Presenting @ "Cultural & Creative IT Industries 2012"

Presentation titled
"Engaging Fans through Social Media: Studies of Tribal Marketing in Heavy Metal Music"
accepted to the
BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of "Cultural & Creative IT Industries 2012",
August 28-29 2012 in Dalian, China.
http://www.bitconferences.com/cci2012/

Nightwish fan views wanted to a study!

Hey Nightwishers, it’s storytime!

I’m looking for volunteers from all parts of the world to participate in a study on Imaginaerum and Nightwish, conducted in the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.

So, if you consider yourself a serious Nightwish fan, and if you are familiar with the Imaginaerum album, seeing the band in the current world tour, looking forward to see the movie … and can write your views and experiences in English, I’d be interested in your contribution.

Your participation would mean that I’d ask you to answer a few questions and write about your views and experiences by email.

If interested, please drop an email to --- tm.karjalainen(at)gmail.com  --- by the end of April and I’ll give you more insights.

Cheers, Toni-Matti

Packaging design contest by Stora Enso & IDBM

A re-thoughtful packaging design contest by Stora Enso, coordinated by the IDBM Program:
www.recreatepackaging.com

11th Nordcode seminar in Helsinki & Stockholm

11th Nordcode Seminar & Workshop and IDBM Research Seminar with title “Strategic design communication in business” will be hosted by: IDBM Program, Aalto University School of Economics  on June 11-­13 2012. Activities take place in Helsinki, onboard Silja Serenade cruise ship, and in Stockholm.


See www.nordcode.net for more information.
Description and call for papers here.

Open researcher positions in the DESMA project

Our new EU-funded research project has opened its web site:

www.desma.gu.se

We are looking to recruit 12 Early Stage Researchers to DESMA, a European doctoral level research training network in the area of Design Management. The positions are full time for three years, starting in September 2012. Opportunities for adding a fourth year for completing a PhD will be discussed separately for each position.  

DESMA is an Initial Training Network funded by the European Commission’s Marie Curie Actions that combines 4 leading universities within the area of Design Management (University of Gothenburg, Aalto University in Helsinki, Politecnico di Milano, and Imperial College, London), 4 leading European design consultancies (Ergonomidesign, Engine, Live|work, Future Concept Lab) and 4 complementary product and service organizations (Volvo Group, Philips Innohub, Poltrona Frau, Living Labs Global) in an unprecedented cross-disciplinary effort to understand how design can be exploited as a driver of innovation and competitiveness in Europe.

We are seeking applicants with a master degree in either design or business and some professional experience. The employed researchers will conduct research projects in collaboration with their host organization, take part in a common training programme with doctoral level courses and build a forum for design management research in Europe.

Last date for submissions is March 15^th 2012

For more information visit our website: www.desma.gu.se 

New IDBM article in Spanish

Hemos publicado un nuevo articulo sobre IDBM en español:
Our recent article (in Spanish) published:


Koria, Mikko; Graff, Daniel & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Facilitar los ecosistemas de innovación a través de la educación superior. La universidad Aalto y su International Design Business Management (IDBM). Revista Economía Industrial, no 381. 35-42.

Revista Economía Industrial 381

• Facilitar los ecosistemas de innovación a través de la educación superior. La universidad Aalto y su International Design Business Management (IDBM) [PDF][109 KB]

Corky Laing lectures @ Aalto on 21/11/2011

Extended abstract: Heavy metal artefacts onstage

Extended abstract presented in the Nordcode 2011 seminar in Roskilde: www.nordcode.net

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Heavy metal artefacts onstage: Construction of a visual code system within a subculture. 10th Nordcode Seminar, September 28-30, Roskilde.

Home of Metal papers

Two short papers presented in the Home of Metal Conference at Wolverhampton, UK, on Sept 1-4 2011:

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Ainamo, Antti & Dorman, Matthew John (2011). Exporting metal from the land of the thousand lakes. "Heavy Metal and Place", Home of Metal Conference. Wolverhampton, UK. September 1-4 2011.

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Designing visual references and narratives in heavy metal."Heavy Metal and Place", Home of Metal Conference. Wolverhampton, UK. September 1-4 2011.

New article in JMRE

A BogFires related article published:

Laaksonen, Laura; Ainamo, Antti & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Entrepreneurial passion: an explorative case study of four metal music ventures. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 13 (1), 18 - 36.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1939677&ini=aob