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AGENT PEKKA
Agent Pekka is an illustration agency based in Helsinki and the first organization of its kind in Finland. Established in September 2007, Pekka currently works both in Finland and abroad, promoting Finnish talent worldwide. Pekka currently represents 23 of Finland's finest illustrators out of which 21 are Finns and two are Finnish resident expatriates. Pekka’s award-winning illustrators have served clients such as Absolut Vodka, Adidas, Amnesty International, Burton, Finlandia Vodka, Finnair, Helsinki Design Week, Kalevala Koru, Levi's, Marimekko, Music Television, Nike, The New York Times, Nokia, Red Bull, Sony BMG, Volkswagen, Warner Music and World Vision.
email: pablo@pekkafinland.fi
pekka@pekkafinland.fi
www.pekkafinland.fi
Teemu Suviala, Creative Director
Jenna Sutela, Concept Designer
KOKORO & MOI
Kokoro & Moi is a multidisciplinary design agency specialized in creating and executing new ideas around brand identities, communication, design and business strategies. Drawing on unexpected combinations, Kokoro & Moi is renowned for its innovative and expressive approach to the entire modern media palette. The agency’s international clientele includes everything from multinational brands such as Nokia, Mattel, Puma and Uniqlo to smaller operators such as Sixpack France and cultural and public institutions such as Design Forum Finland. The agency was founded in 2001 by Teemu Suviala (b. 1977) and Antti Hinkula (b.1976), two Finnish designers whose original ideas have earned them international recognition over the years.
email: teemu@kokoromoi.com
jenna@kokoromoi.com
info@kokoromoi.com
www.kokoromoi.com
Tomi Friman a.k.a. FREEMAN, Art Director / Designer
Timothy Kühn, Sales & Marketing
CTRL CLOTHING
CTRL Clothing was born in 1995. First it was all about skateboarding, deep roots, illusion, tee shirts, loose attitudes and chasing tail in Helsinki, Finland. About 6 years ago, CTRL jumped into the world of contemporary fashion. Since then CTRL has done quite a few clothing lines, lots of skateboarding hardgoods, parties, exhibitions, secret social gatherings and such. CTRL has a fresh, unique and innovative style in graphics and the designs are usually something unexpected. Always trying to evolve in the ever-changing amoeba of trends. CTRL is all about things that are oxymoron, realizing that there’s a way of combining the possible with the impossible.
CTRL has also collaborated with VICE Magazine, Sabre Vision, Adidas and ROCKERS NYC, to name a few. The core philosophy of CTRL must be that CTRL has no intentions on staying as ‘’an exclusive, small and cool brand’’ – instead CTRL wants to be A HUGE, COOL BRAND.
email: info@ctrlclothing.com
freeman@ctrlclothing.com
timo@ctrlclothing.com
www.ctrlclothing.com
Yrjö Sotamaa, Professor, Design Innovation
AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN (TAIK)
Professor Sotamaa has worked throughout his career towards creating a better understanding of the importance of design thinking in developing sustainable creative societies. He is past President (1986–2008) of the University of Art and Design Helsinki (Taik) and scientific advisor to universities in Austria, China, Denmark and Korea.
Yrjö Sotamaa is Guest Professor (Tongji-Forever Chair) at College of Design & Innovation D&I, Tongji University, Shanghai, and Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University. Professor Sotamaa is member of the International Board of Artistic Research in Austria (PEEK) and the Steering Group of the Danish Center of Design Research.
Professor Sotamaa has had a significant influence on current university reform in Finland and is the initiator of the new Innovation University (named Aalto University) which will merge three leading universities in Finland: the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK), Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) and Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) by August 2009.
email: yrjo.sotamaa@taik.fi
www.taik.fi
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