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Head of the MA Major in Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design
Otaniementie 14, 02150 Espoo
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Maarit Salolainen is 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 expert with extensive international experience across the textile industry.
Professor Salolainen has developed higher education studies in textile design, focusing on renewing textile studio pedagogy and linking textile studies to fashion education. She is passionate about bridging textile knowledge across disciplinary boundaries. Salolainen 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. In 2014, Salolainen was awarded the Designer of the Year award by the Finnish Designers Association.
Maarit Salolainen's 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 Educational textbook category. A new, revised edition of Interwoven will be published in 2024 by Thames & Hudson.
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Taiteen maisteri, Taideteollinen korkeakoulu
Award Date: 11 Dec 1992
Creative Director, Vanelli
1 Jun 2018 → 1 Dec 2023
Creative Direction Collaboration, GM Fabrics Private Limited
1 Sept 2016 → 31 May 2018
Creative Director, F&F Floor and Furnishings
1 Jan 2011 → 31 May 2015
Design Director, Lauritzon's
1 May 2006 → 31 Dec 2010
Design Director, Backhausen GmbH
1 May 2003 → 30 Apr 2006
Founder, Creative Director, Textile Designer, Maarit Salolainen Design
1 Sept 1992 → …
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Design › Art in non-art work › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Design › Art in non-art work › peer-review
Salolainen, M. (Recipient), 15 Dec 2017
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Salolainen, M. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Salolainen, M. (Supervising professor), 10 Sept 2020
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Salolainen, M. (Recipient), 3 Dec 2022
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Salolainen, M. (Supervising professor), 18 Nov 2019
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Salolainen, M. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Chair of a conference, workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Salolainen, M. (Member)
Activity: Memberships (typically long-term positions of trust) › Membership of a competition jury
Salolainen, M. (Speaker) & Leppisaari, A.-M. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participant of a conference, workshop, session, tutorial or event
Salolainen, M. (Member)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of an event for a non-academic audience (public outreach)
Salolainen, M. (Member)
Activity: Academic assessments › Evaluation of significant academic activities
Salolainen, M., Fagerlund, H.-M. & Leppisaari, A.-M.
17/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
31/10/2022
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
Salolainen, M., Fagerlund, H.-M., Leppisaari, A.-M. & Niinimäki, K.
18/09/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance