Alvar Aalto Design Seminar, 27–28 August 2016, Jyväskylä, Finland The summer’s most anticipated design and architecture event – the 8th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar, 27–28 August 2016, in Jyväskylä, Finland – brings together design professionals, students and design fans from around the world.
This year’s theme, MAXIMAL I MINIMAL, is an appeal on behalf of high-quality design. The event will be chaired by designer and interior architect Simo Heikkilä, who challenges participants and the twelve speakers to consider the choices made in design work and the sustainability of those choices.
Speakers at the Alvar Aalto Design Seminar will be Jonas Bohlin, Richard Hutten, Jouko Järvisalo, Max Lamb, Hans Lensvelt, Cecilie Manz, Kaoru Mende, Päivi Meuronen and Aimo Katajamäki, Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, and Johanna Vuorio.
Part of the seminar will be an exhibition featuring prototype designs by the seminar speakers, manufactured by different Arts & Crafts colleges in Finland.
Find out more: www.alvaraaltodesignseminar.fi