911±¬ÁÏÍø

Venla Elonsalo was one of the twenty-four finalists in the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize. The competition received more than 330 entries of textile design-related BA and MA graduate work from eduational design institutes around the world.

The Metex Prize is awarded for excellence in master’s thesis work done in collaboration with a technology company or to promote the significance and use of design and art in Finnish industry. Each year, the fund awards a prize of 5,000 euros for an outstanding master's thesis by a student graduating from 911±¬ÁÏÍø. This year, the Metex Prize will exceptionally be awarded to two master's theses. The Metex Fund, which promotes Finnish industries, operates as part of the Technology Industry 100th Anniversary Foundation.<br/><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Dario Aguet</b>’s master’s thesis, <i>Rethinking Portable Bluetooth Speakers: Disassemblability and Reparability in Product Design</i>, Contemporary Design MA Major, Supervisor:<b> Simo Puintila</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Venla Elonsalo’</b>s master’s thesis <i>I weave dogs and clothes</i>:<i> Digital technologies for woven textile-form design , </i>Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design MA Major. Supervisor <b>Maarit Salolainen </b>advisors:<b> </b>Holly McQuillan (Delft University),<b> Maija Fagerlund.</b></p>

Awarded for Lumen Collection created on my course: Advanced Woven Fabrics and Jacquard Workshop.

Grant for a working group Niinimäki, Leppisaari, Fagerlund for collaboration between Aalto ARTS and Tama Art University Japan and for an exhibition in Helsinki Design Week 2019

Leonardo Hidalgo Uribe was one of the finalists in the 14th Istanbul International Fabric Design Contest with the fabrics designed on my course "Advanced Woven Fabrics and Jacquard Workshop"

Mithila Mohan was awarded third prize in the 14th Istanbul International Fabric Design Contest with the fabrics designed on my course "Advanced Woven Fabrics and Jacquard Workshop"

Mithila Mohan was one of the finalists for Dorothy Waxman textile design price with the fabrics designed on my course "Advanced Woven Fabrics and Jacquard Workshop"

Shared first prize in the Minna Canth 175 -vuotta - competition arranged by company Eurokangas

Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen was one of