Doctor of Arts, Erika Reponen, is a creative professional, artist, designer, researcher and consultant who loves creating beautiful and innovative pictures, designs and research. In her work she combines her drawing, design and research skills. She is currently located mostly in Finland but works internationally. Erika’s customers are for example: Peurunka Hotel & Spa, Municipality of Laukaa, Sulake, TAIO consulting, Team Action Zone, Fashion Model Agency and House of Horses Helsinki. She works also a lot with private customers. Erika also works occasionally as a University teacher for Graphical User Interface Design in the University of Lapland.
References from customers:
“I'm writing to recommend Erika Reponen, she contributed significantly to improving our game. She identified key user experience issues, offering practical solutions tailored to our game's context. Clear communication and collaborative attitude streamlined the process. Erika's dedication to deadlines and project success was evident throughout. I believe her expertise would be valuable to any company seeking to enhance their product's user experience.”
- Jarkko Kouva, Hotel Hideaway Product Director, Sulake
“Erika is a talented and hardworking artist, who also has a significant understanding of UI/UX design. We have made over 10 separate contracts with her, and she has for example contributed to our mobile application UI, made all graphics/animations to several of our games and created awesome marketing materials. We and many customers of ours sincerely recommend her.”
- Kari Laurila, Founder & CEO, Team Action Zone
Feel free to contact! Welcoming projects in the areas such as: Design: User experience & user Interfaces, brands, advertising, concepts, games, AR & VR; Art: oil paintings, drawings, wool sculptures, Illustration: games, fashion, books; Research: User Experience & communication
Growing up as a daughter of an artist family, she has always been surrounded by art. Erika studied art, graphic design and audiovisual media culture in University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, and got her Doctor of Arts degree in 2020. Dissertation: “Mobile Video Communication 2005-2010” public defence was June 6th, 2020.
Before starting as an arts entrepreneur, Erika worked for nearly 20 years in Nokia in various positions as a designer and researcher and her designs have spread all over the World on mobile phone user interfaces & graphics such as in Nokia 9210 Communicator and N95 Multimedia menu as well as Nokia 3D World Gaze. She is an author of tens of granted patents and scientific publications.
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