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An Experience Designer who believes that creating aesthetically pleasing and functional…
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I had a bit of fun and studied a partial degree in service design for product development last spring, and as a study project I developed the Design…
I had a bit of fun and studied a partial degree in service design for product development last spring, and as a study project I developed the Design…
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Experience
Education
Courses
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Basic HTML - Aalto Open University
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Intro to Data Analytics - General Assembly
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Intro to Digital Marketing - General Assembly
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Presence and Confidence in a Virtual World - General Assembly
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Programming for Non-Programmers - General Assembly
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Public Speaking - General Assembly
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SEO training for Startups - General Assembly
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Social Media Strategy Mapping - General Assembly
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Projects
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Fashion Design Mentor mobile application & website
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Created mobile and web application for freelance fashion designers and small business owners using Balsamic, Sketch, Invision, Flinto and industry research tools.
With fresh experiences of freelancing in fashion field in my mind, I wanted to see if I could find a way to help designers manage their businesses better. Being in contact with a lot of freelancers and small business owners I've come to understand how hard it is to succeeding in fashion industry. It’s lonely, overwhelming and a…Created mobile and web application for freelance fashion designers and small business owners using Balsamic, Sketch, Invision, Flinto and industry research tools.
With fresh experiences of freelancing in fashion field in my mind, I wanted to see if I could find a way to help designers manage their businesses better. Being in contact with a lot of freelancers and small business owners I've come to understand how hard it is to succeeding in fashion industry. It’s lonely, overwhelming and a lot of work. Fashion field is also not the most technologically advanced, and I felt there was a lot you can do to utilize already existing new technology to help designers be more efficient and fast.
I wanted to create a professional tool, an app that helps designers in their real problems. It would need to combine much needed support, resources, lessons and tools, focusing on new tech solutions and fresh ideas of how to improve their businesses. -
Shift - Simultaneous interpreter mobile application
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Created mobile application to empower immigrants to learn vocabulary.
Goal was to create a solution for immigrants to translate and learn new & challenging vocabulary on topics that are relevant to them, to create a tool that is quick and efficient and working everywhere they go.
Conducted user research, competitive audit, analysis and created personas to be clear on who I'm designing for. I created user flows and task analysis on key tasks, and started rapid prototyping with…Created mobile application to empower immigrants to learn vocabulary.
Goal was to create a solution for immigrants to translate and learn new & challenging vocabulary on topics that are relevant to them, to create a tool that is quick and efficient and working everywhere they go.
Conducted user research, competitive audit, analysis and created personas to be clear on who I'm designing for. I created user flows and task analysis on key tasks, and started rapid prototyping with low-fidelity sketches using time blocking method. I sketched out wireframes and created a prototype to test the hypothesis on actual users, and iterated on improvement points.
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Edith Streng No.129 Project
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Edith Streng No.129 project
• Personal project, vintage inspired dresses for modern and urban women, handmade, single pieces -
A-project
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• Personal project, own line of clothes, handmade, single pieces, styling photo shoots -
Gumsavi Oy, Organic Linen Christening Gown Project
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Gumsavi Oy, Organic Linen Christening Gown project
• Collaboration with Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia and Gumsavi Oy./ Olga Hernesniemi, provided patterns and pattern layouts using PDS, planned production, and oversaw the cutting and production at the Lithuanian factory in Panevézûs, LithuaniaOther creators
Languages
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English
Professional working proficiency
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Swedish
Elementary proficiency
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Finnish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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