{"id":1639,"date":"2018-02-22T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T13:46:11","slug":"student-lamp-design-exhibition-now-open-in-studio-kipsari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/sv\/student-lamp-design-exhibition-now-open-in-studio-kipsari\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Lamp Design Exhibition now open in Studio Kipsari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week and next, <a href=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/studio-kipsari\">Studio Kipsari<\/a>\u00a0and Aalto Studios are\u00a0playing host to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/141475489882088\/\">Valoa!<\/a>, an exhibition of\u00a0artfully-crafted student-designed lamps from the\u00a0Design Tools course, led by <strong>Enni \u00c4ij\u00e4l\u00e4<\/strong>. These designers are first year BA Design students, and haven&#8217;t yet decided what discipline of design they&#8217;ll focus on in their studies, so the lamps serve as a grounds of experimentation for the young designers, according to \u00c4ij\u00e4l\u00e4.<\/p>\n<p>As a source of inspiration, each student was assigned a different culturally-significant Helsinki restaurant. The lamps embody\u00a0the various qualities of each restaurant, and enable\u00a0the designers\u00a0to see how thematic elements can affect creative work. Fittingly, the lamps now hang in the <a href=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/studio-kipsari\">Studio Kipsari<\/a> space and Aalto Studios&#8217; gallery at Otakaari 7B.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1639 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/sv\/lamp4-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamp4-256x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/sv\/lamp5-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamp5-256x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/sv\/untitled-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-2-256x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/sv\/untitled-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-256x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u00c4ij\u00e4l\u00e4 challenged the students in the course to work with small-scale production methods and budgets, so in addition to the practical realization of their lamp designs, students learned how to work with creative and budgetary constraints. These restraints paired with the students&#8217; talent\u00a0has led to a huge variety of lamp styles, from woven wooden shapes to industrial\u00a0metallic shades, each with its own unique personality\u00a0that stands\u00a0out from the others.<\/p>\n<h3>See the Light<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/141475489882088\/\">Valoa!<\/a>\u00a0is open now until next Friday, 2.3. Pop into Otakaari 7B to check out the lamps for yourself, and stay for a bite to eat or delicious coffee from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/studios.aalto.fi\/studio-kipsari\">Studio Kipsari<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week and next, Studio Kipsari\u00a0and Aalto Studios are\u00a0playing host to Valoa!, an exhibition of\u00a0artfully-crafted student-designed lamps from the\u00a0Design Tools course, led by Enni \u00c4ij\u00e4l\u00e4. 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