Work

Ongoing and recent

Agency clients

A Pan-European digital agency *, newly established in a key Asian market, needed a deeper understanding of how the groundbreaking work from across the region could also inform design and client reach in Europe.

Trialing a new organisation, with updated roles and workflows across continents, helped the agency reach their growth goals ahead of schedule in late 2024.

My work as Partner and Global Strategic Design Director at Manyone, including work for the United Nations, spanned 2019-2024. We built the agency from humble beginnings to 300+ team members in 14 offices across 10 countries.

More on international agency work, including at Futurice and Comprend, in About me >

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Product and service clients

As Global Cities Lead at M by Volvo Car Mobility I conceived, directed and delivered the company's future vision and forecasting work for regional and international cities in collaboration with CEO Bodil Eriksson.

[...] we look to reimagine the streetscape and reclaim space for cities.

The multi-year Outdoor Thermal Comfort design project identifies solutions to mitigate challenges posed by climatic conditions and urban heat islands in Southeast Asian cities. The result, a quicker route to real-world trials with greenery, water and biodiversity at its core.

As of December 2024 the project is part of a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI research project.

With a cross-departmental group at YLE – Finland’s progressive public broadcaster – we explored new ways of working.

The goal: to evolve the multi-lingual news, current affairs, sports and culture services YLE is famous for.

(* specifics still under NDA)

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