WHO IS JANNE?

Janne Kyttanen was born 1974 in Hameenlinna, Finland. He started his industrial design studies at the Escola De Disseny, Elisave in Barcelona 1996. He then moved to The Netherlands and graduated from The Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam 2000, where he also currently lives.

Right after his graduation he started working for a number of interior, product and lighting design projects for clients in the banking, public transport, aviation, consumer electronics and cosmetics industries. After a few years, he got bored with traditional design approaches and wanted to go back to what we was busy with during his design studies. During his studies Janne proved the potential of using 3D printing techniques as a source for manufacturing his designs. He introduced a line of 3D printed products as his thesis for graduation. This project laid the foundation for Freedom Of Creation (FOC), a company specializing in the design with 3D printing techniques, which Janne founded in Helsinki, Finland (2000). Due to the immense global potential of this concept, Janne has put most of his design and entrepreneurial efforts in FOC during the recent years.

AWARDS

Janne has been presented with numerous design awards including, Best New Corner Award 100% Design 2003, Red Dot Design Award 2005, Best New Exhibitor Award 100% Design 2005 and Interior Innovation Award Cologne 2006. Janne was also selected as the Young Designer of the Year by the Design Forum Finland 2007.

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

Janne’s work has been extensively exhibited around the world and his work has been purchased for numerous permanent design collections around the world such as the MOMA, FIT, MAD and Vitra Design Museum.

PUBLICATIONS

Janne’s work has been published around the world in all kind of design and business media; from printed publications on Wallpaper, Financial times, Time magazine and Wired to TV appearances on CNN and beyond.

CLIENTS

Janne has been involved with numerous design projects from interior and graphic to product design. Clients include companies such as Hyundai, Asics, Autodesk, Havana Club, Nivea, NIKE, Rabobank, and L’Oreal.

IMAGE DOWNLOAD

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PRESS

For any publications inquiries, please contact Melisa Lasell press@freedomofcreation.com

CONTACT

Janne Kyttanen
Palmstraat 3
1015 HP Amsterdam
janne@freedomofcreation.com
Tel. 0031 647 902 740