← Selected work

Earlier work

Products and services I designed between 2013 and 2018. Several shipped, and some won design awards.

A tablet showing the smart shelf dashboard for reusable surgical gowns
Service design Healthcare

Reusable surgical gowns

2017–2018

Lindström · Service design · UI/UX · Research

A new service for bringing reusable surgical gowns into hospitals, based on interviews with European professionals and Finnish hospital visits. The concept used smart shelves and a platform for ordering, tracking and inventory.

Pitched to Lindström’s C-level executives · Aalto IDBM Impact Gala 2018

The Albert coding robot on a yellow table with coding cards
Education Robot + app

Albert coding robot

2015

SK Telecom · Design research · Product UX

Redesigned a smartphone-based coding robot that teaches children to code, adding new features including AI. Observing after-school coding classes showed how children read the robot’s movements, lights and sounds.

20,000+ units exported · Used in nearly 250 schools · Red Dot honourable mention

A hand holding a phone showing the Smart Hearing Aid app splash screen
Health tech Device + app

Smart Hearing Aid

2015

SK Telecom · Research · Strategy · UI/UX concept

A Bluetooth hearing aid with a companion app, designed so people no longer feel they must hide it. One year, from research to production follow-up.

Sold online · iF Design Award 2015

The printed universal design guideline for urban railway stations, with pages showing signage rules
Wayfinding Public sector

Universal station signage

2013–2015

KORAIL · Design research · Service design

Universal design guidelines for urban railway stations, developed with 18 stakeholders. I compared signage standards across Korea, Japan and Europe, and turned field research into a 106-page manual.

First implemented at Suseo station · IAUD Silver

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