STANCE Finland - Lahti Institute of Design Fine Arts
Welcome to the 2022 graduating season of Vehicle Design projects from Lahti Institute of Design in Finland. Here are some […]
May 2021: Graduation in 2021 came early for our students, as the deadline and process moves earlier in the year […]
STANCE 2020 June 2020 – This year we celebrated the graduation of students that started their studies in the autumn […]
aiGO Autonomous Bus Design Project 2017 – 2019 aiGO (A.I- Go!) was a 1 year design project integrated into Lahti […]
May 2019. The Institute of Design held a degree show again. Reminiscent of previous joint exhibitions, not held since 2016, […]
We had our own prize-giving event back in Lahti, as it was difficult for all of our entries to visit […]
A few weeks ago STANCE18 happened. This blog post is running late, thanks to our exciting process of moving our […]
2017 was an interesting year for us at STANCE. Many of our students are out there in the wide world, […]
Instead of the usual STANCE blog post- this post has been written by a guest team of graduate designers. They […]
2017 marks our third ever graduation year, and our graduates displayed wide-ranging vehicle proposals based on their own independent research […]
24th of May 2017 saw the opening of our STANCE 17 degree show. We would like all of you to take […]
Lada 2050 Future Vision: The story began in 2016 when our friends in Moscow suggested an ambitious project idea. We cautiously […]
We at STANCE have had a very eventful term this autumn, and we have a few interesting projects, topics, and […]
STANCE are holding an art exhibition! Here’s the info… (note: the gallery is closed on Monday and Tuesday) This exhibition […]
June 2nd 2016 – and we celebrated another graduation year for students that began their studies of Vehicle Design in […]
Finland has a long history of vehicle engineering and production, with local brands such as Valmet, Valtra, Rocla, and SISU. Lahti Institute of Design & Fine Art has long been connected with that industry. We can look back to the late 1990s when graduates began working in the vehicle design industry globally, via our connections with other design institutes such as the RCA in London. We aim to enable design graduates to pursue careers designing future transportation products and services within the engineering and styling parameters of the automotive, transportation and mobility industry.
Alumni and business network for Finnish Transportation/Vehicle Design, originating at the Lahti Institute of Design.
Lahti Institute of Design & Fine Arts is part of the larger LAB University of Applied Sciences which operates in Lahti and Lappeenranta, and also provides education online. The strengths of this higher education institution specialising in innovation include the circular economy, design, the commercialisation of innovations and service innovations for health and well-being.
LAB have over 8 500 students, making it the sixth largest university of applied sciences in Finland.
The Vehicle Design program at Lahti Institute of Design was awarded by Lahti City Council for innovation in education.
We also contributed to award winning designs such as the MUJI GACHA bus- which won the Beazley Design of the Year 2019 Transportation category
In 2017 we were awarded by the PUSHKA International Industrial Innovations Design Forum – For Support of Russian Design and Education
STANCE are part of the Muotola design office, a subsidary of LAB who take on any design for hire projects. Please contact us if you have any vehicle design requirements!