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
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
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