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30 Years of Collaboration and Creativity!
This year is extra special for us as our IDBM programme celebrates its 30th anniversary! In 1995, IDBM started as a pilot minor programme...
Feb 242 min read
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...
Jun 19, 20247 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 13, 20246 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...
Jun 11, 20243 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 8, 20243 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...
Apr 4, 20245 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...
Mar 6, 20244 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 22, 20244 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,...
Feb 15, 20244 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 25, 20245 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...
Jan 12, 20247 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...
Jun 15, 20236 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...
Apr 25, 20233 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 29, 20235 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...
Mar 6, 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, 20234 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.
Feb 9, 20232 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...
Nov 10, 20224 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...
Jun 7, 20227 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 6, 20223 min read
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