Teaching : Courses
This is my tenth year in the University of Lapland so there is over a hundred courses that I´ve taught. Here are some of those…
Digital Design
- for interior, textile and clothing design students
- include: basics of Photoshop, pixel graphic, color systems
- outcome: digital presentation with Power Point
Vectorgraphics
- for interior, textile and clothing design students
- include: basics of Illustrator and Indesign, vectorgraphics, working with the printing center
- outcome: printed portfolios
Vectorgarphics and Photo Editing
- for industrial design students
- include basics of Illustrator, Photoshop (and formerly InDesign), vectorgraphic, picture editing, pixwel graphics, layout, working with the printing center
- outcome: printed posters
Digital Visualization – Kaledo
- for interior, textile and clothing design students
- include: basics of Lectra Kaledo Print, Weave, Knit and Style from the view of interior, textile and clothing design
- outcome: printed portfolios
Digital Visualization – ArchiCAD
- for interior, textile students
- include: basics of an architectural BIM CAD software ArchiCAD
- outcome: printed or digital presentations, presented in SINCO
- design teaching and task comes from the Textiles in the Interior Course


3D-visualization
- for interior and textile design students
- include: basics of 3ds Max, 3D-modeling, rendering
- outcome: printed portfolio or digital presentations, presented in SINCO
- design teaching and task comes from the Interior Design Course
- Virtual exhibiotion can be seen here: Virtual visit

Professional Portfolio
- for interior, textile, clothing and industrial design students
- include: creating a professional portfolio, personal brand statement, defining the professional skills
- outcome: portfolio, business cards
E-textiles
- Part of the Creative Technologies minor subject
- compulsory for interior, textile master students
- optional for the students of the Faculty of Art and Design
- the course is co-taught with University Lecturer Piia Pyrstöjärvi who guided the design, I guided the technical part of the course
- include: designing, programming, electronic engineering and making of e-textile
- outcome: working, interactive prototype
- more students´ works from the IG @e_tekstiilit and FB @arcticetextiles

Tangible product Design
- Part of the Creative Technologies minor subject
- optional for the students of the Faculty of Art and Design
- the course is co-taught with University Teacher Milla Johansson who guided the design, I guided the technical part of the course
- include: designing, programming, electronic engineering and making of interactive product
- outcome: working, interactive prototype
- more students´ works from the IG @tangiblearctic

Design Guerillas
- The idea of the of course was promote the Arctic Design Week with the guerrilla marketing methods. This was done with the co-operation of Puisto Design & Advertising Company
- I co-taught the course with Annamari Manninen from Art Education Programme
- More videos form the courses: https://vimeo.com/arcticdesignweek
Surface Design
- Part of the Textile Design minor subject
- optional for the students of the Faculty of Art and Design
- the course is co-taught with University Lecturer Piia Pyrstöjärvi who guided the design, I guided the technical part of the course
- include: surface design, technical guidance for making surface and printing
- outcome: printed products suitable for business gifts

Advaced Service Design
Digital Visualization – ArchiCAD
Material Technology of Clothing
- for clothing design students
- include: basics of clothing materials and fibers, hands-on tests in material laboratory
- outcome: presentation of chosen materials/clothing style and basics od material tests

Material Technology of Textile
- for interior and textile design students
- include: basics of textile materials and fibers, hands-on tests in material laboratory
- outcome: presentation of chosen material and basics of material tests
