Category: Faculty of Design

In the workshop led by an artist and designer Anu Samarüütel you will get an overview of professional illustration techniques, of a design process and ideas generation.

Workshop starts with various warm-up exercises to get creativity flowing, different materials and techniques (collage and 3D draping) will be used. By the end of the workshop each participant will have their own selection of fashion accessories illustrations and/or a prototype.

Workshop takes place at ”Perspectives” exhibition, Põhjala tehas gallery. Address is Marati 5, Tallinn.

29.03 Tuesday, at 4pm (duration 1 h)

Cost: 15€ (paying on spot in cash)

Registration (12 spots available)

Join us from 12:00 till 19:00 on Saturday 2nd to discuss Tangible Interactions and enjoy tangible drinks at the Gallery Cafe in Rotermanni. 

How would your smartphone apps look like if there was no touchscreen interface? Which senses would they need to stimulate in order for your interactions to be effective and purposeful? See, hear, touch, smell, taste – senses that can go far beyond from what screens are capable of delivering to us.

Interaction Design students from EKA are presenting you with their look on how to make bad interfaces and interactions better by making them more tangible. 

Guided tours at the Jubilee Exhibition of the Department of Accessory Design “Perspectives” in the gallery of Põhjala Factory with Stella Runnel.

22.03 Tuesday 5.30–7 pm
24.03 Thursday 4.30–6 pm
25.03 Friday 5 –7 pm
30.03 Wednesday 6–7 pm
31.03 Thursday 5–7 pm

Please register first

Today, on March 14, at 5 pm, a tour of the jubilee exhibition “Perspectives” of the Department of Accessory Design of EKA will take place with the artistic director of the exhibition, Helen Sirp, at Põhjala Factory Gallery.

The “Perspectives” exhibition focuses on works from the last 5 years, focusing on footwear, bags, gloves, headgear, artifacts, material experiments, bindings and mini-installations. In addition to the students and alumni of the Estonian Academy of Arts, students from three visiting universities: London College of Fashion, Kolding Design School and Detroit College for Creative Studies also play with the concept of paths and the idea of traveling.

The three-dimensional abstract accessory landscape of the competition-exhibition “Perspectives” of the students and alumni of the department has been created by internationally renowned creative designer and stylist Helen Sirp.

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Exhibition “The Divergence From a Predefined Outline”
17.03–20.03.2022
Opening at March 16, 6 pm
ARS Art Factory, Studio 112

The art exhibition “The Divergence From a Predefined Outline” by Estonian Academy of Arts Graphic Design and Product Design 2nd year students will be opened on Wednesday, March 16 at 6 pm.

The joint exhibition of the two departments presents a series of works that were initially intended to be exhibited without any common theme or curation in mind. However, accompanied by the abrupt diversion from the European political timeline during the semester, a theme of mapping current temporal and spacial conditions became a perceivable focus point. Keywords such as information warfare, misinterpretation, indeterminacy and artificiality came to the fore. The planned cacophony leans toward a sense of wholeness or a palpable new understanding of the present time, which is represented by 11 artworks.

Participating artists: Ane Laande, Anita Elina Mürisep, Anna Kisseljova, Brigite Helena Sarapuu, Elisabeth Järve, Emma Reim, Gerli Tamm, Hanna Samantha Raidma, Helen Bender, Henry Markus Gregory, Ingrid Tärk, Katariina Kesküla, Katrin Kannu, Kaur Joonas Karu, Kelly Heleen Kaldra, Kertu Liisa Lepik, Laura Tursk, Lauren Teimann, Linda-Maria Varris, Magnus Harjak, Martin McLean, Nicole Winona Mikli, Rasmus Jurkatam, Steven Pikas

Graphic design by Emma Reim, Laura Tursk
Supervised by Sten Saarits

The exhibition is open on four days only (17.03–20.03)

Opening times 1pm – 6pm

Location: ARS Art Factory, Pärnu mnt 154, Tallinn

Special thanks: EKKM, Siim Sander Saar
Supported by Estonian Artists’ Association, Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Design

More info about events at ARS Art Factory: www.arsfactory.ee

The upcoming Friday at 18hs, in an  online event, Yulia Zhiglova and Claudia Diaz Reyes will present “Vibmory: Touching Memories” 

Time travel is possible! We do it every day by recollecting past experiences in our minds. Can we also relive those moments and create new forms in the now to represent the past?

It is the outcome of the start.ee arts & science residency, organized by the HCI group at Tallinn University in collaboration with starts.eu.

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EKA Accessories and Bookbinding Department 105 jubilee exhibition ‘’Perspectives’’ is open from March 6th till March 31st @ Põhjala tehas gallery (Marati 5, Tallinn).

Together with works by students and alumni of the EKA Accessories and Bookbinding Department, the exhibition will feature works by the students from three visiting universities: Detroit College for Creative Studies, Designskolen Kolding and London College of Fashion.

The exhibition space, an abstract composition and a three-dimensional landscape, is created by the curator Helen Sirp.

The exhibition will also introduce other opportunities for professional higher education in Estonia in addition to EKA – Pallas University of Applied Sciences and University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy.

For more information about rest of the upcoming jubilee month events will be announced on our web and social media, click here:

https://www.instagram.com/eka_aksessuaar/

EKA Accessory and Bookbinding Department is inviting all the footwear design lovers to an open lecture “The Aki Method: Surviving as a Designer in Today’s World” on Thursday, 3rd of March at 4-5 p.m. to EKA, room A-101.

The lecture is about how to live a successful design life in a world full of challenges through Aki Choklat’s prism. He will share his history, philosophy and experience in the design industries including education. 

Aki Choklat is a fashion and footwear design professional with experience in all levels of the industry, from design to production. He is a Royal College of Art graduate, and the Founding Chair of Fashion Design Department at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. He has held numerous positions with top-tier, international fashion labels, such as designing a capsule footwear collection for London-based menswear Diverso and consulted with numerous brands, such as Finnish footwear heritage brand Lahtiset. In addition, he directs his own London-based label of shoes, handbags and accessories. He helped establish and lead the footwear and accessories master program at Polimoda, Italy’s leading fashion school with Ferruccio Ferragamo at the helm, and has taught at the London College of Fashion and De Montfort University. Choklat is also a celebrated author of many design books, one of which – “Footwear Design” – is considered the authority on shoe design.

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This lecture is part of the EKA Accessories and Bookbinding Department jubilee exhibition and other event series.

Exhibition “Perspectives” is open from 6- 31st of March at Põhjala tehas Sepikoja gallery (Marati 5, Tallinn). Information about rest of the events will be updated in web and social media continuously: 

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The lecture is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment and the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF).

Open lecture will be held in English without translation. 

The lecture will be recorded and it will be rerun on EKA TV.

The exhibition “Open Windows” will reopen on the windows of the Library of EKA on February 21, at 4 pm.

Through the exhibition of EKA windows, different specialities of EKA introduce their most outstanding projects and the latest creations of students. The exhibition can be viewed on the windows of the EKA Library on Põhja pst and Kotzebue streets and will remain open until March 14.

Specialities represented: Installation and Sculpture, Room Design, Product and Environmental design, Visual Communication, Photography, Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Scenography, Fashion Design, Textile Design, Accessory Design, Graphics, Graphic Design, Animation, Ceramics, Industrial and Digital Product Design, Glass, Architecture, Interior Design, Painting, Art and Visual Culture, Cultural Heritage and Conservation

The exhibition of open windows of EKA made its debut in 2021 and received a warm welcome from those interested in art and art education. The Estonian Academy of Arts, located on the edge of Kalamaja, will once again enliven the city’s cultural landscape at street level. Get with it! 

Monika Žaltauskaitė Grašienė-Žaltė Lecture: 13th Kaunas Biennial „Once Upon Another Time” – Review and Case Analysis 

09.02.2022, 4–5.30 PM, auditorium A501 

Kaunas Biennial organizer, border member Monika Žaltauskaitė Grašienė-Žaltė will present an review of the 13th Kaunas Biennial “Once Upon Another Time… gyveno jie jau kitaip” which reflects on current global situations by exploring stories of human resilience and adaptation. The exhibition investigates myths and fictions associated with transformation, as well as lived personal and communal tales of survival.The sharing of stories enables humans to connect with each other. Stories convey multiple meanings and perspectives rooted in diverse worldviews and can also link the present to the past, as well as to the future.

The lectur is open to everyone. 

Monika Žaltauskaitė Grašienė-Žaltė is invited by the Textile Design Department of EKA.