DIALOGUES – Creating Textile Futures @ DDW

Exhibition team:

Dialogues Concept: Maarit Salolainen (Aalto University)

Curators: Marjan Kooroshnia / Swedish School of Textiles), Maarit Salolainen and Maija Fagerlund / Aalto University

Producer: Nora Bremer / Aalto University

Exhibitors: The bachelor’s and master’s textile design graduates from the Swedish School of Textiles (University of Borås) and the master’s fashion and textile design graduates from Aalto University (Finland)

Exhibiting MA graduates from Aalto: Nestor Ailoranta, Eszter Nagy, Eeva Sundell, Jarubhorn Jahnavee, Janneke Spaan, Venla Elonsalo, Yen-Hua Chen, Yu-Chen Lin, Ludvig Boren

and PhD student Leonardo Hidalgo-Uribe.

The DIALOGUES exhibition showcases the textile artistry and expertise of the bachelor’s and master’s textile design graduates of the Swedish School of Textiles (University of Borås) and from the graduates of the master’s program in Fashion and Textile Design at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. The curated textile design works focus on practice-led research and creative future solutions with a multidisciplinary mindset, driving to reach a shared dialogue.

This exhibition continues the series DIALOGUES, presenting textiles as a medium for future solutions. DIALOGUES launched in New York in November 2022 with a joint exhibition and seminar by Aalto University and Parsons - The New School.

DIALOGUES presents textiles as a medium for creativity, design, technology and innovation. The many challenges facing the textile and fashion industries are addressed in this exhibition through different perspectives and expressions, ranging from design research projects to art installations.

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