same philosophy and principles and provide familiar DF-environment for their local community. In this network, we learn from one another and different local adaptations, and come together to extend our impact.