Senior design director, Nokia
Helsinki
Industrial designer Eero Miettinen (b. 1954) was awarded the Kaj Franck design prize in 2001. He has been a designer to Finnish automotive industry and in various high-tech companies. He has also been involved in the education at Finnish crafts schools and technical schools.
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Following his education at the art industry school in 1980, Eero Miettinen started his career at Oy Sisu-Auto AB, where he designed heavy-load trucks and industrial tractors. He was subsequently appointed head of design at Oy Saab-Valmet AB, where he focused on automobile design. His team designed the Saab convertible range. Since 1998, he has been at Nokia as a design director.
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Eero Miettinen leads a large design team and stresses the importance of co-operation within the design sector – but to equal extent also the co-operation between various professions in order to bring forward relevant products.
