Curriculum vitae

Outi Maaret Kotala
born 9. 6. 1974 at Rovaniemi Lapland.

Studies

  
  2006 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Medialaboratory  
  2001 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, majoring in Media Art
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Department of Art and media		  
  1994 - University of Helsinki, studies in practical philosophy // faculty of social sciences  
  1993 High school graduate, Helsingin kuvataidelukio (Helsinki art high school)  
 

 

Other courses and education:

 
  5. - 6. 5. 2011 Illustrator advanced course. Tieturi Oy.  
  15. 3. 2010 ICC color profile handling, basics, PrePress Studio Oy.  
  1. 12. 2007 - 28. 5. 2008 Actor in Naisyrittäjyyskeskus's ESR-funded mentoringproject for entepreneurs  
  26. 9. - 12. 10. 2007 Professional desktop publishing: planning and design with InDesign CS3. IADE institute  
  14. -15. 7. 2007 CSS-course, Mikael Korpela / Kulttuuriosuuskunta Raymond  
 


Languages:

 
  good English, satisfactory Swedish, basic French. Basics in Russian and Japanese.  
 


Professional skills:

  
 

UX design: graphical user interfaces, visualizations, and interaction design, prototyping. Emphasis in UI design is on user experience design, concepting and SW graphical user interfaces including www, open source, PC, embedded systems and mobile UI platforms.

My areas of interest cover also "design-attitude": how to maintain and improve creativity in quickly changing and demanding product development environments.

  
 

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Work history:

  
  Current UX designer, owner, Guidesi  
  2005-2006 UI and Graphic designer at Linja Design  
  2003- 31. 3. 2005 Graphic user interface designer, Nokia Mobile Phones  
  1. 5. - 31. 9. 2002 www- and graphic designer in Tampere University of Techonology Institute of Business Information Management.  
  1. 7. 2001 - 30.4. 2002 graphic designer in Tampere University Hypermedia Laboratory. Graphic designer in the research projects Tre-D & Digital Learning. Participating the research group "Experience design group".  
  1.7. - 17.11. 2000 www-designer and graphic designer in Media Tampere Ltd.
  
  1. 5. 99 - 31.5. 2000 www- and graphic designer in the Tre-D -project of Tampere University Hypermedia Laboratory.
  
  1993-1998 various jobs and office jobs including Matkahuolto Travel Services, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and so on.  
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Course teachings:

  
  2010 Prototyping workshop at UX10 course, for Aalto University  
  2007-2011 Paper prototyping workshop & Documentation and international user interfaces workshop. For Tampere Polytechnic University Media department.  
  2009 Arranging a new media art exhbition, workshops. For Tampere Polytechnic University Art department  
  2008 Graphical user interfaces advanced course Helsinki Polytechnic University Stadia 6. - 28.3. 2008  
  2005 "User interfaces and graphic design" course in Helsinki Polytechnic University Stadia 5. - 13.4. 2005  
  2001- 2002 - Dreamveawer basic courses in Tampere University Hypermedialaboratory
- lectures in Tampere University Hypermedialaboratory on webdesign and web aesthetics
- Flash -courses for students in TPU/SAM
- Image manipulation and conversion to web Tampere University Institute for Extension Studies 		 
  2000 -Flash -course for international exchange students in TPU/SAM.
-Photoshop -course for Hypermediacard courses in Tampere University Hypermedialaboratory		  
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Publications:

  
  2002

Vainio, T., Kotala, O., Rakkolainen, I. Kupila, H.
Towards scalable user interfaces in 3D City Information Systems
Short paper.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices, 18-20 September 2002, Pisa, Italy.

Vainio, T., Kotala, O.
Developing 3D Information Systems for Mobile Users: Some Usability Issues
Short paper.
Proceedings of the The Second Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Aarhus, Denmark, October 19-23, 2002.

 
 


Artistic references:

  
  2009 Kaaos paintings and animation at gallery Nunes, 4. - 22. 11. 2009. Joint exhibition with Marja Tikka.  
  2009 Baseline of Memories media-art installation in the internet and at the Nummela library 2. - 30. 5. 2009.  
  2007 Bazaar of Banalities open media-art happening & www-site together with Live Herring group. Jyväskylä 12. - 15. 7. 2007  
  2006 Group art exhibition "Valkoinen" STOA gallery 19.12. - 2006 - 5. 1. 2007  
  2006 Live Herring My Village -workshop in the nordic net art exhibition Live Herring 16. - 19. 11. 2006.  
  2005 Live Herring Invited artist in the nordic net art exhibition Live Herring 17. - 20. 11. 2005.  
  2002 Mindmapcities
Media art work on cities and mindmaps,. Tampere and Prague. As a part of the Jiné Finsko - the other Finland -art happening in Prague 26. 9. - 17.11. 2002. Competing finalist for the MindTrek multimedia award 2002. 		 
  2002 Verkkointernetinstallation in Rupriikki museum of Tampere. In cooperation with Tampereen museot and Tampere University Hypermedialaboratorio.  
  9. - 11. 11. 2001 Mind Chat chat installation as a part of the net art workshop live transmission from restaurant Telakka in Tampere. With the cooperation with Tampere Polytechnic and Pauhu organisation, and it was hosted by John Hopkins from UIAH.  
  1. 5. 2001 The Paper Doll Studio
Interactive media artwork in the net. Flash and html.
Also a data-installation in the final work exhibition of Tampere Polytechnic/School of Art and Media between 1.5. - 15. 6. 2001 		 
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Prizes and grants:

  
  2011 Rauha Hasselblatt grant for professional education  
  2008/09 AVEK grant for a media art work "Muistojen perusviiva"  
  2006 AVEK grant for a media art work "Lumen valo"  
  2002 Niilo Helander's foundation grant for a media art project (personal grant)
Central Arts Council multiarts grant for a media art project (personal grant)
  
  2001

First price in the 2001 Pixxelpoint International Computer Art Festival competition's Interactive work category with the work The Paper Doll Studio

Les e-Magicians -multimedia festival. Work "The Paper Doll Studio" chosen to be presented during the international multimedia festival in Valencienne France 23. -27.11. 2001.

  
 


Hobbies and memberships:

  
 

I do art with traditional (oil, aquarelle) and also with digital media. I'm a member of Finnish Freelance graphic designers, Artists Association MUU and Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Helsinki.

  
 


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