New perspectives. Stronger businesses.
We connect businesses with emerging designers to unlock creative potential, uncover new opportunities and explore what comes next.
What is now possible because you have met us?
You can see your business through new eyes — and discover possibilities you might not have seen otherwise.
As your partner, Young Finnish Design connects your business with emerging designers who bring fresh perspectives, future-oriented thinking and early signals of changing needs, values and behaviours.
We help you turn these perspectives into a business strength: uncovering new opportunities, challenging existing assumptions and exploring directions for what comes next.
We bring emerging designers’ creative perspectives into your business to help you spot new opportunities and shape what’s next.
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New perspectives — Challenge familiar ways of thinking and discover new approaches to business challenges.
Future insights — Recognise emerging needs, values and behaviours through the perspectives of a new generation of designers.
Creative potential — Turn emerging talent and new ideas into opportunities for your business.
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Our ApproachThe right talent. A meaningful challenge. A guided process.
Past Projects
inclusive design for flow festival
YFD brought together three carefully selected designers to develop new ideas for Flow Festival, exploring fresh perspectives and creative opportunities for the festival experience. The competition was organised in collaboration with Tieto, Flow Festival and Inklusiiv.
Furniture design
product design
Jewellery Design
Accessory Design
YFD brought together emerging designers to develop new product ideas for Aarikka, one of Finland’s best-known design brands. The collaboration resulted in new products that are now available for purchase in Aarikka’s online store. The competition was organised in collaboration with Aarikka.
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Your partner in discovering what’s next.
Young Finnish Design is a Finnish design organisation connecting businesses with emerging design talent from the Nordics. Founded in 2017, we combine design expertise, a curated network and a guided collaboration process to help businesses discover new perspectives and opportunities.
What could we make possible together?
Tell us what your business is exploring, developing or looking to understand differently. Let’s discover where emerging design talent could make a difference.
Elisa Luoto & Heidi maria huovinen
Cofounders of Young Finnish Design