Lotta Nieminen is a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator from Helsinki, Finland. She has studied graphic design and illustration at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the Rhode Island School of Design, and has worked as a freelancer in both fields since 2006. After working for fashion magazine
Trendi in Finland and
Pentagram Design in New York, Lotta is now based in NYC, working for design studio
RoAndCo.
In 2010, Lotta received the Art Directors Club
Young Guns 8 award and was selected by Print magazine for its annual
New Visual Artists review, highlighting 20 international rising designers under the age of 30. Her work has also won honorable mentions at
Vuoden Huiput (Best of Finnish advertising and graphic design) as well as in various logo competitions. She has illustrated for the likes of clients such as
United Airlines,
International Herald Tribune Magazine,
Monocle and
Bloomberg Businessweek.
As an illustrator, Lotta is represented by illustration agency
Agent Pekka.
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Books
Picnic
Pop-folk Contemporary Illustration
Promopress, Spain
Out in February 2011
Branding
Sendpoints, China
Out in March 2011
Minimal Graphics
Mao Mao Publications, Spain
Out in April 2011
Touch Branding Ⅱ
Artpower, China
Out in May 2011
Fashion Branding
Monsa, Spain
2010
Magazines
Communication Arts
U.S.
September 2010
Read online
Underscore N°2
China
September 2010
We Are Helsinki
Finland
September 2010
Read online
Print Magazine
U.S.
April 2010
Read online
Exhibitions
Graphic Designer of the Year
As part of illustration agency Agent Pekka
Design Forum, Helsinki
January 2011
OPEN 140
The 140 Year History of the School of Art
and Design Helsinki
Design Museum, Helsinki
January 2011
ADC Young Guns 9
Juried Show
Art Directors Club Gallery, New York
October 2010
20 Under 30
Print Magazine's New Visual Artists 2010
Juried Show
Phaidon Store, New York
April 2010
Online
FormFiftyFive
The Dieline
Lovely Package
It's Nice That
Typojungle
Grain Edit
Bitique
The Fox Is Black
Design Sponge
The Strange Attractor
Dirty Mouse
Drawn
Looks Like Good Design
1/3/2011 —
Speaking about graphic design and presenting my work at the
Apple Store in SoHo, NYC on April 18th, 2011. If you're in New York, come say hi!
15/1/2011 —
Featured in
Fashion Branding, a selection of brand and branding work, providing an insight
into graphic design's contribution to the fashion world.
15/10/2010 —
Featured in Communication Arts magazine.
Fresh features the latest cutting-edge work from designers, firms and agencies that have been working professionally for five years.
Read it online.
7/10/2010 —
Winner of the Art Directors Club Young Guns 8 award!
ADC Young Guns is the only international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies today's vanguard of young creative professionals age 30 or younger. Check out the other winners
here!
13/3/2010 —
Featured in
Print magazine's
New Visual Artist 2010 review, as one of the 20 nominated designers under 30 years old!
