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  • Schedule and Announcements

    Welcome to the Textile Collection Design course (6cr)

    Responsible teacher: Maarit Salolainen  

    Teachers: Maarit Salolainen, Maija Fagerlund, Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, Nora Bremer,  + visiting lecturers

    The course uses the Online Guidebook to Surface Patterns MyCourses page for surface design tasks.

    • Not available unless any of:
      • You are a(n) Student
      • You are a(n) Teacher (MC)

      Textile Collection Design course Google Drive folder link

      If you don't yet have one, you must register an Aalto Google Drive account for this course. Instructions for registering an Aalto Google Drive account.



    • Schedule
      WEEK 2 TUE 9.1.2024 THU 11.1.2024

      		9:15-12:00, 13:15-14:00, Q203
      Course Introduction / Maija
      Introduction to Creative Sketching / Hanna-Kaisa
      Surface Design for Textiles lecture / Maija

      14:15-17:00, R102
      Introduction to the Online Guidebook to Surface Patterns / Maija, Nora
      		 9:15-17:00, M202
      Creative Sketching Workshop / Hanna-Kaisa
      3TUE 16.1. THU 18.1.
      9:15-16:00, M202
      Design Direction Workshop / Maarit      		 9:15-15:00, Q101
      Repeat Workshop / Maarit, Nora

      15:00-16:00, Q101
      Teamwork: colours and themes. Plan and prepare for the Tue 23.1. task

      16-17 Q101
      Colour and mood board printing Info / Nora
      4 TUE 23.1. THU 25.1.
      9:15-12:00, R102
      Maija's group tutoring (task submission on Monday)
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      13:15-15:00, R107
      Lecture: Sketching textures and jacquard structures and advancing to repeats for industry / Tiina Paavilainen

      15:15-16:00, Q201
      Teamwork: finalising the presentations / Nora

      16:00-17:00, Q201
      Design teams present the final moodboards and colour concepts / Maarit, Nora
      		 9:15-10:30, Q101
      Storytelling with material collage / Nora

      10:45-12:00 Q101
      Lecture: Creating Storyworlds for Structural Designs / Leonardo Hidalgo Uribe
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      13:15-14:00, Q101
      Collection design and collection coordination in the textile industry / Maarit

      14:00-15:30, Q101
      Introduction to Textural Design Workshop / Nora

      15:30 - 17:00 Q101
      Finalising the mood boards and colourways / Maarit, Nora
      5 TUE 30.1. THU 1.2
        9:15-12:00, R102
      Maija's group tutoring (task submission on Monday)

      13:00-17:00, R113
      Group tutoring with Nora
      		  9:15-17:00, O008 Pattern Making Workshop
      Textural Designs Workshop / Nora

      10:00-10:20, H001
      Laser cutter intro

      11:00-11:20, O008 Pattern Making Workshop
      Blade cutter intro
       6  TUE 6.2.  THU 8.2.
        10:00-12:00, Q203
      Working as a Freelance Print Designer  / Sanni Ojala

      13:00-17:00, O204
      Optional individual tutoring with Maija

      13:00-17:00 F102
      Group tutoring with Maarit 
      		  9:15-12:00, Q203
      Sketching Practices & Inspiration or Copying lecture / Hanna-Kaisa
       7
      		 Friday 16.2. (changed due to the strike)
       
      		 9:00-12:00, L107
      Group tutoring with Maarit 
       8  TUE 20.2.  THU 22.2.
        9:15-  PRINTLAB

      Printing and cutting / Nora      		  9:15-13:45, M202
      CRITIQUE
      9:15-10:15 First Group (4)
      Break
      10:30-11:30 Second group (4)
      11:30-12:30 Lunch
      12:30-13:15 Third group (3)
      13:15-13:45 Filling the Course Feedback in R102

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