IDBM Career Stories: From IDBM to Leading Operations at the Nordic Innovation House in Tokyo
An open mind and ‘connecting the dots’ thinking led Niklas Karvonen, International Design Business Management alum from class of 2015, to...
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Jun 136 min read
Navigating Careers with Confidence – Reflections on the IDBM Mentoring Program
Finding and building a professional identity can be a complex journey that may seem especially puzzling for IDBMers with...
Jun 113 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Exploring Community-Driven Business Opportunities in Uganda
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation, in...
Apr 83 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Reshaping funding mechanisms for equity
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation, in...
Apr 45 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Exploring B2G engagement in elderly care
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation, in...
Mar 64 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Expanding Sustainable Foam Across New Markets
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation, in...
Feb 224 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Transforming the Utilization of Fermentation Byproducts
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation,...
Feb 154 min read
Industry Project 2023/2024: Innovating Wine Quality Monitoring with ATTRACT Technologies
The IDBM Industry Project Course involves seven exciting months of multidisciplinary collaboration, exploration, and innovation,...
Jan 255 min read
Navigating an Interdisciplinary Personal Brand: A Case Study of IDBM Alumni
Many interdisciplinary students and graduates can relate: effectively communicating what you do and what your unique value is can be...
Jan 127 min read
From Renovation to Research: An IDBM Student's Exploration of Mobile Living
Like many other students, Laura Suomalainen (IDBM BIZ) studied abroad last winter. What made the exchange unique was that she used the...
Jun 15, 20236 min read
Carbon Eaters: A Student's Journey into Product Development and Entrepreneurship
As part of Aalto’s Product Development Project (PdP) course, IDBM student Utshav Bhattarai initiated his own idea, “Carbon Eaters”, an...
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Immersion in Northern Uganda - Lessons on agriculture, cooperatives, and smallholder farmers
Agriculture, cooperatives, and farmers’ everyday life are what our team from IDBM got to experience first hand in Sub-Saharan Africa, in...
Mar 29, 20235 min read
Exploring silk weaving in India
An IDBM Industry Project student team went on a two week field research trip to Guwahati, India to learn about the local silk weaving...
Mar 6, 20234 min read
It’s all about food in Zambia
An IDBM Industry Project student team travelled to Zambia to learn about the local business environment together with local students. The...
Feb 9, 20234 min read
Pushing the Boundaries of Human-Technology Interaction with Port 6: IDBM Industry Project 2023
Industry Project team has partnered with Port 6 - an early-stage startup in the realms of human-technology interaction & augmented reality.
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Unveiling Opportunities in 3D Printing with Mehta Heino Industries: IDBM Industry Project 2023
An Industry Project team is collaborating with Finnish 3D-printing startup Mehta Heino to help define future possibilities.
Nov 10, 20224 min read
Anna Bovellán: Strategic designer as professional identity
Strategic designer is not a title or a definite role, but rather a set of qualities that complement a good “skateboard” profile of the...
Jun 7, 20227 min read
How to sell your IDBM know-how when job hunting
One of the questions we often hear at Klubi is “How can I best explain what I’ve learned at IDBM when looking for a job?”. That's a good...
May 6, 20223 min read
Dear Thesis… (Part 3: Reflections)
…what a journey it was Although I was deeply motivated and interested in my topic, the process had its twists and turns on the way....
May 4, 20223 min read
Dear Thesis… (Part 2: The Study)
… I just finished an interview I was really looking forward to, as you can probably read from my face :) To gather information about the...
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