Riikka Kaartilanmäki

  • Textile Design
  • Public Art
  • Textile and Fibre Art
  • Industrial Design
  • Designer
  • Etelä-Savo

Riikka Kaartilanmäki Design

  • Expert

Riikka Kaartilanmäki is a designer and textile artist who has been working in the field of art and design as pattern, product and visual designer. She works as a freelancer for commissions and for her own brand Aapiste. She is interested in viewing humans’ relationship with their surroundings. The theme recurs in the narrative of the ornament as well as in the form of end results such as everyday textile objects and site-spesific art.

Experience

Work experience

Riikka Kaartilanmäki Design

Freelancer

2012 – present

Education

Turku Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design

2003 – 2008

Works

Textile Design

2021

Fish soft toy is a christening present designed for Lauritsala Congregation.

Collaborators

Lauritsala Congregation

Public Art

2022

Lumme (Water lily) is a pattern designed for the Central Hospital in Mikkeli, SouthSavo.

Collaborators

Mikkeli Central Hospital Campus

Public Art

2018

Aavistus (Whisper) is an ornament designed for the Central Hospital in Mikkeli, South Savo.

“The shape of catkin scales that fly among birch seeds remind me of migratory birds, which both are visible signs of change and seasons.”

Collaborators

Mikkeli Central Hospital Campus

Textile Design

2022

Kapyysi (Galley) is a pattern Riikka Kaartilanmäki designed for her own brand Aapiste

Kapyysi is a world somewhere in between everyday life and visions of being by the water.

Collaborators

Aapiste

Collaborators

Lauritsala Congregation
Mikkeli Central Hospital Campus