Kirsi Niinimäki
Professor
A803 Dept. Design
Professor
Fashion/Textile Futures
Kirsi Niinimäki is Professor (full) in Design, especially Fashion Research, and the leader of the Fashion/Textiles Futures research group. Throughout her research Niinimäki aims towards a new, holistic understanding in the field of sustainable fashion and textiles and therefore her focus is on the connection between design, manufacturing systems, business models and consumption habits. Circular economy, strategic design, design practices and multidisciplinary collaboration are the base for her scientific knowledge building.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
[email protected]
Postal address
Otaniementie 14
02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone number
+358505693359
Honors and awards
Grant
Grant from Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation for organising Young Designers' Workshop in Finland and Japan.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 2019
Award, EVTEK Institute of Art and Design
Award from scientific contribution/articles
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 2007
Honorary Award - Radical Design Week Association, China
Award as a recognition for excellent contribution to solve some of the greatest problems of our time. Competition New way of doing by the Radical Design Week Association, China.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Aug 2017
Golden Medal of Honour, Ornamo, Finnish association of Designers
2011 <br/>Golden Medal of Honour, Ornamo, Finnish association of Designers. From work done to promote Finnish design in South-Korea.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Design
Jan 2011
City of Helsinki / Taivallahden leikkipuisto: Installation, First Prize to work group Keskinen, Niinimäki, Seppä
1986 <br/>City of Helsinki / Taivallahden leikkipuisto: Art competition, First Prize to work group Keskinen, Niinimäki, Seppä. Competition organized together with University of Art and Design Helsinki and City of Helsinki.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 1986
Design grant from Finlayson from best sold textile collection and inspiring creative work
1988 <br/>Design grant from Finlayson from best sold textile collection and inspiring creative work.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 1988
The Grand Price in the First International Textile Design Competition in Taegu, South-Korea
1997 <br/>The Grand Price in the First International Textile Design Competition in Taegu, South-Korea.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 1997
Award, EVTEK Institute of Art and Design
2006 <br/>Award, EVTEK Institute of Art and Design (from publicity work, Espoo Housing fair)
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 2006
Award of best oral presentation in conference From Fiber to Consumers: Convergent Approach to Fashion Stream & Eco & Tech
2012 Award of best oral presentation in conference From Fiber to Consumers: Convergent Approach to Fashion Stream & Eco & Tech. August 15.8.2012.Organised by The Korean Society for Clothing Industry (KSCI).
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Design
Jan 2012
Publication bonus awarded by dean, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
2012 <br/>Publication award from scientific articles in 2011. Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Design
Jan 2012
Research groups
- Fashion/Textile Futures
Publications
Managing and Negotiating : Approaches to quality work in clothing and textiles companies.
Maarit Aakko, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Fashion Practice
Advancing Integration of CSR and Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Textile and Fashion Industry
Anubhuti Bhatnagar, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Corporate Social Responsibility in Textiles and Fashion
Exploring the role of social life cycle assessment in transition to circular economy: A systematic review
Anubhuti Bhatnagar, Anna Härri, Jarkko Levänen, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Data in Textile Circulation
Sheenam Jain, Susanna Horn, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Recycling and lifetime management in the textile and fashion sector
Framing Regenerative Fashion
Aino Korhonen, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Sustainability and the Fashion Industry : Can Fashion Save the World?
Implementing a Circular Ecosystem from Post-consumer Textiles : New Cotton Project
Natalia Moreira, Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Fashion For The Common Good : Proceedings Global Fashion Conference, November 16th - 18th 2023
Designing for (extended) product and material lifetimes
Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Recycling and lifetime management in the textile and fashion sector
Designing with Biocolours (curator)
Kirsi Niinimäki
2024
Editorial (Special Issue: The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice)
Kirsi Niinimäki, Claudia Henninger
2024
International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles
Identifying data gaps in the textile industry and assessing current initiatives to address them
Kirsi Niinimäki, Hella Hernberg, Anubhuti Bhatnagar, Malahat Ghoreishi
2024