Sami Niemelä
Founding Partner, Strategic Designer / Creative Director at Nordkapp- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Swedish Limited working proficiency
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Dutch Elementary proficiency
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German Elementary proficiency
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Fabian Danielsen
Sami Niemelä is the best all-round designer I've ever worked with. As a visual interface designer he's, well, huge. Very few truly understands how to turn upcoming technologies practical aspects into easy, usable forms and shapes, products, services and brands. This thoughtful, genuine man actually lives a bit in the future. If I'd run a business in todays complex environments, I wouldn't hesitate to hand over my product to this gentle doer.
Vesa Härkönen
I have had a pleasure to work with Sami in a few projects. I do appreciate a lot Sami's capability to create and find the right solutions to design problems and his amazing ability when it comes to the visual communication and visual style. Trustful and very nice person to work with.
Fabian Danielsen
Sami Niemelä is the best all-round designer I've ever worked with. As a visual interface designer he's, well, huge. Very few truly understands how to turn upcoming technologies practical aspects into easy, usable forms and shapes, products, services and brands. This thoughtful, genuine man actually lives a bit in the future. If I'd run a business in todays complex environments, I wouldn't hesitate to hand over my product to this gentle doer.
Vesa Härkönen
I have had a pleasure to work with Sami in a few projects. I do appreciate a lot Sami's capability to create and find the right solutions to design problems and his amazing ability when it comes to the visual communication and visual style. Trustful and very nice person to work with.
Fabian Danielsen
Sami Niemelä is the best all-round designer I've ever worked with. As a visual interface designer he's, well, huge. Very few truly understands how to turn upcoming technologies practical aspects into easy, usable forms and shapes, products, services and brands. This thoughtful, genuine man actually lives a bit in the future. If I'd run a business in todays complex environments, I wouldn't hesitate to hand over my product to this gentle doer.
Vesa Härkönen
I have had a pleasure to work with Sami in a few projects. I do appreciate a lot Sami's capability to create and find the right solutions to design problems and his amazing ability when it comes to the visual communication and visual style. Trustful and very nice person to work with.
Fabian Danielsen
Sami Niemelä is the best all-round designer I've ever worked with. As a visual interface designer he's, well, huge. Very few truly understands how to turn upcoming technologies practical aspects into easy, usable forms and shapes, products, services and brands. This thoughtful, genuine man actually lives a bit in the future. If I'd run a business in todays complex environments, I wouldn't hesitate to hand over my product to this gentle doer.
Vesa Härkönen
I have had a pleasure to work with Sami in a few projects. I do appreciate a lot Sami's capability to create and find the right solutions to design problems and his amazing ability when it comes to the visual communication and visual style. Trustful and very nice person to work with.
Experience
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Nordkapp
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Finland
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founding Partner, Strategic Designer / Creative Director
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Aug 2007 - Present
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IxDA
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Board of Directors
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Feb 2020 - Present
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Hammerfest Holding Oy
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Finland
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Executive Offices
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Partner
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Aug 2007 - Present
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EDACY
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Switzerland
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member of the Advisory Board
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Jul 2017 - Jun 2020
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Mentor & learning facilitator: Human centric design, exponential design
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Feb 2017 - Feb 2018
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International Council of Design
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Canada
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International Affairs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Invited member, National Design Policy workgroup
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Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
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Grafia ry
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Finland
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Jan 2012 - Jan 2018
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IxDA
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-chair, Interaction 16
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Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
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Aalto University
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Finland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer, Course Author
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May 2003 - Aug 2015
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Designer (contract)
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Oct 2005 - Aug 2007
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Designer, Owner
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Jan 1999 - Aug 2007
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Designer
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Mar 2004 - Apr 2005
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Luxid
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Finland
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Advertising Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Graphic Designer
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Dec 2002 - Jan 2004
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Poko Rekords Oy
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Finland
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Musicians
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Webmaster / Designer
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Jun 1999 - Nov 2002
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Alma Media
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Finland
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Media Production
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300 - 400 Employee
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Graphic Designer, Alma Media Net Ventures
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Mar 2000 - Dec 2001
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Web Designer
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May 1998 - Aug 1998
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Web Designer
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May 1997 - Aug 1997
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Education
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1998 - 2002
Tampere School of Art & Media
Barchelor of Art -
1996 - 1998
Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulu
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1997 -
The Institute of Marketing
