Juho Viitasalo
Industrial Designer, JIDA Member
Professional History:
(Currently) Chief industrial designer / Propex Inc. (Japan)
Owner / Design Viitasalo Ltd. (Finland)
Industrial Designer / ROI Partners LLC (Japan)
Product Design Advisor / Designart Inc. (Japan)
Product Designer, Owner / Design Viitasalo Ltd. (Finland)
Graphic Designer / Finnish Defense Forces
Project Coordinator / SITRA The Finnish Innovation Fund
Researcher / SITRA The Finnish Innovation Fund
Assistant Teacher (Final Cut Pro HD, Alias Studio Tools) / IK Design Center Lund University
Selected Design Projects:
Campaign graphics and product branding - Volvo Cars Japan / Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Tokyo
Branding and package design - Twhy Twhy, Tokyo, Japan
iPad, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS accessories - Tunewear, Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong
iPhone app interface development
Brand identity and interior design - Aurinko Finland Shop, Japan
Business Class Concept - Finnair Plc. Helsinki, Finland
Device Design - Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston TX, USA
Submarine interior concept - Kockums/HDW
Manta, mobile game device - Teleca Inc, Lund, Sweden
Memberships and Associations:
Japan Industrial Designers' Association, JIDA - Kansai area steering committee member (since 2011)
All Nippon Kyudo Federation
Education:
Universities: Lund University (Sweden), Danmarks Designskole (Denmark)
Academic Degrees: Master of Fine Arts - Industrial Design, Bachelor of Arts - Japanese
Software:
Alias Studio Tools (Autodesk) (Alias|Wavefront)
Maya (Autodesk) (Alias|Wavefront)
Final Cut Pro HD (Apple)
Motion (Apple)
Max (Autodesk)
Macromedia Freehand
Adobe Creative Suites
+ other 3D and 2D graphics packages and office applications. Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and Silicon Graphics Irix.
Python
Media work:
Print publications
Digital film production
Studio and on-site photography
Exhibitions and Conferences:
Pro Puu Gallery - August 2012, Lahti Finland
Speaker - TEDxOsaka April 2011, Osaka Japan (Topic: 3D printing)
Speaker - International Space Development Conference 2005, Washington DC, USA
3GSM World Congress 2004, Cannes, France
Industrial Designer, JIDA Member
Professional History:
(Currently) Chief industrial designer / Propex Inc. (Japan)
Owner / Design Viitasalo Ltd. (Finland)
Industrial Designer / ROI Partners LLC (Japan)
Product Design Advisor / Designart Inc. (Japan)
Product Designer, Owner / Design Viitasalo Ltd. (Finland)
Graphic Designer / Finnish Defense Forces
Project Coordinator / SITRA The Finnish Innovation Fund
Researcher / SITRA The Finnish Innovation Fund
Assistant Teacher (Final Cut Pro HD, Alias Studio Tools) / IK Design Center Lund University
Selected Design Projects:
Campaign graphics and product branding - Volvo Cars Japan / Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Tokyo
Branding and package design - Twhy Twhy, Tokyo, Japan
iPad, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS accessories - Tunewear, Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong
iPhone app interface development
Brand identity and interior design - Aurinko Finland Shop, Japan
Business Class Concept - Finnair Plc. Helsinki, Finland
Device Design - Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston TX, USA
Submarine interior concept - Kockums/HDW
Manta, mobile game device - Teleca Inc, Lund, Sweden
Memberships and Associations:
Japan Industrial Designers' Association, JIDA - Kansai area steering committee member (since 2011)
All Nippon Kyudo Federation
Education:
Universities: Lund University (Sweden), Danmarks Designskole (Denmark)
Academic Degrees: Master of Fine Arts - Industrial Design, Bachelor of Arts - Japanese
Software:
Alias Studio Tools (Autodesk) (Alias|Wavefront)
Maya (Autodesk) (Alias|Wavefront)
Final Cut Pro HD (Apple)
Motion (Apple)
Max (Autodesk)
Macromedia Freehand
Adobe Creative Suites
+ other 3D and 2D graphics packages and office applications. Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and Silicon Graphics Irix.
Python
Media work:
Print publications
Digital film production
Studio and on-site photography
Exhibitions and Conferences:
Pro Puu Gallery - August 2012, Lahti Finland
Speaker - TEDxOsaka April 2011, Osaka Japan (Topic: 3D printing)
Speaker - International Space Development Conference 2005, Washington DC, USA
3GSM World Congress 2004, Cannes, France
