I'm a textile designer working in the intersections of textile and technology, and driven by pushing the boundaries of textiles capabilities. I have specialized in woven textiles, with eTextile-focus on multi-layer sensor structures and integration of electronics into textile-materials, from design-orientated origin.




education

2017
Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Master of Arts in Fashion and Collection Design


2011
Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Bachelor of Arts



current position

2017 - present
Doctoral student
Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture



past positions

2014 - 2018
Co-founder/Textile Innovation
LeeLuu Labs Oy


2018
Innovation Agent
Department of Design
Aalto University



publications and presentations

2019 Pouta E. and Mikkonen J. V. Hand Puppet as Means for eTextile Synthesis. To appear In Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Tangible and Embodied/Embedded Interaction (TEI ’19).

2016
Presentation at Forum Be-flexible
eTextile Development - The Design Perspective

2016
Mikkonen J. and Pouta E. Flexible wire-component for
weaving electronic textiles in Proc. 2016 IEEE 66th
Electronic Components and Technology Conference
(ECTC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2016, pp. 1656-1663


2015
Mikkonen J. and Pouta E. Weaving electronic circuit into
two-layer fabric. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015
ACM international Joint Conference on Pervasive and
Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015
ACM international Symposium on Wearable Computers






2019 Emmi Pouta