Veera Kortelainen
kortelaisenveera.net
(About)Veera Kortelainen (b. 1995) is a Helsinki based freelance graphic designer. Previously she worked at Ellun Kanat, a Helsinki-based strategic branding & communications agency, where she focused on branding and visual identity projects. Currently she splits her independent practice between client commissions and self-initiated projects. Her practice stems from the intersection of graphic design and contemporary culture and she mainly works with visual identities, print products and typographic solutions. Her work is often inspired by the lower forms of visual culture—the vernacular, the amateurish and the “non-designed” and she embraces a certain kind of roughness-around-the-edges in her expression. She holds a BA of Arts from Aalto University and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree.

(Resume)2023—
Freelance Designer
Independent

Clients include Ö Fest, Sons of Lumière, Side Stories, Ui Ui, Aalto ViCCA & TAH Foundation.

2019—2023
AD & Designer
Ellun Kanat

Clients include Narvi, Grafia, City of Kouvola, Apoli, City of Kerava, Best Caravan, Ministry of Education and Culture & Cloetta.
(Skills and services)Creative Concepts
Visual Concepts
Visual Identity
Art Direction
Logo Design
Type Design
Custom Type
Wordmarks
2D Motion
Printed Matter
Layout
Editorial Design
Web Design

(Merits) 2024: ADCE Student Awards—Jury Member
2024: European Design Awards—Finalist
2023: Transform Awards Europe—Silver & Bronze
2023: LAB—Lecture Visit
2023: Vuoden Huiput 2022—Yearbook
2023: AIKA OK—Grafia 90 Years Exhibition
2023: Helsinki Design Weekly—Interview
2022: Transform Awards Europe—Gold
2022: Aalto ARTS—Lecture Visit
2022: Vuoden Huiput 2021—Silver & Yearbook
2019: Vuoden Huiput 2018—Silver & Yearbook
2019: 30 Under 30 by Markkinointi & Mainonta
2018: Vuoden Huiput 2017—Yearbook

(2024)
kortelaisenveera@gmail.com