simo lahtinen portfolio

SIMO LAHTINEN//DESIGN PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIOSIMO LAHTINEN

CONTENT

ABOUT 3

SIVU 4-7

PERSONALIZED TRAVEL 8-9

LIGHTHOUSE 10-13

LAHDEKE 14-17

CONTACT 18

2 SIMO LAHTINEN / PORTFOLIO

SIMO LAHTINEN I’m an industrial designer from Helsinki, Finland. Currently living in the Netherlands. My passion towards design has drove me study from mechanical engineering to archi-tectural drawing and finally industrial design. Studying architectural drawing opened doors for me and I have gained over two years expertise at working in architect offices. At the moment I am just finishing a minor; Co-Design Studio in Hogeschool Utrecht. Co-Design Studio is a program aiming to support senior design students in their development towards user-centered lifestyle.

With my experience in architecture, user centered design, meaningful products and my passion to pure aesthetics of Scandinavia, I maintain a balance between functionality and visual look in all of my work. I believe that good design is timeless, kind for environment and well produced. That includes the understanding of the material use and production techniques.

EDUCATION 2014 - Present Hogeschool Utrecht Co-Design Studio 2012 - Present Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki Industrial Design, BA 2011-2012 RATO Institution of Construction engineering Architecturaldrawing,Vocationalexamination 2009-2010 HAMK University of Applied Sciences Mechanical Engineering studies 2006- 2008 Kaurialan Lukio MatriculationExamination

EXPERIENCE 2013 - 2014 ARKCons Oy1,5 year Architectural assistant 2014 - Spring Zeta-Design Oy Innovationproject 2012-2013 Esko Hyvärinen & CO Ky8months Architecturalassistant

SKILLS PHOTOSHOPILLUSTRATORINDESIGNMUSELIGHTROOMRHINOCEROSSOLIDWORKSARCHICADAUTOCADARTLANTIS STUDIOSKETCHUP

AWARDS 2014 Nixi’s Kitchen of the Future-competition First prize

LANGUAGES FINNISHnativeENGLISHprofessionalSWEDISHlimited

SIMO LAHTINEN / PORTFOLIO 3

SIVUDesigned and built in only four days. SIVU is a foldable table lamp with multiple func-tions owing to it’s foldable construction.

The simple and layered structure makes SIVU ecological to produce. The construc-tion consists of two parts, connected with a leather strip. This makes the construc-tion flexible and adjustable. A led strip is implemented inside the core, which pass-es through the construction. Plexiglass softens the light and the illuminated area can be easily adjusted by just opening and closing the light.


Thickness 40mm (2x20mm)

225mm

225m

m

The light can be fully rotated. Materials: Leather, walnut and plexiglass


PERSONALIZEDTRAVELSERVICE DESIGN PROJECT FOR ARRIVA NETHERLANDS Arriva is a public transportation company in the Netherlands that mainly focuses on busses and trains. CHALLENGE In the age group of 12-18 years Arriva wants to increase the frequency of which this target audience travels by bus. The project focused on the non-frequent trav-eling youngsters who travels by bus occa-sionally.


RESEARCH

INSIGHTS

IDEATION

CONCEPTS

FINALCONCEPT

“Right now, it happens pretty often that you don’t know what to do. This is a fun way to find out .“ -17 years old

Field research was made at different locations in the Netherlands. Re-sults were combined in to different themes and quotes were made. The main insight was that young people are really advanced with the use of internet and exited to travel, but they are still hesitant about traveling. The aim was to create a concept which would connect the journey with the destination.

FINAL CONCEPT

The final concept is a platform which offers the users locations based on their interests and age. The user can define a suitable price range and distance. The platform guides with the bus route, information about the location and the total costs of the trip.

MAIN QUESTION

In what way do we get youngsters (12-18 year) to increase the extent in which they use Arriva busses?


LIGHTHOUSESÖRNÄISTEN RANTATIE 18, HELSINKI FINLAND Renovation planning of office and business space real estate.

I took part in over 20 projects during my time work-ing at ARKCons and Lighthouse is a great example of my work at the company. My responsibilities in the project were concept- and construction planning and the visualisations for the marketing material.


LAHDEKE

Lahdeke won the first price at Nixi's Kitchen of the Future -design competition. The kitchen was presented at Habitare design and interior expo, during the Helsinki Design Week 2014.


The worktop includes storage space with liftable covers which also works as an additional workspace.

The competition’s task was to design a kitchen of the future. The only limiting aspects was the space and a couple specified household appliances. However the design had to be able to produce, considering a variety of functional elements.

The primary goal of the design is to serve the needs of the user. The kitchen is compact and modular, with organic shapes. The worktop and shelve are made of Corian and the core is veneer as thin layer of wood.

The jury praised that the kitchen is a lively, light and furniture-like, but it also has a new approach on manu-facturing technique. L-shaped worktop offers a practi-cal working space and interesting shape.


SIMO LAHTINEN

THANK YOUFEEL FREE TOCONTACT ME

[email protected]+31 (0)6 4444 5866

Jansveld 453512BE Utrecht

Netherlands

simolahtinen.comlinkedin.com/in/simolahtinen

simo lahtinen portfolio

Documents

good design

helsinki industrial

user centered design

minor codesign studio

senior design students

arriva netherlands arriva

years arriva

foldable construction