Design Factory
DESIGN FACTORY
PASSION FOR DOING
Design Factory is an interdisciplinary product and service design and learning platform uniting students, teachers, researchers, and industry. Our goal is to build passion-based learning culture at HAMK.
As product and service design platform Design Factory brings HAMKs education facilities and equipment as well as research units’ expertise to industry use. In Hämeenlinna the product development laboratory of Degree Program in Design offers design expertise and services for 3D-scanning, modeling and printing (clay&plastic), digital paper and textile printing as well as laser cutting.
Design Factory spaces are located in Hämeenlinna University Centre E-building.
Welcome to a new kind of learning environment!
In Design Factory the work takes place in interdisciplinary teams making use of and strengthening each students’ own area of expertise. The idea of Design Factory is to enable learning by doing in authentic industry projects.
The participating organizations are involved in the projects during the whole journey, not just at the beginning and end of the project. In essence, the journey together is more important than just the end results. Thus, in Design Factory projects the interaction between company and inside interdisciplinary teams is emphasized.
COURSES
iPDP
iPDP
iPDP is a unique opportunity to work around real-life company projects in interdisciplinary and international student teams! Project takes place normally from March to June and is worth of 10+5 ects. International product development project organized together with an international university and In 2022 it is inno.space Mannheim as a part of DFGN co-operation. iPDP is especially great for students that are interested in innovating and want to co-create with students from different fields. The project’s aim is to recognize the product or service development possibilities and to find innovative insights for development.
Most of the problems are given and sponsored by manufacturing companies, who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of product developers. At the start, much attention is directed to the forming of highly motivated interdisciplinary teams. A project typically includes phases of planning, searching for information, creation of concepts, decision making, and detailed computer-aided development. The product phases of manufacture, assembly, and testing are strongly related to the most valuable learning experiences. In the end, the student team builds a concrete prototype that is build in Design Factory laboratory.
Also, watch Roosa’s alumni video from PDP 2020!
Summer studies
Product Development Project
PDP (Product Development Project) is a multidisciplinary course where students real-life company problems. Most of the problems are given and sponsored by manufacturing companies, who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of product developers. At the start, much attention is directed to the forming of a highly motivated interdisciplinary team.
A project typically includes phases of planning, searching for information, creation of concepts, decision making, and detailed computer-aided development. The product phases of manufacture, assembly, and testing are strongly related to the most valuable learning experiences. In PDP students have an opportunity to learn more in specific areas while working as a safety officer, business shark, team manager, or economy manager.
Data Analytics Project
In Data Analytics course students learn the basics of data analytics and the possibilities of using data-analytics in work-life. Through case tasks, students can apply data analytics in developing applications. Teams are a combination of students from Bioeconomy Engineering, Business Information Technology, Computer Applications, and International Business that have the skills and knowledge needed to develop data analytics solutions for companies.
Data Analytics Project is an 8 weeks-long sprint, where a data analytics solution is developed to the topics presented by the project sponsor. A project sponsor is a company that describes the topic and problem and supply the student team with relevant data. The students learn the basics of data mining and the use of Excel and Power-BI in data-analytics. After completing the project, the students have a thorough understanding of the possibilities of data analytics.
DESIGN FACTORY FOR COMPANIES
Design Factory is a product and service development platform, where students learn by doing industry projects. Design Factory highlights the importance of the journey together, not just the end results. Therefore, this requires regular interaction both from students and companies to learn from the journey and achieve the best possible learning result.
RESEARCH WORK
As product and service design platform Design Factory brings HAMKs research units’ expertise and laboratory equipment to support research and development activities in companies. In Hämeenlinna University Center the product development laboratory of Degree Program in Design offers design expertise and services for 3D-scanning, modeling and printing (clay&plastic), digital paper and textile printing as well as laser cutting.
VALUES
In HAMK Design Factory
– Students come first
– Doors are always open for discusssion
– There is no hierarchy
– You are empowered to do new things, with new people
– You are a part of a co-creation community
– We all belong to the Design Factory family
Through collaboration we create the PASSION FOR DOING
- Jari Jussila
- Director of Design Factory
- Tel. +358 50 4657 285
- jari.jussila@hamk.fi
- Markku Mikkonen
- Technical Specialist
- Tel. +358 50 4763 039
- markku.mikkonen@hamk.fi
- Kristiina Kiiski
- Marketing Communications Coordinator
- Tel. +358 50 4085 586
- kristiina.kiiski@hamk.fi
- Jali Närhi
- Designer
- Tel. +358 50 4025 020
- jali.narhi@hamk.fi
Blog
- RUN-EU Super Week 2022Read more
Second RUN-EU Super Week has come to an end and what a wonderful week we had. During the week we worked around topics like wellbeing in teaching and learning, DF culture, future skills, prototyping […]
- Datasta voimaaRead more
Data-analytiikkaprojekti käynnistyi kolmatta kertaa Anne-Mari Järvenpään ja Jari Jussilan luotsaamana. Data-analytiikkaprojektin aikana syvennytään yritysten tarjoamaan dataan ja sen […]
- Prototyping at Freezing Week 2022Read more
HAMK Freezing Week 2022 took place online during 07.02.2022 – 09.02.2022. The topic of the Freezing Week 2022 was Sustainable Business Transformation. Students from HAMK and NHL Stenden […]
Design Factory @ Instagram
We want to thank you all for coming to RUN-EU Super Week! We had an amazing week with great people and we couldn’t be happier. Have a safe trip back home everyone! @run_europeanuniversity @hamk_uas #run_eu #runsuperweek
There’s no better way to spend the day than prototyping! Today’s prototyping session focused on creating an ultimate workshop for developing future skills. We saw results that included fabulous hats, board games, interactive participation, memorybox and sustainability game. Groups in the afternoon presented ideas of processes, games and products. Tomorrow we will have a final day where students and teachers work together for the final time and then it’s time to head home. @run_europeanuniversity @hamk_uas #runsuperweek #run_eu #runsuperweek #prototyping #futureskills
Today in the morning we focused on integration of regional challanges and learning processes, shared successful approaches and practises and build common ground for further collaboration. Afternoon were all about culture work and we had an amazing Päivi from @aaltodf here to share thoughts about culture and what to take in consideration when talking about culture. Students had also opportunity to do 3D printing based on their designs they had made beforehand. #hamkdf #hamkuas #run_eu #runsuperweek #aaltodf
On Tuesday Super Week focused on pedagogical framework of RUN-EU and elements of innovative teaching and learning. At the same time DF bootcampers were planning SAPs, workshops and programmes. In the afternoon RUN-EU partners and students dived into design based education, visited companies and worked with future skills. #hamkdf #hamkuas #run_eu #superweek
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