Identity for Alvar Aalto exhibition in the Design Museum Helsinki.
Gold in graphic design at Vuoden Huiput ‘04
Agency: Taivas
An identity created for a new european challenger brand.
Custom drawn logo and numerals for Ski Jumping Team & Nordic Combined Team Finland.
Identity for a friendly real estate company Igglo. Agency: Taivas
A personal ongoing book project.
Logo and colour studies for Finland's tourism identity
New identity for Visit Finland. Finland is a challenger brand in tourism, so we had to differentiate from the competitors. The symbol symbolizes (as they sometimes tend to do) shapes that can be found from the finnish nature like the midnight sun, rocky banks of the archipelago, drop on the surface of water etc.
Disruptive strategy and design work resulted in country branding based on the key idea that in comparison with most other countries, Finland is something else totally individual, unconventional and fresh. It is a welcome alternative to places crowded with tourists.
Hope to post more images soon.
Agency:
SEK & Grey / SEK Design
KONE Book / 120 pages on Munken Polar
The people flow company KONE ordered a concept for their people flow solutions in public transportation sector. We ended up sending photographer Riku Pihlanto to shoot these references in a documentaric style and created a travel book kind of a product.
Agency: SEK & Grey / SEK Design
The identity was used on the facade of Kiasma.
Marimekko produced a variety of products including bags, shirts, sheets etc.
Sheets by Marimekko
Ars 06 exhibition identity for Kiasma - Museum of contemporary art in Helsinki.
Awarded gold in graphic design in Vuoden Huiput ‘05 and silver in illustration.
Agency: Taivas
This is soon to be my portfolio site. It’s been a few years since the last update.
This site was several years ago under the name royalmajestics.com, then mikaelkivela.com and then down for a year and a half. But now it’s time to get back in the business. While waiting for content to arrive, explore the about section from upper right corner.