Design and innovation

EKA product design students set out to solve how to deliver electricity to ships in the city center. Our recently held Design Diagnostics masterclass brought together product design students from the Estonian Academy of Arts and engineers from Estonian maritime technology company ShoreLink to tackle an increasingly relevant challenge in urban ports: how to deliver electricity from the quay to ...

The technology company Wise invited students from the Estonian Academy of Arts to take part in designing the interiors of its new office in Tallinn’s Krulli quarter. The result: two meeting rooms that combine the deep-blue serenity of Mexican cenotes with the calm of the Mediterranean — spaces that are functional, cosy, and artistically bold. “We wanted to create something that wouldn’t feel ...

From 25–27 November, EKA participated in the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Matchmaking event in Saint-Étienne, France, hosted by partner university Université Jean Monnet. The aim of the event was to strengthen inter-university academic cooperation and promote joint curriculum development initiatives. The three-day meeting brought together lecturers, researchers, doctoral students and academic ...

From Nov 12-14 the Final Conference of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Liveability Project took place in the Railway Museum in the heart of Riga. Over two days, local and international speakers delivered cutting edge content on community led public interest design and municipalities co-creating cities with the public sector. A prominent part of the programme was reserved for presentations of ...

On 29 September, as part of the Design Night festival, the exhibition “UPMADE® in Kenya: DiMa + EKA Circular Design” will open in the Krulli quarter, showcasing creative works made from the textile offcuts of a Kenyan factory. The exhibition is free to attend, with the opening on Monday 29.09 at 18:30 at The Machine Shop I, Krulli quarter. Regular opening hours Tuesday–Saturday 11:00–20:00 ...