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Victor Papanek “Disain tegelikule maailmale: inimökoloogia ja sotsiaalne muutus”

The translation of "Design for the Real World" (1971, revised edition 1984) by Victor Papanek tries to lead us away from a wasteful mindset towards a moral and environmentally friendly design. This book is part of a wave in the 1960s when ...

1 December 2023

Urbanizing Suburbia

Urbanizing Suburbia: Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of ...

29 November 2023

Architecture publications

Product design form: Kristin Silm

Kristin Silm is an active multitasker who does it all, all the time. Name: Kristin Silm Position: Student Relationship to EKA: 2nd year digital product design student, student council member, protolab assistant 1. ...

28 November 2023

Product Design

EKA’s aid arrived at the Lviv Academy of Arts

EKA's humanitarian aid shipment arrived at the Lviv Academy of Arts in Ukraine. As part of the ELIA UAx program, EKA acquired a subsidiary university ...

27 November 2023

Rectorate

EKA Students Rediscovering Lost Video Game “Punane Laine”

In the context of the VIA Lab program (Video Games In Art Laboratory) students from the Estonian Academy of Arts worked on the archives of a lost Estonian video game called “Punane Laine”. An old forgotten suitcase was found ...

27 November 2023

Faculty of Design

LIFE heritageHOME

The LIFE heritageHOME project focuses on the energy performance improvement of residential (single or multi-family buildings) listed buildings and of residential buildings located within ...

27 November 2023

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Ongoing Research Projects

“100 käsitlust keraamikast. 100 Takes on Ceramics”

In 2023, the teaching of ceramics at the Estonian Academy of Arts will be 100 years old. On this occasion, a publication has been ...

27 November 2023

Check out the works of young artists and vote for your favourite!

Altogether, 142 young artists from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland are participating in the 8th edition of the international competition, the Nordic-Baltic Young Artist Award (NOBA Award). Until 26 November, all 256 artworks ...

21 November 2023

International Office

Research on Usability of Waste Wool

Reduction of indoor air quality and health risks of people in the room using a novel composite material based on renewable resources The broader goal of the research is to assess through creative process the impact of ...

17 November 2023

International Office

Lecturer J. Woodroffe received the prize from prestigious Building Awards 2023

This year’s British architecture awards Building Awards 2023 were announced in London in November. In The Housing Project of the Year category, the Dockley ...

15 November 2023

Architecture and Urban Design Faculty of Architecture