From our partner Aalto Design Factory:

PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 21.5.2021 at 9:00-17:00 (EEST)

This year’s gala will be organised as a digital only event. 10 prototypes will be showcased by the student teams. The online platform will open on the Monday 10th of May, while the gala itself will be held on Friday 21st of May.

What does this mean?

Well having the platform open well in advance allows visitors to see what presentations, project booths and other activities there are on the platform. You will be able to see all of our students, their profiles, their expertise and which project they belong to. This way visitors can preplan their Gala Day schedule have more effective use of their time.

Register here: https://aaltodf.typeform.com/to/XH531A5F

For 24 years, PDP has brought students of business, design, technology, and science together to tackle industry challenges and develop state of the art solutions to real industry problems. At the Product Design Gala 2021, you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome projects.

The ten teams from Aalto University and our partner universities have been working vigorously for the whole year to complete their design challenges given by industrial companies and other collaborating parties. In the PDP gala, you will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and processes and get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

This year the teams were sponsored by companies such as Grand Rental, Heureka, Isaware, Kone, Luke, Naughty Brgr, Omnia, Produal, Safera, Trenox. In addition, the Aalto teams have been collaborating with students across different universities in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, such as:

• University of Sao Paulo
• Omnia School
• Pace University
• Hannam University
• UAS Munich
• ISDI Mumbai
• Jefferson University
• Riga Technical University
• Javeriana University

For more details concerning the Gala and this year’s projects, please visit: http://pdp.fi/ or register https://pdp.fi/gala21/. Come and visit us digitally and get ready to be amazed by the PDP teams! 

What is PDP

In the Product Development Project (PdP) course international interdisciplinary student teams solve innovation and product development challenges for the sponsoring companies and organisations. All solutions are demonstrated with proof of concept prototypes showcased in the PDP Gala. Read more about the course here.