Heli Salomaa is a Digital Costume Designer, Lecturer and Researcher specialised in analogue and digital character costumes across various mediums: stage, film, animation, virtual reality and video games. With her professional background in performance costumes, she has dressed physical and digital bodies for 40 productions. She lectures and arranges workshops on digital costume production and design communication at media, fashion, game design and costume departments internationally.
Heli's Master’s research (2018, Aalto University) focused on Video Games and Costume Art – digitalising analogue methods of costume design. In this, she advocates for involving costume designers in the game development process, thus adding production value through costume designers’ knowledge of materials, costume construction and deeper level of analysis and interpretation of human nature on a conceptual level. The research received three acknowledgements as a pioneering master’s research 2018. It was issued the Dean’s award and Metex award and selected as one of twelve outstanding master level graduate works at Aalto University showcased in the Game Changers exhibition.
Heli's Master’s research (2018, Aalto University) focused on Video Games and Costume Art – digitalising analogue methods of costume design. In this, she advocates for involving costume designers in the game development process, thus adding production value through costume designers’ knowledge of materials, costume construction and deeper level of analysis and interpretation of human nature on a conceptual level. The research received three acknowledgements as a pioneering master’s research 2018. It was issued the Dean’s award and Metex award and selected as one of twelve outstanding master level graduate works at Aalto University showcased in the Game Changers exhibition.