Ainhoa Cortés


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Ainhoa (which means ‘fertile land’ in Spanish) was born and raised in Spain. She has a background in footwear and textile design. With a keen interest in textiles, including their creation, history and social impact.







Education
MFA Design | HDK, Valand-
Gothenburg University
, 2023 - 2025

BA Textile Design | The Swedish
School of Textiles
 2019 - 2022

Fashion Summer course | 
University of Arts, London
London, 2011

BA Fashion Design |
Higher School of Design Madrid
Madrid, 2010-2015




Employment
Product Designer, Soft Goods | Ostrichpillow
Sweden-Spain Hybrid,
 April 2023-October 2024

Design Director | Muroexe -Mascaró
Sweden-Spain Hybrid, 
January 2022 - June 2023

Internship in the Knitwear Department | 
Textiel Museum
Tilburg, Netherlands, (6 months) 2022

Footwear and Accessories Designer | Muroexe
Madrid, August 2015- September 2019

Designer & Founder | Hälb Studio
Madrid, 2014-2016

Patternmaking internship | Femke Agema
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2013 (7 months)






Grants/ scholarships
Slojdforeningen

ADLERBERTSKA STIPENDIER 2024

TEKO 2021





Exhibitions
Archeology of  our time | Syntropia Space                     Gothenburg, Sweden 2024    

Making Transparency  | Stockholm Furniture Fair       Stockholm, Sweden 2024                        

Exit, 2023 | Textil Museet                                                     Borås, Sweden 2023

Meta Rural | 12 Miradas, Art Residency                         Galicia, Spain 2023   

Siesta Matter  | Dutch Design Week, Design Perron   Eindhoven, 2023                                 








Last Updated 10.03.26


Projects

Soft Architecture
Publication

Hoi An, Vietnam, 
2025

Art Residency 

My stay in Hoi An, navigating the rhythm of the floods and observing the inherent flexibility of the city and its culture. The project focuses on the ‘màn treo’ as a textile gesture of division: hanging veils that sculpt the space.

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Carrying as Culture
Publication Gothenburg, Sweden 
2025

Carrying as Culture redefines publishing as a research site where thinking and making converge through a feminist lens. By reimagining the encyclopedia as a living format of fragments , the project embraces multiplicity and temporary knowledges. Central to this thesis is the act of carrying, physically and symbolically, as a curatorial practice of collecting and editing.

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Hooks 
Gothenburg, Sweden
2024


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CIRCUMLOCUTION
Publication Gothenburg, Sweden
2025

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Meta Rural
Galicia, Spain,
2022
Art Residency

What value do we place on materials that cannot be reprocessed or returned to their original state in certain environments?


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The Enlightened Skein
PublicationSweden, 2024
Through the expression of textile fibres, a fabric book transports us to an imaginary, animistic world where animal and vegetable fibres express their souls. 



Siesta Matter
Textile research Sweden, 2022
This research explores relaxation in workplaces through inflatable knitted objects that minimise waste using circular technology. The project concludes with three tactile prototypes designed to enhance physical well-being and sensory comfort

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Inlay
Textile research, 
TextielMuseum


Tilburg, Netherlands
2020

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Ostrichpillow
Heating Pad



Madrid 2024

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Multiple perspectives
Textile prints

Borås, Sweden 
2020

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HÄLB Studio Womenswear 2016Madrid, Spain
2015



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HÄLB Studio Workwear for 
Triciclo Restaurant
2016
Madrid, Spain
2016

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HÄLB Studio Workwear for 
Gaytán Restaurant
 2017
Madrid, Spain
2016

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HÄLB Studio Womenswear 2015.Madrid, Spain
2015

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MuroexeColour and Material Designer 
2015-2019
Madrid, Spain



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MuroexeDesign leader Madrid, Spain
2022

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The Enlightened Skein
Publication








Carrying as Culture
Publication
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Ostrichpillow
Heating Pad
Madrid 2024


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Being in Dialogue
Publication






Multiple perspectives
Textile prints




Siesta Matter
Textile Research

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Meta Rural
Art Residency




HÄLB Studio
Clothing

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Hooks
Exhibition
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Inlay
Textile Research
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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HÄLB Studio
Clothing


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Inlay
Textile Research
TextielMuseum


Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Muroexe
Footwear  Design

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HÄLB Studio
Clothing
Workwear


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