Research output per year
Research output per year
Miestentie 3
Research activity per year
My design works explore technologies, services, media formats and genres for collectives and communities. Through my research I aim to understand how collectives come to understand the design spaces available to them and how designers could support more various infrastructuring processes around them. Broadly, my work engages with the possibilities, and contradictions of participating in the creation of environments, tools and media that afford more relational and caring interactions among, and between people and their environment. This I have done multiple domains ranging from everyday life to scientific endeavors.
I am affiliated with the INUSE research group. Between fall 2019 and spring 2024 I am working on a project exploring distributed, collaborative and experimental arrangements for innovation and design otherwise (Studio|Lab|Forest), with generous funding from the Academy of Finland. In addition to that I am involved in the Creatures project, and ambitious H2020 project exploring the role of creative practices in sustainability transformations. Since August 2022 I am also Assocaite professor at the Design department
Teaching:
Because of my research commitments at the moment I am only teaching one course
MUO-E8041 Collaborative and participatory techniques for design - Creative sustainability masters program (Fall 2022) at the Design Department.
I advice MA and DA students on a continous basis.
BACKGROUND
As a design practitioner I have worked in several design consultancies and in multiple R&D projects as user interfase and interaction designer. I do occasional consultancy and service design gigs, mostly through Suo&Co, a collective design research studio I convene with 3 other wonderful friends.
I have a BA in Industrial Design from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (COL) and an MA in Product and Strategic Design from Aalto ARTS, (formerly TAIK - FIN). I obtained my Doctor of Arts degree in New Media also from Aalto ARTS. Before returning to Aalto I worked at the department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Oulu (FIN) and I have been conspirator for some years at my own design research consultancy -called Suo&co- with some of my best friends .
In addition I am adjunct professor (dosenti) at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá (COL). In my spare time I collaborate with Fundación Karisma, a Colombian NGO seeking to respond to human rights issues in the context of digital technologies and social innovation dynamics and I do design and multigenerational diversity activism through Ninho ry, a Finnish NGO creating a more diverse and plurilingual children's culture in Finland.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctoral degree, Arts and Design, Aalto University
Award Date: 22 Nov 2013
Master's degree, Arts and Design, Helsinki University of Arts and Design
Award Date: 18 Jun 1999
Adjunct Professor, Universidad de los Andes Colombia
8 Jan 2022 → …
Partner, Suo&co
1 Aug 2014 → …
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword / postscript
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword / postscript
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Mattelmäki, T., Botero, A., Lohmann, J., Chun, N. & Dolejšová, M.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: EU: Framework programmes funding
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Whalen, J., Botero, A., Mattelmäki, T., Wu, Y., Kohtala, C., Salmi, A., Hakkarainen, L., Hyysalo, S., Lee, B., Johnson, M. & Savolainen, K.
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Sáez Agurto, F. (Creator), Beavers, I. (Creator), Altarriba Bertran, F. (Creator), Botero, A. (Creator), Buschmann, J. (Creator), Camino, D. (Creator), Chewie (Creator), Choi, J. H. (Creator), Davis, H. (Creator), Seaweed, D. O. (Creator), Dolejšová, M. (Creator), Hanafi, A. (Creator), Heitlinger, S. (Creator), Howse, M. (Creator), Knopp, T. (Creator), L'Huillier, N. (Creator), Light, A. (Creator), Lohmann, J. (Creator), Magic, M. (Creator), Miller, M. (Creator), Mitro, M. (Creator), Mujica, P. (Creator), Collective, O. F. (Creator), Patterson, A. G. (Creator), Pokrywka, A. (Creator), Graham Raven, P. (Creator), Rudd, G. (Creator), Schubert, T. (Creator), Smrekar, M. (Creator), Šutić, G. (Creator), Thornton, C. (Creator), Wallis, L. (Creator), Wilde, D. (Creator) & Cathlow, R. (Creator), 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7460561, https://zenodo.org/record/7460690
Dataset
Nathaly Pinto Torres (Organiser), Andrea Botero (Organiser), Brenda Vertiz Marquez (Organiser), Xavier Barriga Abril (Speaker) & Claudia Garduno Garcia (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Nitin Sawhney (Organiser), Andrea Botero (Organiser), Caterina Soldano (Organiser), Talayeh Aledavood (Organiser) & Karin Fröhlich (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Marketa Dolejsova (Speaker), Andrea Botero (Speaker), Cristina Ampatzidou (Speaker) & Jaz Hee-jeong Choi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Marketa Dolejsova (Member), Andrea Botero (Member), Cristina Ampatzidou (Member) & Jaz Hee jeong Choi (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Marketa Dolejsova (Member), Andrea Botero (Organiser), Cristina Ampatzidou (Organiser) & Jaz Hee jeong Choi (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
02/08/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
10/07/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
01/02/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance