About me.

I’m a holistic spacial designer based in Ostrobothnia, Finland, with master degrees in spacial design (HDK, Gothenburg University) and circular design (Novia University of Applied Sciences, Jakobstad). During the years I’ve planned care environments, work environments, private homes, shops and eventdesign. In my work function and usability is combined with atmosphere and aesthetics.

I want to contribute to human wellbeing by focusing on the spaces where we spend most of our time - at home and at the workplace. When we feel at ease in these spaces we thrive and feel well. Outer order creates inner calm. I focus on human physical and mental needs and work intuitively with creating atmosphere and energy flow within spaces. By recommending natural material and reuse where ever possible, I want to contribute to sustainable home and working environments.

As I contrast to interior design I also do decor and exhibition design. Creating temporary spaces is an interesting contrast to long-term interior projects, as they allow more artistic freedom. The spaces come alive during human interaction, and even if they are temporary the experience of them lives on in our memories. In addistion to spacial work I regularly lecture at the interior department at Novia University of Applied Sciences. I love sharing my passion for holistic and sustainable spacial design.

Minna

My work process.

Culture means cultivating and the creative process is very much like the process of farming. To sow a seed - to receive an idea. To allow it to germinate. In the creative process I work very intuitively.

Every space begins with a picture in my mind. Unclear and faint at first, sharpening with time. I listen within, sorting thoughts and ideas until the space appears before my eyes. After this the space is imprinted in my mind. I live with it, dwell in it and rearrange it.

I experience contentment as I physically create the spaces. While the body is working the thoughts can move freely. Spending time in spaces is a way of familiarizing with them, experience their dimensions, atmosphere and character. Just like getting to know a person, it takes some time to reach under the surface of a space.

Project

Greenhouse for Soul Cultivation

Part of Exam Project: Places for the soul / Academy for Design and Crafts, Gothenburg 2006

Photos: Ken Kackur