Risto Lähdesmäki

Current

• Chairman at Idean
• Chief Innovation Officer, Co-founder at Idean Enterprises Inc.
• Co-Founder at Idean Research Ltd.

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Information Technology and Services

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Risto Lähdesmäki’s Summary

Designing Next Big Things

I have a background of over ten years as enterprenauer-sprited-jack-of-all-trades-creative-director and I've been involved in hundreds of design projects from traditional marketing to mobile UI & UE development and writing & lecturing. I'm passionate to be a part of Next-Big-Things and that's why I've basically contributed my life to UE business since the mid 90's.

One of my tasks is to provide concrete ways to make user experience research meet user experience design in real-life. I believe every successful business is based on deep understanding of customer needs (not forgeting pure willpower and luck;), and my challenge is to provide businesses with this knowledge to be a part of inspirative and innovative design.

My companies are one of those next-big-things, really. We focus on User Experience Design with attitude. That means lot's of acronyms like UI, GUI, UE, ID, ND, R&D, CD etc. We have created streamlined methods where we use end-users as concrete starting point for all our work, escpecially this is valid while creating concepts.

Our focus is on mobile applications, ui's, web applications and application re-designs. We do traditional marketing material as well, basically based on our concept studies done by Idean Research Ltd., our mother company. From technical point of view, our promise is to serve our customers globally and always in time. Rush in product development is no excuse, it's a fact and we just like to live with that.

Traditional phrase is the "user is the king". We thought that way long ago. Now I say nope, he's not. If your'e curious, just contact me to hear my reasoning.

Risto Lähdesmäki’s Specialties:

concept design, strategy, user interface design, user experience design, navigation design, ui specification, interaction design, research, advertising, marketing, brand, mobile design, flash, mobile flash, php, mysql

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Risto Lähdesmäki’s Websites:

• My Company

Risto Lähdesmäki’s Honors:

NATIONAL INNOFINLAND HONOURABLE MENTION of the President of the Republic 2006

http://www.innosuomi.fi/en/contest/prizewinners2006/ideanresearch.html