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 and design skills with research. She is currently located mostly in Finland but works internationally. Erika’s customers are for example: Sulake, TAIO consulting, Team Action Zone, House of Horses Helsinki, Ristorante La Feluca. 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! Erika takes in commissions in the areas of: Design: UX & UI, brands, advertising, concepts, games, AR/VR; Art: oil paintings, drawings, wool sculptures, Illustration: games, fashion, books, Research: UX, Reaching communication, video communication.
Growing up as a daughter of an artist family, she has always been surrounded by art and always getting inspiration and guidance from home. Erika studied art, graphic design and audiovisual media culture in University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, and got her Doctor of Arts degree after defending her thesis “Mobile Video Communication 2005-2010” 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 such as in Nokia 9210 Communicator and N95 Multimedia menu. She is an author of tens of granted patents and scientific publications.
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