FASHION AND TEXTILE WORKING GROUP
Estonian Academy of Arts is hosting the Cumulus Fashion and Textile working group meeting in Tallinn on May 22-23. The working group will continue on Thursday, May 24 in Helsinki with further discussions and a visit to Marimekko company. On Friday the working group participants will have the chance to see the fashion show in Suvilahti.
Click here for detailed programme and information about the registration.
MEETING IN TALLINN, ESTONIA:
May 22: evening arrival, dinner;
May 23: seminar and visits, ferry trip to Helsinki
Venue: BALTIKA QUARTER Veerenni street 24, Tallinn
In Tallinn we will have a seminar with presentations and discussions, followed by a visit to the Estonian design hot spots in Baltika Quarter and in the City, including Tallinn Creative Incubator, Estonian Design Centre, Estonian Design House, HULA studio shop, exhibition of smart textiles. In the evening we will take a ferry to Helsinki all together and have informal discussions on the way.
The topics of our seminar will be interactive and social design, which have become the important aspects of textile and fashion design today. Both in Nordic countries and in Estonia, the most interesting developments in the field are taking place and we have several outstanding projects to show and talk about. All the members of the international working group are invited to give their active input to the seminar and share information with the colleagues. During our seminar we will talk about interactive design objects that combine smart textiles with soft electronics and give the possibility to create innovative solutions that consider the personal needs of different users. It is important in textile and fashion design to widen the perspective of using our own specialty tools and traditional knowledge, as well as to include the new technologies for solving the problems of much larger scale of users and finding new areas where to be helpful and active. To reach that goal, designers of course need to work closely with the target groups and research the needs of users. There are several possibilities to improve people’s quality of life, using textile and fashion design tools. In our working group discussions we will focus on how fashion and textile design can care and empower.
Please note that there is a separate fee for Tallinn meeting!
WORKING GROUP CONTINUATION IN HELSINKI, FINLAND:
Continuation on Thursday, 24 May 2012 in Helsinki, hosted by Aalto University.
COMPANY VISIT TO MARIMEKKO
Thursday 24.5.2012, 10.00-11.30
A guided tour to Marimekko Ltd is organised for the Cumulus conference guests and priority is given to the members of the Cumulus Fashion and Textile Working Group.
The group can host max 25 persons and in case free places available any delegate can register. The organizer takes the right to limit the access to this company visit.
“Marimekko is a Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its original prints and colours. The company designs and manufactures high-quality interior decoration items ranging from furnishing fabrics to tableware as well as clothing, bags and other accessories.
When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. Marimekko products are sold in approximately 40 countries. In 2011, brand sales of Marimekko products worldwide amounted to approximately EUR 170 million and the company’s net sales were EUR 77 million. The number of Marimekko stores totalled 90 at the year end. The key markets are North America, Northern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group employs around 430 people. The company’s share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.”
If you wish to visit Marimekko please register before 10.05.2012 by filling out the form here!
FASHION SHOW
Friday 25.5.2012, 19:00 at Suvilahti
20 tickets available for working group participants!
Näytös 12 Fashion Show
Aalto University’s annual student fashion show is held on the 25th of May at the historical Suvilahti power plant in Helsinki’s industrial Sörnäinen district. The Aalto fashion show is traditionally one of the most anticipated fashion events in Helsinki and this spring it also is an important part of the Helsinki World Design 2012 festivities’ official calendar. In the recent years the show has also attracted attention from the international fashion media and former Aalto fashion students can be found working in companies such as Balenciaga, Marimekko, Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Nike and Levi’s. The event showcases graduate collections from both the MA and BA degree programmes and for the first time six recently graduated alumni have been invited to present their autumn-winter 2012-2013 collections on the same catwalk. The selected young designers and brands are Ensæmble by Alisa Närvänen and Elina Peltonen, Saara Lepokorpi, Sasu Kauppi and R/H by Emilia Hernesniemi and Hanna Riiheläinen. Näytös 12 Fashion show will also be televised by YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. The alumni section will be aired live on Yle Teema channel and the student show will be streamed online at www.yle.fi/areena Due to limited space it is recommended to purchase the entry ticket in advance.
If you wish to check see the fashion show please register before 10.05.2012 by filling out the form here!
Click here for detailed programme and information about the registration.
Contact person: Maria Jürisson, International Office, Estonian Academy of Arts
Tel: +372 626 7369, maria.jyrisson@artun.ee
