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The state prize for design awarded to professor, textile artist Kirsi Niinimäki
Kirsi Niinimäki has dedicated her career to studying the environmental impact of the textile industry and fast fashion and to finding solutions to the problems it causes.
Professor Mikko Jalas: ‘We must be able to imagine the impossible to find new perspectives’
New professors: Mikko Jalas has been appointed as Associate Professor (tenured) in the field of Co-innovating for Circular Solutions from July 2022.
Online course “Wood material science” starts 10.1.2023
Learn 100% online how the structure of wood affects its physical and mechanical properties.
Online course “Wood products and processes” starts 27.2.2023
Learn 100% online the links between wood product properties and typical applications in the living environment.
DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures exhibition in Dipoli Gallery
The exhibition features research projects and student works related to textiles at Aalto University.
Make your research or project visible to the public and decision-makers: Application for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 now open
Our theme is Invisible – what don't we see even though we should? We're bringing together the most radically creative projects and work from our Aalto community, so come along!
What will we be wearing in the future?
Aalto University has been invited to showcase its sustainable textile and fashion solutions at the European Parliament in Brussels.
How is radical creativity understood at Aalto?
A study will explore how an ambiguously and ambitiously defined strategic focus affects organisational norms, identity and ways of working. Read the interview report or assign a workshop with your unit.
New T-REX Project launches to drive closed-loop sorting and recycling of household textile waste across the EU
Aalto University is part of a consortium that has launched an innovative European Union (EU) funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste.
Aalto's strong textile expertise showcased at New York Textile Month event
DIALOGUES event in New York 2–6 November reimagines the landscape of tomorrow’s textiles and fashion
Aalto University’s pedagogy in textiles studies relies on ‘textile thinking’
"Interwoven - Exploring Materials and Structures" by Professor Maarit Salolainen is a thorough overview of the textile design pedagogy at Aalto University
Jenny Hytönen wins the Hyères International Fashion Competition
In addition to the main prize the unisex collection won also the audience prize
Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Herbert Sixta for the development of Sustainable wood-based textile fibres
The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Herbert Sixta and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres.
Hybrid Stage now in action
The Hybrid Stage pilot project has started on Harald Herlin Learning Center’s K-floor, serving the Aalto University community and its extended network of partners.
Lab-grown pigments and food by-products: The future of natural textile dyes
As the environmental impact of the fashion and textile industries becomes clearer, the demand and need for sustainable alternatives is growing. One international research group aims to replace toxic synthetic dyes with natural alternatives, ranging from plants to microbes to food waste.
'Wardrobe of the future' – sustainable solutions for the fashion and textile industry
The exhibition is showcasing solutions from researchers and students on sustainable future for the fashion and textile industry.
Interwoven dives into textile design and weaving
Interwoven is a joyoys exploration into woven textile design with almost 500 pages and over 1500 photographs.
Professor Julia Valle Noronha: ‘Fashion can be a major force in change’
Meet our new professors: Professor in Fashion Design, Julia Valle Noronha
An eco-filling to replace down
A hundred years ago, cattail fluff was used as life vest filling – now a Finnish company wants the eco-friendly material for pillows and winter coats.
