Gardeners’ Dialogue
As artists and designers we are affected by the ecological crisis like everyone. We found that art and design practices relating to nature can support interconnectedness with nature if people are involved in the ...
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Co-creating design(s) to support intimacy between remote families (EKA 2025-2027)
“Co-creating design(s) to support intimacy between remote families: A Collaborative approach to interaction, social, and sensorial design” aims to bridge the emotional distance between families, inspired by the phenomenology of intimacy. By ...
Application of Participatory Methods for Exploring Meaning-Making Process in Bag Design
The artistic research research project investigates which meaning-making methods and principles can be intentionally applied within the design process to extend a product’s useful lifespan. The owner’s emotional attachment to a personal item has ...
Faculty of Fine Arts Scholarships 2024/2025
The Faculty of Fine Arts is once again awarding scholarships to outstanding MA students. These include the “Study and ...
Call for images: the visual identity of TASE’ 25 awaits for your input!
Wishing all a lovely start to the spring semester from the TASE team! We are collecting pictures taken by students of their work process for the TASE graduation visual identity. A few style examples are included in the attachments – images ...
Joint seminar of MA students at Olustvere manor
On 29-30 January, Olustvere Manor hosted another joint seminar of MA students of visual and material heritage, which has previously been held in Purdi or Kõue-Triigi Manor. The seminar was attended by students of Art History & Visual Culture ...
Museology study trip to the Sámi (heritage)
From 13th to 16th January, Master’s students of museology at the Faculty of Art and Culture together with microcredential students in museology went to Finland for a study trip. Specifically, they went to Northern Finland, where they got to know ...
Mixed Reality and Audience Participation: Technological Practices of Performative Space (EKA 2025-2026)
The aim of the project would be to investigate in depth the application of new technologies in the performative environment of theater and exhibition spaces. Changes in the technical environment affect all areas of life, as well as theater ...
Exhibition infrastructure. A study of the material and ideological conditions of exhibition production in the late Soviet period (2025-2026)
This project proposes to study the history of exhibitions in the late Soviet period. From the 1960s onwards, exhibitions have become an increasingly important medium for the mediation of ideologies, while their design has become ...
The Winners of the EKA Design Showcase 2025 Design Award Announced
The Estonian Academy of Arts hosted the EKA Design Showcase gala and the opening of ...