Thursday 31 OCT

PARALLEL SESSIONS: Educational and Design Talks, Studio Visits and Presentations, and Exhibition Visits

Morning program:
The talks are organised in two parallel sessions in the lecture halls M232/M1 and M233/M2

Educational Talks: TEXTILES AND FASHION
Moderators: Maarit Salolainen, Namkyu Chun
VENUE: Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1
9h00–12h00: Lecture hall M232 M1

9h25–9h40 / M232 M1
Colour outside the lines – Importance of committed collaborations and technical support during the design process
HIL DRIESSEN
driessen+vandeijne
Design teacher, Textile department
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands) 

9h50–10h10 / M232 M1
Spatial definers in surface pattern design – introducing alternative design variables as tools in the textile design process
TONJE KRISTENSEN JOHNSTONE
Senior lecturer and PhD student in textile design
Plymouth College of Art (UK)

10h15–10h35 / M232 M1
Textile Prototyping Lab Promoting Young Talents and Innovative Ideas through an Open Lab and Networking between Education, Research, Design and Industry
ESSI JOHANNA GLOMB
Researcher and Lecturer
Textile Prototyping Lab, DXM – Design and Experimental Material Research
Weissensee Art Academy Berlin (Germany)

(15 minute break)

10h50–11h10 / M232 M1
Developing textiles through collaboration – a design method
MARIJA JENKO
Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)       

11h15–11h35 / M232 M1
Re-imagining Textiles: Craft meets Technology in the MFA Textiles program
PREETHI GOPINATH
Associate Professor of Textiles and Director of the MFA Textile Program
The New School / Parsons, School of Fashion (US)

11h40–12h00 / M232 M1
Atelier Program
GABRIEL ASFOUR
The New School / Parsons (US)

Educational Talks: TEXTILE TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
Moderators: Pirjo Kääriäinen, Marium Durrani
VENUE: Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1
9h00–12h00: Lecture hall M233 M2

9h00–9h20 / M233 M2
Weaving – The Sum of its Parts
MARK VAN VORSTENBOS
Head Textile and Fashion
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands)

9h25–9h45 / M233 M2
Woven Knits & Knit Weaves – MAFAD’s interdisciplinary way of teaching textiles
MAARTJE BOER
lecturer in (textile) design
Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Netherlands)

9h50–10h10 / M233 M2
1.From Rag Picking to Riches: Fashion Education Meets Textile Waste
2. Light My Elbows: A Cycling Jacket Incorporating Electronic Yarn
3. A brief summary of the work of the Centre of Fashion and Textiles at NTU
TINA DOWNES
Principal Lecturer in Textile Design in research and education
within the Fashion, Textile and Knitwear department and Centre
School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, (UK)

(15 minute break)

10h50–11h10 / M233 M2
An Investigation into Namibian, Sustainable and Marketable Fashion Range Using Indigenous Materials and Traditional Techniques
BEATA HAMALWA
M Tech Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
Diploma in Education, Studium Nauczycielskie, Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Founder, Fashion Design, College of the Arts, Windhoek (Namibia)

11h15–11h35 / M233 M2
Material Narratives – Current directions in material-based learning and educational knowledge development at Design School Kolding
LOUISE RAVNLØKKE
PhD, Assistant Professor and Textile Designer
Lab for Sustainability and Design
Design School Kolding (Denmark)
KAREN MARIE HASLING
Design School Kolding (Denmark)

11h40–12h00 / M233 M2
Biocolourants in design and textile education
RIIKKA RÄISÄNEN
Leader of the BioColour project
University Researcher, Principle Investigator
HELSUS Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science
University of Helsinki (Finland)

Afternoon program:
The talks are organised in parallel sessions with studio visits and presentations.
VENUE: Väre Building, Otaniementie 14

EducationalTalks: TEXTILE TECHNIQUES
13h00–13h45: Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Moderators: Kirsi Niinimäki, Essi Karell
VENUE: Väre Building, Otaniementie 14

13h00–13h20 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Textile & agro-industrial wastes – Enhancing rice co-products through textiles & materials
ALEXIA VENOT
Textile Designer & Material Researcher, Sustainability for Textile & Social context
the research lab of Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. (France)

13h25–13h45 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Craftsmanship of cut hair
ANTONIN MONGIN
Textile and material designer
PhD student SACRe, PSL – Research University Paris (France) 

DesignTalks: TEXTILES, MATERIALS AND COLLABORATIONS
Moderator: Kirsi Niinimäki, Essi Karell
VENUE: Väre Building, Otaniementie 14
14h00–15h35: Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)

14h00–14h15 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Materials and design in high-end functional sportswear
JENNI FISK 
CEO/ Head of Design
Ren Design Oy (Finland)

14h20–14h35 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Hand/Machine – Does it matter how clothes are made?
MARI NURMENNIEMI 
Artist and Designer (Finland)

14h40–14h55 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Collective Pattern – a community art project inviting people to illustrate a print for their own community
ELINA LAITINEN 
Artist and Designer (Finland)

15h00–15h15 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Sinjang Sabin – Co-creation Batik Textile Inspired by Life of Farmers
TALISA DWIYANI
Master student of Creative Sustainability
Department of Art, Design and Architecture
Aalto University (Finland)

15h20–15h35 / Kukkapuro Work Café (JK Lobby)
Sustainability value hierarchy – a tool for defining who you are in the sustainability landscape
OUTI LES PYY
Sustainable Fashion Speaker, Influencer, Blogger and Trashionista (Finland)

Studio visits and presentations:
VENUE: Väre Building, Otaniementie 14
Enrolment to the tours in the main lobby on Wednesday  (Undergraduate Centre). Priority for foreign guests.

Textile Workshops / Tour A and B
Host: Maarit Salolainen, max 20 participants
The tours start in the main lobby of Väre

A: 14hoo
B: 15h00

Woven Fabrics / Tiina Paavilainen, Helmi Liikanen
Industrial Jacquard / Maija Fagerlund, Tiina Saivo
Knits / Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Ia Kähkönen
Prints / Anna-Mari Leppisaari
Tufted textiles / Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen
Workshop exhibitions: Anna Sorri, Netta Törmälä

Aalto Bioproduct Centre / Tour C and D
Host: Pirjo Kääriäinen, max 20 participants
The tours start in the main lobby of Väre, a 500 metre walk to Vuorimiehentie 1

C: 15h00
D: 16h00

Exhibitions:
VENUE: Väre Building, Otaniementie 14

ARTISTIC, PRACTICE-LED AND SENSORIAL DESIGN / FK Lobby, 2nd floor
Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, Matilda Palmu and Pei-Nung Lee

WOVEN FABRICS / FE Lobby, 1st floor
You-Chia Chen, Elisa Defossez, Leonardo Hidalgo Uribe, Zuzana Zmateková, Maija Fagerlund, Anna-Mari Leppisaari and Eeva Suorlahti

KNITS AND KNITWEAR / F Lobby, floor 0
Ia Kähkönen and Eerika Yli-Rahko

VENUE: Learning Centre, Otaniementie 9, Lobby

NEW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES, RESEARCH FOR COLOUR
Chemarts, Ioncell, Natural Indigo, New Silk, leather-like materials, 3D-printing, foam forming, water-repellency through wax-nanoparticles, willow fibres and growing of materials

VENUE: Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1, Beta Space and Väre Building, Otaniementie 14, Gallery V1

ClimATE – discussing climate change and food systems