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Textile Design meets AI

Textile Design meets AI project investigates the potential of computational design systems, including artificial intelligence in the design of seamless knits. It focuses on generating innovative forms and textures and their combinations. By utilising AI, we aim to enhance the creative process and streamline design possibilities, exploring and exploiting what digital knitting together with computational design enables.

Role of AI is two-fold in the project, as evolutionary algorithm, developed together with LLM drives the global geometry solution generation and texturing. The system outputs pattern with the correct notation, enabling direct workflow from design to production. Integration to diffusion-based system is a further exploration topic in the project.
Anna-Mari Leppisaari keenly following how the production end of the process performs. In the project, textile design craft and application of AI are contributing hand in hand to the artefact creation and knowledge building.
3D simulations of seamless knitted forms

Exploring new design processes for knitted textile forms

Using AI in knit design enhances creativity by allowing designers to experiment with numerous variations quickly, while also optimizing production processes to improve efficiency.

The technique and machinery set several constraints that guide the development of generative AI. Textile Design meets AI project's aim is to enhance the creative process and streamline design possibilities.

The contributors are Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Maija Fagerlund, Venla Elonsalo, Severi Uusitalo and Maarit Salolainen, all at Aalto.


The project is part of art-ai-fact initiative.

Knitted AI-generated designs in Marsio, building exhibited in Designs for Cooler Planet 2025.

Initial products of trials of our design approaches are being exhibited in Designs for Cooler Planet in Marsio building at Aalto's campus. While the work is under way, the output of our trials with both the hardware and the developing design processes are inspiring.

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