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Professor 陌dil Gaziulusoy: 鈥極ur future visions are not ambitious enough鈥
Presenting the new professors: Professor in sustainable design 陌dil Gaziulusoy

The Textile Artist of the Year is Laura Isoniemi
The Textile Artist of the Year award is the most prestigious textile art award in Finland.

Fashion design graduate Tuuli-Tytti Koivula wins Alpha Award23
Fashion design graduate Tuuli-Tytti Koivula from Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland won the top prize at this season's Alpha show 31 January, 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!

The CreaTures research project highlights how creative practices can contribute to the sustainability agenda
The newly published CreaTures Co-Laboratory Catalogue offers an overview of experiences, insights and outcomes that emerged from 20 experimental artistic productions developed within the CreaTures project in 2020 鈥 2022.

Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
New tenured professors present their field and research on a video.

The state prize for design awarded to professor, textile artist Kirsi Niinim盲ki
Kirsi Niinim盲ki 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: 鈥榃e must be able to imagine the impossible to find new perspectives鈥
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 鈥淲ood products and processes鈥 starts 27.2.2023
Learn 100% online the links between wood product properties and typical applications in the living environment.

Online course 鈥淲ood material science鈥 starts 10.1.2023
Learn 100% online how the structure of wood affects its physical and mechanical properties.

DIALOGUES 鈥 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 鈥 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鈥6 November reimagines the landscape of tomorrow鈥檚 textiles and fashion

Aalto University鈥檚 pedagogy in textiles studies relies on 鈥榯extile thinking鈥
"Interwoven - Exploring Materials and Structures" by Professor Maarit Salolainen is a thorough overview of the textile design pedagogy at Aalto University

Jenny Hyt枚nen wins the Hy猫res 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 Kilpel盲inen 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鈥檚 K-floor, serving the Aalto University community and its extended network of partners.
