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Maarit Salolainen is Professor for Textile Design at Aalto University and Head of Master's Programme in Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design. She is an experienced international textile design professional with passion for bringing textile knowledge to multidisciplinary platforms. Salolainen has developed higher education studies in the field of textile and surface design, focusing on renewing textile studio pedagogy and linking textiles studies to fashion education. Furthermore, 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 works internationally as a creative director consulting textile manufacturers and interior textile editors. Currently she works as a creative director for the Turkish textile mill Vanelli, leading a team of over 20 designers in developing new concepts, products and collections for international interior textile editors and brands.
In 2014 Salolainen was awarded with the Designer of the Year award by the Finnish Designers association.
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Master's degree, Arts and Design, Helsinki University of Arts and Design
Award Date: 11 Dec 1992
Creative Director, Vanelli
1 Jun 2018 → …
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: Book/Report › Book
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
Salolainen, Maarit (Recipient), 15 Dec 2017
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Salolainen, Maarit (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career
Salolainen, Maarit (Supervising professor), 10 Sep 2020
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Salolainen, Maarit (Supervising professor), 18 Nov 2019
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Salolainen, Maarit (Supervisor), Korolainen, Hanna-Kaisa (Student prize recipient), Paavilainen, T. (Student prize recipient), Sedakova, A. (Student prize recipient) & Salo, A. (Student prize recipient), 12 Sep 2017
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Maarit Salolainen (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a competition jury
Maarit Salolainen (Advisor)
Activity: Consultancy types › Academic advising
Maarit Salolainen (Member)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
Kirsi Niinimäki (Chair), Pirjo Kääriäinen (Chair), Maarit Salolainen (Chair), Tiina Paavilainen (Organiser), Petra Haikonen (Organiser), Hilkka-Maija Fagerlund (Organiser), Pirita Lauri (Organiser), Anna-Mari Leppisaari (Organiser), Oldouz Moslemian (Organiser), Lidewij Edelkoort (Member), Michael Hummel (Participant), Harri Puputti (Participant), Helena Hyvönen (Participant), Zane Berzina (Participant), Mark Van Vorstenbos (Participant), Kati Miettunen (Participant), Jouni Partanen (Participant), Orlando Rojas Gaona (Participant), Yu Xiao (Participant), Hil Driessen (Participant), Tonje Kristensen Johnstone (Participant), Essi Johanna Glomb (Participant), Marija Jenko (Participant), Preethi Gopinath (Participant), Gabriel Asfour (Participant), Maartje Boer (Participant), Tina Downes (Participant), Beata Hamalwa (Participant), Louise Ravnløkke (Participant), Karen Marie Hasling (Participant), Riikka Räisänen (Participant), Alexia Venot (Participant), Antonin Mongin (Participant), Jenni Fisk (Participant), Mari Nurmenniemi (Participant), Elina Laitinen (Participant), Talisa Dwiyani (Participant), Outi Les Pyy (Participant), Maarit Aakko (Organiser), Marium Durrani (Organiser), Essi Karell (Organiser), Emmi Pakkanen (Organiser), Jenna Ervasti (Organiser), Eeva Suorlahti (Organiser), Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen (Organiser), Tiina Saivo (Organiser) & Helmi Liikanen (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Membership of a scientific or program committee of a conference or seminar
Maarit Salolainen (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public or invited talk
30/06/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
14/07/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
28/02/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
Tuomas Laitinen, Maarit Salolainen, Pirjo Hirvonen & Annamari Vänskä
22/05/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance