Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Artist of the Day, December 29, 2020: Lotta Nieminen, a Finnish graphic designer, illustrator (#1184)

 Lotta Nieminen (1986) is a Finnish illustrator and graphic designer based in New York City. She is known for creating children's books, as well designing digital interfaces, publications, packaging and furniture. She has designed content for companies like Facebook, Google, Volkswagen, Bulgari, Marimekko and Hermès.

Lotta Nieminen is Finnish-born graphic designer and illustrator based in New York City. Her father Risto Nieminen is director of the music department at the Gulbenkian Foundation, and her mother Raija Malko is an artist. When she was a child, her family lived in Paris for five years. She studied studied graphic design at University of Art and Design Helsinki and Rhode Island School of Design.

In 2010 Nieminen, then art director for Trendi Magazine, decided to leave Finland to pursue a career in New York City. In an interview with the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, Nieminen stated that she applied to several design studios in New York before she received an internship at Pentagram. Afterwards, she worked at RoAndCo Studio before leaving to pursue freelance work.

Nieminen started Lotta Nieminen Studio in 2012. Since then she has worked with companies such as Facebook, Google, New York Times, Bulgari, Volkswagen, Marimekko, Wired UK, and Hermès. In 2014, Nieminen illustrated the redesign of the Google Calendar.

In 2013, Nieminen published her first children's book Walk This World through an imprint of Templar Publishing. She illustrated and wrote the 2014 interactive children's cook book Pancakes!, part of her Cook in a Book series.

In December 2017, Nieminen demonstrated her illustration techniques at a live art demonstration with New York Times editor Maria Russo.


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Ms. Lotta Nieminen

 Loeffler Randall
campaign, 2013

 Loeffler Randall
campaign, 2013

Cienne
box, 2014

Cienne
campaign, 2014

Cienne
notecard, 2014

 Cienne
stationery, 2014

The Line
campaign, 2014

The Line
campaign, 2014

Rent the runway
stationery, 2015

Paintbox
campaign, 2015

Maisonette
campaign, 2016

Maisonette
invite, 2016

Maisonette
logo, 2016

Maisonette
packaging, 2016

 Maisonette
umbrella, 2016

Maisonette
vans, 2016

Matter Made
box, 2016

 Matter Made
stationery, 2016

 Posture
cover, 2016

 Posture
spread, 2016

 Posture
spread, 2016

 Roll & Hill
accordion fold booklet, 2016

 Roll & Hill
cover, 2016

Roll & Hill
spread, 2016

Roll & Hill
spread, 2016

Roll & Hill
spread, 2016

 Samuji
cover, 2016

 Samuji
cover, 2016

 Cienne
book box, 2018

 Cienne
book cover, 2018

Cienne
book spread, 2018

 ln-works
2019

 ln-works
2019

 ln-works
2019

 ln-works
2019

 


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