Would you like to present data in your UI in the best possible way?
I can help you, whether you are a startup, analytics company, software consultancy or a non-profit.
I’m a Product Designer and a Creative Technologist. I'm passionate about UX/UI design, data visualization, machine learning, and analytics interfaces.
I enjoy solving complex problems that require deep understanding of interface design,
Hello London and San Francisco! I live in Helsinki, Finland, but I love working with remote customers as well.
Do you have something in mind that I could help you with? Or just want to meet over coffee and chat? Contact me!
Below are some projects I've had the chance to work on. I'd be happy to tell you about the projects in more detail and about my role in them!
UX design
Nixu
Nixu is the largest information security consulting company in the Nordics. They wanted to create a dashboard for their customers for monitoring risks and managing security processes.
I participated in clarifying the aims of the project. I was responsible for processing the concept into wireframes and crafting the initial visual design for the dashboard.
UX design, visual design
FNA
Financial Network Analytics (FNA) based in London is the market leader in analyzing graphs of financial transaction data. I've designed the user interface for all of the web-based applications of FNA.
The aim of the initial project was to create interfaces for the applications that look professional and are easy to use, but provide a wide range of advanced analytics tools. The collaboration started with a five-day UI re-design project. FNA was satisfied with the results of the initial project and decided to continue with collaboration.
UX design, visual design, development (React + Redux)
Ōura
Ōura is the creator of a unique fitness ring that measures sleep and activity of its user. They wanted to create a web based dashboard for advanced users to be able to compare and analyze their data in detail.
The project was an intensive ten-day sprint in which the aim was to both design the interface of the web dashboard and to implement the first version of it in React. I was responsible for designing of the dashboard and implementing it together with Teemu Kurppa.
UX design, visual design, development (React, Three.js)
City of Helsinki
Together with Jonne Davidsson of Pointscale, we were funded by City of Helsinki to create a prototype of a web based app for visualizing building visibility. It can be used to determine from which buildings a new building could be seen.
I created the UI design for the app and we implemented the prototype together.
UX design, development (React)
Kieku
Kieku, a podcasting startup, wanted to create a web-based interface for listening to podcasts on their platform. The goal was to allow the user to get to play podcasts with one click, without registering to the service.
Maari Fabritius, the designer of Kieku, had created a brave visual style for the company and its apps. I helped adapt the design for web and did a number of different concepts for listing and browsing podcasts. I transferred the designs and interaction concepts to React with Simo Martomaa.
UX design, visual design
FNA
After Financial Network Analytics had updated the UI of their other products, they wanted to redesign their code editor as well. I designed a modern UI for the editor that follows the conventions of code editors that the users are familiar with.
During the project, we realized that we can make a separate view for displaying and opening dashboards directly, without having to go to the editor. Together, these got the name FNA Platform.
In addition to the UI design, I did also some branding, marketing collateral and web site design for the product.
UX design, visual design,
Valota
Valota, a digital signage startup, wanted to offer Salesforce visualizations to its customers.
My role was to concept the views of the dashboards, create visual design for the views and implement the dashboards in a responsive manner. The visual designs were based on the colors and typefaces chosen by Georgia Panagiotidou who used to work for Valota.
The visualizations run on top of the Valota Live platform and can be displayed on devices ranging from mobile phones to 60 inch digital signage displays.
UX design, visual design,
Omniata
Omniata, a San Francisco based analytics company, wanted to improve the usability of their marketing automation tool.
The original workflow required the user to visit four different views when setting up a campaign. The different workflows were combined into one simple wizard.
The project included concept design, visual design and participation in the
After that, I participated in creating an unified design language for Omniata together with their in-house UX/UI designer Jerry Jäppinen and I've worked with Omniata on various aspects of their interface.
UX design, visual design,
Reaktor
Reaktor, possibly the most successful Finnish digital product consultancy, wanted to create a web site that lists apartment prices in all the post codes of Finland. The aim of the project was to promote the data science team of Reaktor.
I participated in creating the concept for the web app. I did the design for the app and built the front-end for it.
The project got very good visibility, with the main newspapers and tabloids writing articles about the web site and with hundreds of simultaneous visitors on the site.
UX design, visual design, development (React + Redux, TypeScript 2.0, D3.js)
Finnish Immigration Service
The Finnish Immigration Service wanted to create a web site for exploring immigration related statistics to replace their current PDF-based publishing workflow.
Together with Lucify, a Helsinki-based data visualization consultancy, we created a single-page web app using React + Redux for exploring the multi-dimensional statistics in a simple manner.
I was responsible for the design of the web app and I participated in the front-end implementation.
UX design, visual design,
Thinglink (employed)
Before setting up my own company, I worked at Thinglink for four years. I was the first employee at Thinglink after the founders and I participated in growing the number of users from 10 to 1,000,000.
I was responsible for all UI design and implementation, as well as for setting up analytics and doing user tests. I designed the UI together with Palash Mukhopadhyay.
I have contributed to the developer community by creating open source libraries, such as Zoomooz, and by organizing meetups, such as Frontend.fi and Interactive Visualization Helsinki.
Zoomooz — a zooming UI library for jQuery
Easie — an easing library for jQuery
Frontend.fi — the leading
Interactive Visualization Helsinki — the largest data visualization meetup in Finland
My projects are always tailored for customer needs. The work can be fixed period 1-20 day projects, or they can last longer time with a flexible load of 1-2 days / week.
User and Customer experience interviews. Gathering customer requirements and understanding of customer workflows to get insights and define UX/UI strategy.
Improving existing user interface or defining a new one. Involves heuristic evaluation, UI/UX design, testing the interface on users and a plan on what to improve in the interface and next steps for refining the interface.
Visualization of data sets and presenting them in interactive form. Implementation can be for example D3.js based, use HTML or WebGL. Data can be in CSV/Excel format, a model in R, or content that is scraped off the web.
Combination of UI design,
Interested in something that does not fit in a box? Be in contact and I can see if it is something I could help you with! I like solving hard problems that combine design,
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