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MAIJA JÄRVINIEMI

MAIJA JÄRVINIEMI

Textile pro and material designer at your service :-)

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  • All
  • weave-engineered
  • future crafts
  • immaterial

Pendant Series: Memory

Spiritual Lure

Sensible Creatures

Pendant Series: Midwinter

Shimmer Fuel

Fresh Meat

Roadkill

Bog hole

Reposet

Katzie Wormzies

Short Film

Machina Animata

Not a Matter of Taste

BA thesis: Body-influenced weaves

© 2022 Maija Järviniemi. All rights reserved
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I am...

Maija - a textile design pro, mad weaver, visual artist and a graduate from Aalto University.

My work sails from advanced textile design to material development and art directing.

I am currently open for new commissions - send me a message and let's have a chat.

Love, Maija

Maija

get in touch

maija@jarviniemi.fi

find me

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Where I learned

2015-2019  Aalto University | Master's Degree (MA)

Major in Fashion, Collection and Textile Design, Department of Design

Minor in Digital Animation and Storytelling, "Pixstories", Department of Media

2014  Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | Exchange studies

Textiles, Department of Fine Art

Animation, Department of Film/Video/Animation

2011-2015  Aalto University | Bachelor's Degree (BA)

Textile Art and Design, Department of Design

Where I collaborated

2018-Present   Freelance Textile & Material Designer, AD | Clients:

KONE Oyj

Lapuan Kankurit Oy

Vanelli Textile

Carpet Syvänen

Aalto University

STEAKS Contact Wear

MIUN Design Studio

VIRTA jewellery studio

2017  Product Development Intern, Weaving Department | TextielLab in Tilburg

2016  Head of Visual Identity and Moving Image | TEKSTIILI16 Exhibition, Aalto University

2015-2018  Various positions | Aalto University:

2018  Research Assistant, CHEMARTS

2017  Short Film Concept and Creation for Functional Clothing & Materials Exhibition

2017  Course Assistant, Footwear Course in Collaboration with VF Corporation

2015  Research Assistant, CHEMARTS

2015-2016  Teaching Assistant, Jacquard and Weaving

2013  Internship | Textile Artist Aino Favén

Some showing off

2021  UNSTABLE DESIGN LAB | ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado

Shortlisted Applicant for Experimental Weaving Residency 2022

2021  BLOOM! Youth Exhibition: Lokal Gallery, Helsinki

Roadkill & Bog Hole, woven textile sculptures

2019  NEW YORK TEXTILE MONTH: Talent! Exhibition

Finalist in the Dorothy Waxman Textile Design Prize | Master Thesis Work: Sensible Creatures

2017  CHEONGJU INTERNATIONAL CRAFT BIENNAL: Visioning Future through Craft and Design, Cheongju, South Korea

Machina Animata - Spatial animation | TEKSTIILI16-exhibition

2017  DESIGN MUSEUM: Enter and Encounter Exhibition, Helsinki

Not a Matter of Taste - a material examination of an edible cellulose composite

2016  DUBAI DESIGN WEEK: Global Grad Show

Not a Matter of Taste - a material examination of an edible cellulose composite

2015  PROTOSHOP: Habitare Design and Furniture Fair, Helsinki Design Week

REPOSET - hand-woven alpaca blanket

2013  INTERNATIONAL WEAVING ART EXHIBITION: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing

MAN-MADE textile collection

2012  KAIKU ETHICAL PRINT COMPETITION: 1st place, Käsikynkkää print