Photo: Lapuan Kankurit

Finnish textile company Lapuan Kankurit and Aalto University have collaborated in several ways over the last few years. In the current collections of Lapuan Kankurit, various designs from PatternLab and Aalto Alumni can be found.

Now for the third year in a row, students from FaCT have got a chance to industrially weave their own designs in the weaving mill of Lapuan Kankurit. Students from the course Woven Fabrics and Jacquard Workshop have carefully prepared their designs as well as detailed instructions from the Aalto weaving studio. With the help of ‘loom-master’ in Lapuan Kankurit, the designs are woven into beautiful meters of fabric. In addition to the fabric, students have got a priceless experience of adjusting their design into industrial weaving.

The fabrics woven in Lapuan Kankurit have been a base for many successful fashion collections, exhibitions, theses and furniture projects. In 2016, Maria Korkeila found from Lapuan Kankurit a center piece for her successful fashion collection selected in the finale of the Festival d’Hyères. Not surprisingly, the collection was praised, especially for its materials.

Photo: Lapuan Kankurit