Cross Media project course

Cross Media project course started on Monday. The course is joint effort of  four different educational institutes from Satakunta: Taik, Pori School of Art and Media, University of Turku, Pori Unit, Satakunta Art and Artesan School from Nakkila and Satakunta University of Applied Sciences.

Students from these schools work in teams and study the disciplines of making media for museums, game design, interactive design and media management.

The task is to create for the natural science museum, Arkki, an e-Learning exercise or on-

site production for museum visitors using the assets of Arkki nature house.

The course consist of  a seminar week (week 44) 26.-30.10 and 5 week production period. During the seminar week there will be lectures about information visualisation, media design

in museums, cross media management and concept design. On Tuesday 27th October

the course visited  Heureka Science Museum in Vantaa and learned to play with multimodal interfaces.

Cross media project course site  

The first Creative Business Management MA-program in Pori has begun

We are proud to present and warmly welcome our new CBM-students at Pori School of Art and Media. Welcome also to the CBM-students from Turku School of Economics!

Pori School of Art and Media has now eight new students whose expertise ranges from graphic design to media productions, music enterprise and production, photography and brand design and management. We are in the middle of Kick-off weeks, getting to know each other, presenting portfolios and doing demos, doing personal study plans for each, having sauna and touring Creative Pori. Both students and teachers are eagerly looking forward to future lectures and projects.

Welcome!

Media Management Subject Studies for CBM students

MT 8 Media design
Themes: Design methods, scenario based design, concept design
Courses:
- Concept Design for CBM (3 cp)
- Media Narration Project (3/6 cp)

MT 9 Media management
Themes: Project management, creative projects
Courses:
- Creative Producer (4/6 cp)

MT 10 Media culture
Themes: New economy, media history, gender studies, cultural production and society
Courses:
- The History of Mass and Multimedia (4/6 cp)
- Feminist Media Studies (4/6 cp)
- Cultural Production - from Frankfurt School to No Logo (3 cp)

MT 11 User centered media design
Themes: Design for All, design thinking, user centered design research methods, media research, artistic research
Courses:
- Design Thinking (3 cp)
- Research Methods (3 cp)

MT 12 Media project
Themes: Students' own projects
Courses:
- Cross media production (4/8 cp)

MT 13 Professional skills
Themes: Knowledge management, design management
Courses:
- Knowledge Management (3 cp)
- Social Media Tools (3 cp)

Master's program in Creative Business Management kick-off 3.2

Finland's first Master's program in managing creative businesses and creative processes begins at the University Consortium of Pori in 2009. Application is ongoing until 27.2.2009.

We are arranging a kick-off event, to be held at the Charlotte-hall of the University consortium, Pohjoisranta 11 A Tuesday 3.2 beginning at 14.00.

Opening words and welcome: professor and dean Marjo Mäenpää, University of Art and Design of Helsinki, Pori School of Art and Media

Why do we need a master's program in creative business?: Jyrki Kangas, artistic director of Pori Jazz Festivals

Experiences from joint education: Director Markku Salimäki, International Design Business Management, a Minor study program of Helsinki School of Economics, University of Art and Design of Helsinki, and Technological University of Helsinki

Introduction to the Master's Program: professor Raija Järvenpää Turku School of Economics, Pori Unit, and Head of research Taina Rajanti, University of Art and Design of Helsinki, Pori School of Art and Media

Questions, discussion, networking and refreshments.

Welcome!

Application to CBM has begun!

Application to Master's Program in Creative Business Management has begun 12.1.2009, and ends 27.2.2009.

Taik guide for applicants is available online from Taik webpage. Any questions concerning CBM program, studies and application please contact either
Nina Sjölund nina.sjolund@taik.fi tel +358 2 627 2982
Taina Rajanti trajanti@taik.fi tel +358 44 0987193

See also posts on this blog about the studies and their structure.

Magic Lamp happening at Bepop mall

Two student teams from the Concept Design course Autumn 2008 participated in a Children's Culture happening 20.11. at Bepop mall in the center of Pori. One was a "Bearcafe", a cafe catering for children as their main customers. The other Molli Mustekala (Olivia Octopus), a collective artwork made of recycling material.

Concept design will be one of the basic courses for CBM students in future. Concepts can vary - we had proposals for art exhibitions, media productions, remembering tools for the ageing, artisan pillows for healing bumps and bruises. Most of the concepts are not just excercises, but real projects the students then go on to realize - as these two Magic Lamp concepts.

Fact and Fiction

Juha Seppälä's novel Paholaisen haarukka (Devil's Fork/ A Finlandia award nominee 2008) describes a character studying creative business management at Pori School of ARt and Media. Our first student is a fictive character! (Thanks Max and Visuaalisen Kulttuurin Maisteriohjelmablogi for picking this bit up!)

Application to CBM begins 12.1.2009

Application to Taik begins from 12.1.2009. Taik guide for applicants will be published the same date, you can get it online from Taik webpage. Any questions concerning CBM program, studies and application please contact either
Nina Sjölund nina.sjolund@taik.fi tel +358 2 627 2982
Taina Rajanti trajanti@taik.fi tel +358 44 0987193

Structure of studies

Here is a draft version of the structure of studies in the master program. Integrative studies have been planned in detail and should be pretty definite, likewise the overall structure of the studies and the thematic contents of the major studies.