Emilia Klemets
EMILIA KLEMETSEmilia Klemets is a 22-year-old dressmaker and a future furniture designer from Ostrobothnia. She is studying furniture design for the fourth and last year at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Turku. Emilia thinks design is an interesting challenge, a possibility to solve problems and to improve daily life for everybody.
emilia.klemets(at)gmail.com
Laura Tuorila
LAURA TUORILALaura Tuorila is studying spatial- and furniture design Aalto University’s School of art and design in Helsinki. Laura is insipired by daring design that is based on a strong idea. At the moment Laura is interested in environmental art and acoustics.
laura.tuorila(at)gmail.com
Mikael Mantila
MIKAEL MANTILAI work with interior architecture and furniture design. Designing is a series of events where different variables limit and guide the process. These variables cannot be predicted and make the process interesting.
mikael(at)mikaelmantila.com
www.mikaelmantila.com
Pasi Kärkkäinen
PASI KÄRKKÄINENPasi Kärkkäinen is an industrial design student working in Helsinki. Pasi gets his inspiration from nature and good design. Talented people around him are increasing his interest in design.
pasi.karkkainen(at)metropolia.fi
www.pasikarkkainen.com
Antti Tuomi
ANTTI TUOMIAntti Tuomi is currently working on his graduation piece for the furniture design department at the Lahti Institute of Design and Art. Through his work he explores possibilities to bring unique character to industrially manufactured products.
tuomi.antti(at)gmail.com
Elina Koskelainen
ELINA KOSKELAINENElina Koskelainen has a degree in furniture restoration and is soon to graduate from The Lahti Institute of Design. She is interested in all the little phenomena of everyday life. Elina walks with her eyes wide open, because you never know where inspiration might come from.
elina_koskelainen(at)hotmail.com
Tero Jakku and Outi Kuusimäki
TERO JAKKU and OUTI KUUSIMÄKINetherland based designers Outi Kuusimäki and Tero Jakku have collaborated closely since 2002. In their work the Finnish duo creates exciting products by purposefully colliding rational approach of industrial design with creative artistic freedom. Both Outi and Tero are driven by the pursuit of providing sustainable solutions for tomorrow's society and challenges.
outikuusimaki(at)gmail.com
tero(at)jakku.net
www.jakku.net
Laura Väinölä
LAURA VÄINÖLÄLaura Väinölä is a graphic designer who doesn't want to restrict her world into two dimensional only. The end result can be a different kind of christmas calendar, a unique dress or even a bag made of paper. At the moment Väinölä is working as a designer at the multidisciplinary design consultancy Kokoro & Moi.
lvainola(at)gmail.com
Satoshi Yoshida
SATOSHI YOSHIDASatoshi Yoshida was born in Osaka Japan 1982. In 2010, he graduated with a Master of Arts in furniture design from Aalto University School of Art and Design. Yoshida has successfully participated in exhibitions such as Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse 2009 and has won several Design competitions e.g. first prize in EU-Japan design competition 2006.
mail(at)satoshiyoshida.com
www.satoshiyoshida.com
Mikko Koskinen & Miko Laakso
MIKKO KOSKINEN & MIKO LAAKSOKoskinen and Laakso have a background in product design and development. They are both located at Aalto University's Design Factory, where Mikko is currently working as a product designer at Powerkiss and Miko is working on his PhD on interdisciplinary cooperation in the early phases of product development. They believe that design and engineering share the same basic principle; the product is perfect when there is nothing that can be removed without compromising the value to the user.
miko.laakso(at)gmail.com
mikko(at)privatemind.fi
www.privatemind.fi
Niina Aalto
NIINA AALTONiina Aalto got her MA in applied art and design at Aalto University’s School of Art and Design in 2010. She works widely in the field of design, illustration and exhibitions. Aalto is interested in everyday ideas, old traditions and unusual approaches.
info(at)aaltoniina.com
www.aaltoniina.com
Maija Puoskari
MAIJA PUOSKARIMaija Puoskari got her MA in applied art and design at the University of Art and Design in 2009. She works widely with various design and exhibition projects. Puoskari’s tile collection for Tulikivi, the world’s largest manufacturer of heat-retaining fireplaces, was launched in 2010. Puoskari works and lives in Helsinki.
www.maijapuoskari.com
maija(at)maijapuoskari.com
Pipsa Kämäräinen
PIPSA KÄMÄRÄINENI'm studying industrial design at the Lahti Institute of Design. I would like to work on things, which are more than just beautiful making life a bit better.
pipsakamarainen(at)googlemail.com