Antti Pitkanen

Industrial Designer

Industrial designer with experience in Ephemeral architecture (Stands and exhition design), Interior Design, Product Design, Design Consulting and Brand Developement. Currently a partner at S.E.O.S Design and residing in Helsinki, Finland.

Resume

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2008-
S.E.OS Design Oy Helsinki, Finland
Partner / Design Consulting
(www.seos.fi)

August 2006- April 2008'
Desigence Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
Industrial design, research and consulting.
(www.desigence.com )

Feb. 2005- Sept 2005
Noisy Studio, Madrid, Spain
Stand, exhibition and interior design.
( www.noisystudio.com )

Sep. 2003- Sep. 2004
Novo Design, Zaragoza, Spain. Involvement in many different industrial and graphic design projects.

2001
M-Real, Tampere, Finland.

EDUCATION

Sept. 2005-
University of Art and Design. MA in Industrial and Strategic Design with a minor in International Design Business Management (IDBM) + Industry Project for Nokia + Creation of Innovative SME´s.

2000-2003
BA (Hons) 3DD Diseño Industrial/ Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England. Final Grade: First class honors. (including an exchange in Tecno Bangmut University, Bangkok, Thailand).

1998-1999
Foundation Course In Art and Design / Brighton College of
Technology.

1996-1998
International Baccalaureate (IB) / International College of Spain, Madrid.

LANGUAGES

-Finnish: Mother tongue.
-Spanish and English: fluent
-German: High level, nine years of studies



COMPUTER SKILLS

-Competent in Windows 98, Me, XP, Word, PowerPoint, E-mail and Internet Explorer.

-High skills in Photoshop 5.5 and latter, Freehand 10, AutoCAD 2004, Rhinoceros, Cinema 4d, 3d Studio Max, Solid Works

-Basic Skills in Flash, Illustrator, Alias Wavefront, Corel draw

SPECIAL ABILITES

-Design consulting
Process and Design Guide developement

-Presentation and Communication
Oral, visual and written

-Project Management
Brief writing, Manufacturing supervision, contacting suppliers

-Investigation and Analysis
Market Research, Trend Analysis, New Materials and manufacturing process analysis, User interface analysis.

-Idea and Concept Generation
Concepts and designs for manufacturing

-Product Design
Sketching, 3d Modeling, 3d modeling applied to rapid prototyping (Cad-Cam), 3d animation (QTVR), technical drawings, prototype modeling, material selection.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

2006-2007
Selected for the Overseas Designers Programme, Oribe Design, Centre, Gifu, Japan.

2003
Prize of the DIA (Industrial Design Association, United Kingdom)
For the final project

Prize Miss Emma Jessie Phipps for Final Essay

2002

Tampere City Art’s Fund Scholarship.

University representation at the Royal Society for Arts competition.

2001

Finalist at the International competition of student lighting design

2000 – 2003
Elected student body representative.

1997
Model United Nations college representation.


Location

Helsinki, Finland

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Design Management
  • Exhibition Design

Experience

5 years

Website

www.seos.fi