Category: Ongoing Research Projects

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Application of Participatory Methods for Exploring Meaning-Making Process in Bag Design

The artistic research research project investigates which meaning-making methods and principles can be intentionally applied within the design ...
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Mixed Reality and Audience Participation: Technological Practices of Performative Space (EKA 2025-2026)

The aim of the project would be to investigate in depth the application of new technologies in the performative environment of theater and ...
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Exhibition infrastructure. A study of the material and ideological conditions of exhibition production in the late Soviet period (2025-2026)

This project proposes to study the history of exhibitions in the late Soviet period. From the 1960s onwards, exhibitions have become an ...
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Expedition: Estonians and Indigeneity

This project will examine Estonia’s relationships with Indigenous peoples and the influence of these relationships on Estonian self-identity, ...
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Liveability – Designing public services for resilient neighbourhoods

The aim of the Liveability Partnership is to equip local authorities with design principles and tools that help address the complex and ...
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How to Reframe Monuments (Estonian Ministry of Culture grant, 2024–2026)

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered debates about the Russian and Soviet heritage both globally and in Estonia. This has been ...
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Transferring Upmade know-how to Kenya

Addressing the Challenge In Kenya, the textile industry faces a significant environmental challenge. The prevalent linear production model in ...
Study and analysis of textile recycling technologies

Study and analysis of textile recycling technologies

The EU’s Waste Framework Directive requires all Member States to introduce separate collection of textile waste from 1 January 2025. ...
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MUUSA: Material research modelling and synthesis

MUUSA: Material research modelling and synthesis  The project aims to develop a new artistic research methodology using material-based ...
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New Found Type Project. New Type from Old. An Estonian Perspective

The Newfound Type project will explore relief type and print form making from an Estonian perspective, by identifying the techniques and ...