 
          Pirjo Kääriäinen
Associate Professor
                
              Associate Professor
                A803 Dept. Design
              I work as an Associate Professor of Design and Materialities at The School of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS). I joined the University in 2008, and since 2011 I have been facilitating interdisciplinary CHEMARTS collaboration between ARTS and the School of Chemical Engineering (CHEM), together with a cross'disciplinary team. CHEMARTS is aiming to inspire students and researchers to explore biomaterials together, and to create new concepts for the sustainable use of plant-based materials. Before my career in academia, I worked eighteen years for Scandinavian textile industry, and gained experience also as an entrepreneur and consultant for creative industries.
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              E-post
                pirjo.kaariainen@aalto.fi
              Telefonnummer
                +358503810217
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              World of Cellulose, PatternLab, Textile design, Chemarts, New materials, Interdisciplinary collaboration
            
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Student prize: Ornamo Award 2024
      Awarded in the category of master's thesis. Iines Jakovlev: Kuitukasveja tienpientareelta - Materiaalitutkimus tienvarsien kasveista ja niiden soveltuvuudesta muotoilun materiaaliksi
    
    
          
        Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta
      
              
        Muotoilun laitos
      
              
        Sep 2024
      
      
Aalto Awards 2022: Education Impact award
      Professor Jani Romanoff and Vice Dean Rasmus Vuori together with their teams, were awarded for their excellent contribution for the reform of the programme portfolios and structures of the education offered by their schools.<br/><br/>In the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, the team led by Rasmus Vuori coordinated the comprehensive reform of the bachelor's and master's programme structure and management model. The reform enables the increase of multidisciplinary cooperation and the balancing of the workload of students and staff.
    
    
          
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        Jan 2022
      
      
Aalto Awards 2022: Aalto Research Impact Award
      Aalto University Bioinnovation Center was granted the Research Impact award.<br/><br/>The Bioinnovation Centre, opened this summer and established with the grant received from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, will accelerate the transition towards bio and circular economy. Building pilot equipment based on the Ioncell® technology has been the centre's first significant investment, enabling a giant leap in the development of the Ioncell® technology. A multidisciplinary doctoral school forms a pivotal part of the centre's operations, with research projects focusing on, for example, eco-sustainable textiles, as well as packaging combining high-quality design and technology.
    
    
          
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        Biotuotteiden ja biotekniikan laitos
      
              
        Jan 2022
      
      
Student Prize: New European Bauhaus Rising Stars 2022
      Category: Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking > 2022 ‘The Rising Stars’ prize went ºÚÁÏÍø MA student Irene Purasachit’s FLAUX- flower waste project.
    
    
          
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Student Prize: Green Product Award
      Prize awarded to Irene Purasachit's Flaux.
    
    
          
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        Jan 2022
      
      
Student Prize: Ornamo Award 2022
      Awarded in the category of dissertations. Irene Purasachit: The designerly approach in material development: a design-led exploration of surplus flowers as raw material.
    
    
          
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        Jan 2022
      
      
DipWrap team awarded for outstanding science @Biodesign Challenge
          
        Sijoittuminen kilpailussa tai osallistuminen kutsukilpailuun
      
              
        Muotoilun laitos
      
              
        Jan 2021
      
      
Ioncell project selected for Designmuseum Habitare Collection
          
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        Sep 2019
      
      
Suomi-palkinto
          
        Palkinto tai huomionosoitus urasta
      
              
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        Dec 2019
      
      
Honor granted for Lost in the Wood(s) cover
      Lost in the Wood(s) edited by Pirjo Kääriäinen and Liisa Tervinen, with graphic design by Safa Hovinen, was selected as one of the best book covers of the year by The Finnish Book Art Committee <br/><br/>
    
    
          
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        Muotoilun laitos
      
              
        Jan 2018
      
      
Forskningsgrupp
- Fashion/Textile Futures
Publikationer
            
        Greta Isola, Susanna Ahola, Pirjo Kääriäinen, Tapani Vuorinen
      
              
        2025
      
              
            
        Pirjo Kääriäinen, Susanna Ahola, Helena Westerback, Emilia Kauppi, Sahar Babaeipour, Matteo Iannacchero, Madhawa Basnayaka, Jouni Paltakari, Petri Kuosmanen, Monika Österberg, Pekka Oinas, Jaana Vapaavuori, Patrick Rinke, Riku Jäntti, Michael Hummel, Samuli Patala, Minna Halme
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Pirjo Kääriäinen, Anna van der Lei , Susanna Ahola
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Pirjo Kääriäinen, Susanna Ahola, Tapani Vuorinen, Janika Lehtonen, Greta Salonen, Jinze Dou, Iines Jakovlev, Satu Paavonsalo, Nina Riutta, Elizaveta Tapaila
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Greta Salonen, Susanna Ahola, Pirjo Kääriäinen, Tapani Vuorinen
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Enni Äijälä, Pirjo Kääriäinen
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Venere Ferraro, Pirjo Kääriäinen, Paz Morer-Camo, Anke Pasold
      
              
        2023
      
              
            
        Pirjo Kääriäinen, Anna van der Lei 
      
              
        2023
      
              
            
        Pirjo Kääriäinen, Enni Äijälä
      
              
        2023
      
              
            
        Tarja-Kaarina Laamanen, Pirjo Kääriäinen
      
              
        2023
      
              
        Materialising the Future: A Learning Path to Understand, Develop and Apply Emerging Materials and Technologies
      
          
 
           
           
           
           
           
          