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Out of the blue
One of the key methods used in the Lights On! project is innovation. In doing so we have intentionally sought new frontiers but also deliberately exposed ourselves to what might become a colossal failure. What if we will not achieve anything by this process of trial and failure? What will become of the project if […]
Light Painting Workshops in the Lights On! project sites
Vallisaari: light painting: Jani Lainio, photography: Kirsi MacKenzie Background The Lights On! project seeks to create a joint network of historical tourist attractions in Finland and Estonia. In Finland, the spotlighted attractions are the Kuusisto Bishop’s Castle ruins, the Raseborg Castle ruins, the Rapola Hill Fort and the Vallisaari Fortress. The project seeks to […]
International Lights On! –training for entrepreneurs: enjoyable creativity
When things start to work, we should let them do so! Good feeling and excited atmosphere can create so much more than lectures, even good ones. 21st of January 2017, 10:45 am twentythree Estonian guests were landed to Finnish shore. There were mostly tourism entrepreneurs from different locations of Estonia and some staff members from […]
Me, myself and Lights On!
Hey all! I am Maaria, cultural management student from HUMAK Turku. I have been working with the Lights On! project from autumn 2015. This project was connected to our innovation course in 2015-2016. During the course we innovated some new tools for the project. First task was to think ’how to make Lights On! more […]
New Year’s Greetings from Turku Game Lab
Hello all, New year, new tricks. Thought this would be an excellent time to look back a little and see what’s been going on with the mobile game Vivi has already mentioned a couple of times in her posts. My name is Anttoni and I work at Turku University of Applied Sciences. Even though my […]
Trips to Tampere and Joensuu
Moikka, Today, I’ll talk about my trip to Tampere, where I’ve tried Aurasma (an augmented reality application) and at the same time had fun with my friend Mari (I met her during the Innovation camp in Estonia 🙂 ). I’ll also say a few words about my trip to Joensuu (Eno more specifically) where I’ve […]
Finding characters for the game, quite a tricky task
Hei hei, As I said in my last post, I’ve spent many hours finding some characters for the future mobile game, whose final version will be available on the Lights on! sites in 2018 🙂 . The first task Anttoni (from the game lab) gave me was to find, for each site, the peak period […]
All about the Jewelry Competition and my trip to Lapland
Hei Hei, I’ve had quite a busy life since my last post, I’ve been lucky to travel to Lapland (Ivalo), which was one of my biggest dreams (and I will go back, for sure!). I’ve also been to Tampere and Joensuu, that’s for my next posts 🙂 . Between those trips, I’ve worked quite a […]
Raseborg Castle Ruin: beautiful site with a fascinating past
On Tuesday morning, I took the train to Karjaa station where Aino would pick me up to go to the Raasepori Castle Ruin, the last Lights on! Project site I hadn’t seen yet. She had to present the site to a group of Estonians and it was a good occasion for me to visit it […]