Juho Viitasalo
Industrial Designer, JIDA Member


Professional History:
(Currently) Executive Producer / Propex Inc. (Japan)
(Currently) Industrial Designer / ROI Partners LLC (Japan)
Product Design Advisor / Designart Inc. (Japan)
Product Designer / 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:
iPad, iPhone 4 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 administrative member)
Transcultural Management Society (Tokyo, Japan)
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)
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:
Speaker - TEDxOsaka April 2011, Osaka Japan (Topic: 3D printing)
Speaker - International Space Development Conference 2005, Washington DC, USA
3GSM World Congress 2004, Cannes, France