MY FASHION DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
DIALOGUE exhibition 26.9 -4.10.2015
TILAexhibition
BUDAPEST DESIGN WEEK
MONO ART AND DESIGN, Kossuth Lajos u. 12.1053 Budapest, Hungary
www.TILAexhibition.com/#!dialogue/cceu
www.designweek.hu/2015/event/tila-finn-es-magyar-design
My magazine editor Tuija Nieminen
Photographers: Maria Hästbacka & Sanni Siira, Designers: Hanna Ikonen, Linnea Bobacka, Eveliina Pyykkönen, Elina Heilanen
Photographer: Sanni Siira, Designer: Noora Rytkönen
Photographer: Maria Hästbacka, Designers: Niina Paloranta, Matleena Kehus, Hanna Salo
Photographers: Maria Hästbacka & Ninni Vidgren, Designers: Tiina Kokkonen, Aino Falck-Immonen
Personal photographer: Maria Hästbacka
Dialogue video presentation: Maria Hästbacka
Graphic design: Riikka Jalava
Printed in Metropolia Digital printing 2015
Paper Cover Edixion 250 g / m², Inside Edixion 140 g / m²
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My Magazine
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DIALOGUE exhibition 26.9 -4.10.2015
TILAexhibition
BUDAPEST DESIGN WEEK
MONO ART AND DESIGN,
Kossuth Lajos u. 12.1053 Budapest, Hungary
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Linnea Bobacka
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Aino Falck-Immonen
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Elina Heilanen
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Hanna Ikonen
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Tiina Kokkonen
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Matleena Kehus
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Maija Luoma
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Niina Paloranta
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Eveliina Pyykönen
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Noora Rytkönen
26-27
Hanna Salo
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Mira-Liina Skyttälä
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MY FASHION DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
| My Magazine
MY FASHION DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
| DIALOGUE exhibition 26.9 -4.10.2015
MY FASHION DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
DIALOGUE exhibition 26.9 -4.10.2015
TILAexhibition
BUDAPEST DESIGN WEEK
MONO ART AND DESIGN,
Kossuth Lajos u. 12.1053 Budapest, Hungary
The textile design students of Helsinki
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
will participate in Budapest Design Week
with “Dialogue” exhibition arranged together
with Moholy-Nagy University of Art and
design. The show exhibits their jacquardpatterned knitwear products under the
theme “My Fashion Design Philosophy”.
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Budapest (MOME) and Helsinki Metropolia
University of Applied Sciences have arranged
a joint exhibition called Dialogue in Budapest.
The exhibition is held from 26 September to 4
October 2015 in MONO art & design- gallery.
The exhibition presents knitwear designs
of textile design students from the two
universities as well as works as a place for
joint student discussion. Dialogue is part of
TILA exhibition which presents Finnish and
Hungarian design for a month in Budapest.
My magazine presents all the textile design
philosophy ideas of the students and what
they have created for the knitting course
in spring 2015. Professor Kriszta Remete
was also a visiting professor in April at
Metropolia University.
industry. The main skill of the students is
the ability to connect textile and fashion
design. They can simultaneously design in
both areas.
The departments of textile design in MoholyNagy University of Art and Design and
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
started their student and teacher exchange
in 1998. Since then, the universities have
exhibited student work several times,
Dialogue being the seventh joint exhibition.
This year the purpose of the co-operation
has been the pedagogical development of
educational practices through networking
and teacher exchange.
The textile design students of Metropolia
University will participate in the exhibition
with their jacquard-patterned knitwear
products under the theme “My Fashion
Design Philosophy ”. The photography
students Maria Hästbacka, Sanni Siira and
Ninni Vidgren of Lahti Institute of Design
have photographed the knitwear products.
Maria Hästbacka has also made personal
photography and multimedia presentation to
be displayed in the exhibition.
The MA and BA textile design students of
MOME participating in Dialogue exhibition
are Agota Grabits, Boglarka Toth-Kasa,
Vanessa Vago, Szecsenyi Agnes, Judit Nagy.
The BA textile design students of Metropolia
University showing their knitting designs
are Aino Falck-Immonen, Elina Heilanen,
Maija Luoma, Niina Paloranta, Eveliina
Pyykönen, Noora Rytkönen. The Dialogue
exhibition has been curated by MOME
Professor Kriszta Remete and Metropolia
Lecturer Tuija Nieminen.
The aim of the knitwear department of the
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
is fashion. The department is integrating
the students to the professional fashion
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lack’n’ white with a colorful twist.
My signature way of using colors is
to combine a bright color palette with
black, white or gray. Geometrical shapes
and graphic patterns reflect my design
aesthetics right now. I am inspired by
easygoing styles and always aim to
create something modern and playful,
yet simple and stylish. Everything I do
is somehow based on the minimalistic
Scandinavian style.
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PHOTO: SANNI SIIRA & MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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y name is Aino Falck and I’m a Textile
Design student graduating next year.
I found this project very interesting,
because we got to design a print pattern
for an industrially knitted fabric. We also
had the opportunity to decide what we
want to make of the fabric. The skirt is
a wrap skirt aimed to fit many different
body types and sizes. Because it’s made
of wool, it rarely needs washing and the
fabric doesn’t stain very easily in general.
This makes it an excellent companion for
everyday use.
The inspiration for my skirt came
originally from a type of “western culture
meets ethnic culture” –imagery, but the
skirt turned out to be more like “etno
meets folkwear” with strong influences
from my own fenno-ugrian background.
As a Scandinavian designer from
Finland, I feel that my Nordic roots are
always present in my designs in some
way, therefore I feel that they don’t
need to be highlighted separately. I like
to design textiles that pull inspiration
from different cultures around the
world. If I also manage to add elements
from the nature, I feel it forms a perfect
combination of things I’d like to express
in my designs.
AINO FALCK-IMMONEN
[email protected]
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PHOTO: NINNI VIGREN & MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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esigning, for me, is about problem
solving for the purposes and needs of a
customer rather than my personal story
as an individual. I hope to create pieces
that can exist independent from any
foreknowledge of me as a designer, but
also that they reflect what I currently
find aesthetically intriguing, and what
techniques, materials and colors I wish
to explore and combine, and that they
create an appealing continuum of my
visual mindscape.
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PHOTO: SANNI SIIRA & MARIA HÄSTBACKA
From the Reef
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believe design should evoke an emotional
response. It must be innovative, beautiful
and timeless; These are the main things
I try to keep in mind when I start my
design process. I also try to incorporate
my emotions,memories, experiences and
values in it. Designing should be done
right and for the right reasons. I believe
great design just happens and it cannot
be planned.
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PHOTO: SANNI SIIRA & MARIA HÄSTBACKA
Dalmatian
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TIINA KOKKONEN
[email protected]
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y inspiration to these knitted trousers
came from my interest in mixing different
techniques together. I made a pattern
where I combined watercolor painting
and geometric shapes to give a new and
inspiring look to this very traditional
product. My idea was to bring something
refreshing to the design by focusing on the
small details and at the same time give it
a hint of “Long Johns” kind of look.
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PHOTO: NINNI VIGREN & MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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would describe my designing as an urban
mystical style with a Scandinavian touch.
This dress reflects womens empowering
journey. The back print of the dress
symbolizes metamorphosis between the
moth and the full moon which is called
Lunar Effect. During full moon all the
heroines of the weekday put on their
dresses on and let the self-examination
begin.
MATLEENA KEHUS
[email protected]
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PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
Lunar effect
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Marble dress
MAIJA LUOMA
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PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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t this moment in my life I get to use the
best hours of the day creating, learning
and thinking about things that excite
me. What could be better? The ideas
and visuals for my work usually come
from a range of places. It might be a nice
color combination I saw months ago
in someone’s hair, a discussion I had
with a close friend, amazing decor in a
scifi movie or any other random thing I
probably won’t even register. The method
that I use to make decision about my
work is always the same though: The
right assignment, moment or inspiration
makes these things surface from the
inside and they leave a mark in my work
in some subtle way. For my piece “Marble
Dress” I wanted to create a surface
design that would look knitted as little as
possible. I experimented with nail polish
and marbling and this is how the patterns
of the dress saw daylight. I designed the
patterns to hug the bodyshape on its
own without any difficult cutting on the
material.
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PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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hope that people enjoy my everyday
stories in their everyday life. I have a lot
of stories that I want to tell, through my
work. I want to create beautiful, modern
and interesting design for the everyday
life. Inspiration for my works comes
from everyday life, moments and nature.
I want to use high quality materials and
use them in a new and different way. I
think that it is important to look forward
and create fresh, beautiful and surprising
design. For the dialogue exhibition I have
designed a scarf named “I have new
hair“. The scarf is designed for a strong
and confident person. Inspiration for my
scarf came from natural hair that we all
have. The hair tells something about the
person and their style, they have a story
as well. The hair is our crown. The soft
material brings contrast to the dark and
strong style. I want to do something new
and surprising.
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n life and as a designer, I aim to different
similarity. Time has and will change me,
but I will always stay the same. Different
but similar. So in my designs, I want to
follow my own style, but always add
something new and different. I breathe
in Nordic air and nature. These give me
inner peace and feed my soul. It inspires
me the most to just wander around and to
see, touch, hear and smell.
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PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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PHOTO: SANNI SIIRA
NOORA RYTKÖNEN
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love the traditional Japanese motifs and
modern Scandinavian graphic style. In
my own designs I prefer light and bright
colours in contrast to most Finnish people
who only wear black and decorate their
homes with white and beige. I want to
convey feelings through my work by
using the symbolic language of colours
which is also why I prefer vibrant colours.
I want my work to make people happy,
warm and relaxed.
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PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
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s a future designer I pay attention to
freshness, color and function. There
is also room for zany ideas. The world
of color is never ending, and you are
allowed to play with it; that is my most
powerful tool. Combining dissimilar
materials in the right ways creates
interesting surfaces, textures and feels. I
have always been especially interested in
decorating and creating atmospheres for
different spaces. Everyday innovational
solutions and wacky creativity spices up
life. When creating this maxi-knit I had
in mind the cold and clear autumn. My
goal was to make a warm knit for outdoor
life. The wool gives cover and feels
luxurious against skin. My designing
process started with the collar because it
is the most important piece in the knit; it
creates the modern look for the product.
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y design bases on a strong and graphic
pattern design, simplicity and rhytm.
Combination of the sharp geometric
pattern design and soft knitted wool
surface creates a great contrast.
PHOTO: MARIA HÄSTBACKA
MIRA-LIINA SKYTTÄLÄ
[email protected]
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EXHIBITION COMMITTEE
The textiledesign student
Linnea Bobacka, [email protected]
Aino Falck-Immonen, [email protected]
Elina Heilanen, [email protected]
Hanna Ikonen, [email protected]
Tiina Kokkonen, [email protected]
Matleena Kehus, [email protected]
Maija Luoma, [email protected]
Niina Paloranta, [email protected]
Eveliina Pyykönen, [email protected]
Noora Rytkönen, [email protected]
Hanna Salo, [email protected]
Mira-Liina Skyttälä, [email protected]
The photographer student
Thank you!
Maria Hästbacka, [email protected]
www.mariahastbacka.com
Ninni Vidgren, [email protected]
Sanni Siira, http://cargocollective.com/sannisiira/
Photographer Maria Hästbacka made Dialogue video presentation
Graphic designer Riikka Jalava
Paparazzi models, Hulda, Malla
Modelboom models, Inari
Models Milla Tissari, Naomi Meyer-Rochow, Danae Delikouras
Makeup artist Vilma Mäkitalo
Kutomo Holopainen, www.kutomoholopainen.fi
Dressmaker Kätlin Kaila, [email protected]
Metropolia Digital printing
In cooperation with
Professor Kriszta Remete, [email protected], Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, www.mome.hu/en
Professor Anu Akkanen, [email protected], Lahti Institute of Design, www.lamk.fi
Professor Tuija Nieminen, [email protected], Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, www.metropolia.fi
Knitwear designer Rosa Piironen, [email protected], www.vanjasea.com
Producer, Nikita Gavrilenko, [email protected]
Finnagora, The Finnish Institute in Budapest, www.finnagora.hu
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