Maarit Salolainen

Maarit Salolainen

Professor (Associate Professor)
Department of Design

Maarit Salolainen is the Professor of Textile Design and Head of the MA Major in Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She is a textile design expert with an extensive track record in the global industry.

Salolainen has developed higher education studies in textile design, focusing on renewing textile studio pedagogy and linking textile studies to fashion education. Salolainen is passionate about bridging textile knowledge across disciplinary boundaries. She has initiated experimental pedagogy in multidisciplinary pedagogical platforms, exposing students from non-design backgrounds to creative artistic processes.

In addition to her academic work, Salolainen has worked internationally in the textile industry, latest as creative director at the Turkish textile mill Vanelli Textile, leading a team of 25 designers to design and develop new concepts, products and collections for international interior textile editors and brands.

Her book, Interwoven – Exploring Materials and Structures (AaltoARTS Books 2022), a textbook and guide to mastering textile design, won the International Creative Media Awards gold medal in the category of Educational textbooks. The book will be published by Thames & Hudson in 2024. In 2014, Salolainen was awarded the Designer of the Year award by the Finnish Designers Association.

                   
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Kontakuppgifter

Postadress
Otaniementie 14 02150 Espoo Finland

Kompetensområde

Textile design, Functional textiles, Interior textiles, Collection management, Textile technology, Textile fibres, Multidisciplinary pedagogy, Creative Direction, Sustainability in textiles, Textile colouration, Circularity in Textiles, Textiles, Fashion textiles, Fashion

Utmärkelser

International Creative Media Award Gold medal

Gold award in "Educational textbooks, schoolbooks" category for book Interwoven: Exploring Materials and Structures.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Dec 2022

Dean's Award: Commmunity Building Outside Own Field

The idea of Experimental Textile Design, with Maarit Salolainen leading it, is to open textile knowledge to other disciplines. The joint ARTS/ENG course provides an opportunity for design and engineering students to explore experimental design approaches and fabrication processes. A shared learning process combines textile knowledge and an engineering approach renewing both areas. Students develop ideas among peers from different backgrounds through collaboration.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Dec 2017

Designers of the year 2014: Textile Designer of the year

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Design Jan 2014

Publikationer

DIALOGUES: An Ode To Textile Stories

Maarit Salolainen 2023

The Wardrobe of the Future

Elina Ilen, Janne Halme, Farid Elsehrawy, Elina Palovuori, Bettina Blomstedt, Pinja Helasuo, Jaakko Eskola, Zuzana Zmatekova, Linda Wederhorn, Maarit Salolainen 2022

DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures @ NYTM

Maarit Salolainen, Anna-Mari Leppisaari 2022

Sun-powered Textiles

Elina Ilen, Janne Halme, Farid Elsehrawy, Elina Palovuori, Bettina Blomstedt, Pinja Helasuo, Jaakko Eskola, Zuzana Zmatekova, Linda Wederhorn, Maarit Salolainen 2021

Resonanz

Maarit Salolainen 2021

Helsinki collection

Maarit Salolainen 2020

Ioncell gala dress for the First Lady of Finland

Pirjo Kääriäinen, Marja Rissanen, Sanna Hellsten, Herbert Sixta, Pirjo Hirvonen, Maarit Salolainen, Helmi Liikanen, Emma Saarnio, Sari Kivioja, Reetta Myllymäki 2018

Opening up New Textile Futures through Collaborative Rethinking and Remaking

Kirsi Niinimäki, Maarit Salolainen, Pirjo Kääriäinen 2018 Soft Landing

Tekstiili18 Exhibition

Maarit Salolainen, Matilda Palmu 2018

Transforming Fashion Expression through Textile Thinking

Maarit Salolainen, Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Kirsi Niinimäki 2018 Arts

Crossing over Boundaries through Experimental Pedagogy

Maarit Salolainen, Jouni Partanen, Oldouz Moslemian, Eeva Suorlahti, Panu Kiviluoma, Kirsi Niinimäki 2017 REDO