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[https://dfgn.org/ Design Factory Global Network (DFGN) ] is a network of innovation hubs in universities and research organisations in five continents of the world. DFGN is on a mission to create change in the world of learning and research through passion-based culture and effective problem solving. Shared understanding and common ways of working enable Design Factories in the network to collaborate efficiently across cultures, time zones and organisational boundaries fostering radical innovations. [https://vimeo.com/240992200 [DFGN Video]]

Add text here.Becoming a member of the DFGN allows universities and research institutions to focus on their local interests with the support of a global network.The global partnerships open up opportunities for cross-continental collaborations.

All the design factories have initiatives that serve as platforms for co-creation at the intersection of industry, students and research. There are initiatives like Design Factories provide hands-on learning experiences for Thinking Courses or the Product Development Project (PDP) courses that are aimed at students who are interested in real life product development of investment or consumer goods. Students get to develop innovative services and products to solve challenges and posed by industry projects. For businessesStudents get to create products by going through the various stages of product development. Aside from educational initiatives, Design Factories offer an environment all design factories provide access to their global network of various factories around the globe. Some factories also provide innovative spaces for finding and realising new ideas together with leading scholarsprototyping, top future talent having meetings or lectures and other companies. Researchers have the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research together with industry partnersfor flexible working.

*Santiago - Duoc Aalto Design Factory (DDF), Helsinki, Finland*Helsinki - Aalto University*Shanghai - College of Tongji Design and InnovationFactory, Shanghai, Tongji UniversityChina*Melbourne - Swinburne Design Factory , Melbourne (Swinburne University), Australia*Geneva - CERN*Porto - Porto Duoc Design Factory (POLITÉCNICO DO PORTO), Santiago, Chile*Seoul - Design Factory Korea (Underwood International College)IdeaSquare CERN, Geneva, Switzerland*Leeuwarden - Frisian Design FactoryKorea, Seoul, Korea*Riga - RTU Porto Design Factory (Riga Technical University_, Porto, Portugal*Philadelphia - Jefferson*New York - PACE University*Ankara - METU Nexus Design Factory (Middle East Technical University), Philadelphia, USA*Bogota -  Frisian Design Factory Javeriana (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota), the Netherlands*Valencia - UPV Riga Technical University Design Factory (Universitat Politecnica De Valencia)*Sao Paulo - Design Factory Sao Paolo (InovaLab@Poli)*Cali - Design Factory Javeriana Cali (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali)*Hamilton - Design Factory NZ (Wintec - Waikatio Institute of Technology), Latvia*Warsaw - Warsaw University of Technology*Barcelona - Fusion Point*Ghent - Ghent Pace University, New York, USA

Add text hereFor more information about creating a design factory on your own campus, contact Viljami Lyytikäinen at [mailto:viljami.lyytikainen@aalto.fi viljami.lyytikainen@aalto.fi].

DFGN has a small team in Aalto University, looking after the development of the network.

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