CV

Personal information:

Liisa Elina Korhonen
Joupinmäenrinne 6 B 28
02760 Espoo
FINLAND
FIN +358 (0)44 3272412
UK +44 (0) 7939 210558
liisa [at] liisakorhonen.com
Born 20.3.1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Education:

Master of Arts, (in Three Dimensional Product Design)
at Kent Institute of Art&Design, Rochester, England 4.9.2003.
One year long intensive course during which studying and searching for information was done very independently. In my research I tried to see the future of kitchen and concentrated especially on young adults relationship to food and cooking as a way to socialize with friends and family. In my research I also looked into the effects that globalization has had on food culture amongst young adults. The report was called; Rethinking the kitchen -user centred view on designing for young adults.

Designer (Furniture Design)
at The Kuopio Academy of Design, Kuopio 31.5.2001.
Four year study in furniture design. My diploma work was about control rooms ("The best control room in the world" - preliminary study of creating the interior and furnishing concept of a control room.). It concentrated in creating an interior and furniture concept for the control rooms. The interview and study part of our research was introduced in the spring of 2001 in England at the conference of Ergonomics society with the name of Experiential usability study for multidisciplinary design. We received the highest grade from our work.

Work experience:

Highlight Valaistus Oy
Helsinki 15.10.2007 - (current job). Lighting design and sales.

The Craft Museum of Finland
Jyväskylä 11.7.2007 - 31.7.2007. Curator. Responsible for public relations which included contacting the exhibitors, internal pr for co-workers and informing the media and the collaboration partners about museums exhibitions, lectures and other events.

The Craft Museum of Finland
Jyväskylä 11.12.2006 - 10.7.2007. Curator. Photographing museums collections, giving guided tours in english, renovating and planning of permanent exhibition.

The Craft Museum of Finland
Jyväskylä 2.1. - 31.8.2006. Temporary curator of photography. Different tasks from designing leaflets, photographing products, helping to build exhibition constructions to teaching at the museums afternoon club. Job also included working at the info desk & store and giving guided tours to school and nursery groups as well as to foreign visitors.

Keski-Suomen Käsi- ja taideteollisuus Ry, Aivia
Jyväskylä 13.4. - 31.12.2005. Different tasks from designing unique products from scrap material i.e. old silver spoons to photographing products.

The City of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä 27.4. - 31.5.2004. Bicycle park, summer job.

Jadecon
Turku/Jyväskylä, winter 2004. Designed images for a web page selling logos and ring tones for cell phones. www.hepokatti.fi

Orecon Team Oy
Jyväskylä 1.6. - 30.8.2002. Office tasks, designing and finishing lecture material.

Sculptor Pauno Pohjolainen
Kuopio 30.8. - 29.9.2001. Assistant. Making fibreglass castings of sculptures, making casts and restoring sculptures.

Falck Cash Service Oy
Kuopio 9.6. - 27.8.2001. Clerical worker.

Orecon Team Oy
Jyväskylä, autumn 2000. Creating a graphic appearance for the company.

SPAC FP Oy (now Falck Cash Service Oy)
Jyväskylä 9.6. - 31.7.2000. Clerical worker.

Studio Simo Heikkilä
Jyväskylä 23.3. - 31.5.2000. Practical training. Designing, making mock-ups and prototypes of metal structured furniture.

Orecon Team Oy
Jyväskylä 5.6. - 30.7.1999. Office tasks and maintenance of property.

Engel Oy
Jyväskylä 8.7. - 8.8.1998. Gardening.

Kassu ja Tellu tmi
Jyväskylä, summer 1993. Sales, display design and inventory.

Language skills:

Finnish as a mother tongue.
Fluent spoken as well as written English.
Moderate Swedish.
Rudiments of French.

Courses and other education:

Welcome Host -course
at Start, London, England.
Course committed to the objectives of Welcome to Excellence, England's Regional Tourist Board's quality customer service training for tourism industry.

"Waltz at the silver workshop" - -course(Valssia hopeapajassa)
at Taito-Keskus, Jyväskylä 22.–24.4.2005.
Basics of prosessing silver including cutting techniques.

Jyväskylän Kaupungin Kuvataidekoulu(The visual arts school of the city of Jyväskylä)
Basic studies 1986-1990.
Further studies 1990-1995.
(Including i.e. photography and ceramics)

Serigraphy and bookbinding workshop
at Keski-Suomen Ammattioppilaitos, Jyväskylä 11.3.–11.5.1995.
Basics of serigraphy and bookbinding of hand sewn and glued books, lasted for 32h.

Responsible positions:

Member of the board of the student society in 1999 - 2000. Area of responsibility: socio-political matters, entertainment and cultural matters etc.
In charge of student tutor activity in 1999 - 2000.
Student tutor in 1998 - 1999.

Computer skills:

3DStudioMax, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Freehand, PageMaker, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, InDesign, Works etc.
I'm familiar with both PC and Mac environments.'I learn to use new programmes quite easily.

Activities:

Photography, movies, comics and all kinds of games from PC to board games. I'm also interested in Japanese street fashion.

Informal gallery:

www.tsuppa-dui.deviantart.com

Web pages:

Kent Institute of Art&Design - www.ucreative.ac.uk
Kuopion Muotoiluakatemia - www.designkuopio.fi
Last job at – http://www.craftmuseum.fi

References on request.