Design Factory
DESIGN FACTORY
PASSION FOR DOING
Design Factory is a multidisciplinary product and service development learning environment that connects companies, students, teachers and researchers. In Design Factory projects, solutions to companies’ challenges are sought through service and product design using Design Thinking methods. In our projects, you get to participate in a multidisciplinary, challenging and inspiring learning experience, where solutions are developed together, valuing different perspectives and utilizing different skills.
As a rule, Design Factory courses are multidisciplinary and based on genuine assignments from working life. During the projects, you get to expand your own thinking and work into a multidisciplinary field and thereby find new perspectives and ideas. During your studies, you will also learn new methods and tools and develop teamwork skills and self-management. Companies are heavily involved in our operations, so you can network with operators from different fields and potential employers already during your studies.
At Design Factory, we aim to participate in answering the challenges of the future by creating a common language, cooperation and innovations between different fields. Come join us to build solutions and network!
WELCOME TO A NEW KIND OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT!
In Design Factory the work takes place in interdisciplinary teams strengthening each students’ own area of expertise. The idea of Design Factory is to enable learning by doing in authentic industry projects solving development challenges. All Design Factory courses follow Design Thinking processes where students emphatize with the users, defines the problem, ideates, prototype and test their ideas.
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.
DESIGN FACTORY FOR COMPANIES
Design Factory is a product and service development platform, where students learn by doing in industry projects. We work around real company projects which is why we are actively searching for collaboration partners who need product or service development for their company. Working with interdisciplinary student teams is a great way to find solutions from different point of views and have knowledge from different fields.
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. So if your company have a development problem – contact us and let’s do a project together!
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.
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 is organized together with an international university partner which was in 2022 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!
Product Development Project
PDP
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
Data Analytics Project, spring 2023
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.
Workshops
Workshop courses
HAMK Design Factory organizes different workshops for students from different fields. There are seven different workshops where students can choose the ones they like. The workshops are open for everyone and almost all the workshops are fully e-courses. The course application is open until June 2022 and the course will end at the end of July 2022.
At the moment the course contains seven workshops. Each workshop is worth 1 credit each and the subjects are:
– 3D modeling
– 3D printing
– Graphic Design
– Information Design
– Laser working
– UI Design
– Website Design
If you need more information and help with how to apply, please contact: Markku Mikkonen, 0504763039, markku.mikkonen@hamk.fi
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
- Sanna-Maaria Mäkelä
- Lecturer | Company collaboration
- Tel. +358505350689
- sanna-maaria.makela@hamk.fi
- Markku Mikkonen
- Technical Specialist
- Tel. +358 50 4763 039
- markku.mikkonen@hamk.fi
- Kristiina Kiiski
- Marketing and communications
- Tel. +358 50 4085 586
- kristiina.kiiski@hamk.fi
- Jali Närhi
- Project Coordinator | Designer
- Tel. +358 50 4025 020
- jali.narhi@hamk.fi
Blog
- Sanna-Maaria Siintoharju HAMK Design Factoryn lehtoriksiRead more
Sanna-Maaria Siintoharju on aloittanut lehtorina Design Factoryn tiimissä elokuun alusta ja käynnistää Design Factoryn toimintaa Valkeakoskelle. Sanna-Maarian tausta on kansainvälisen […]
- RUN-EU Super Week Autumn 2022Read more
Third RUN-EU Super Week organized in HAMK Hämeenlinna campus is behind and we have gathered a summary from the week. This year we had combined the pedagogical and design factory bootcamp program so […]
- Sanna-Maaria Siintoharju as lecturer at HAMK Design FactoryRead more
Sanna-Maaria Siintoharju started as a lecturer in the Design Factory team at the beginning of August and will start Design Factory operations in Valkeakoski. Sanna-Maaria’s background is in the […]
Design Factory @ Instagram
Sanna-Maaria and Jari are in International Design Factory Week! This is Sanna-Maaria’s first DFGN meeting ever 🤩🦄 #idfw2022 #hamkuas #myhamk #hamkdf
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