Kayakpaddling.net is an award winning online paddling guide. It combines detailed 3D animation, infographics and simple user interface into a website that sets the new standard for teaching sports on the web. Because of the huge success, it has been translated into thirteen languages by volunteers and is widely used at paddling clubs around the world. KayakPaddling.net is fully designed and developed by Small.
Concept / Interaction / Visual interface /
Animation and graphics / Development (Flash/XML)
Profit Software offers a suite of web-based software products for insurers, banks and financing companies. Small has created the visual identity and art directed majority of the communications material for several years, as well helped Profit to produce the UI guidelines for their products. All of the Profit's annual reports are also designed by Small. Done at Codesign Oy.
Visual identity / Communications material / Annual reports /
Infographics / Interaction / Visual interface
Codesign's Codesigner platform enables centralized management for various websites and information systems. Codesigner's user interface is often regarded as one of the most user friendly and intuitive in the industry. For several years, Small has been part of Codesign's core design team, with focus on visual identity, user experience and communications material.
Visual identity / Communications material /
Interaction / Visual interface & Icons /
GIA is a strategic market intelligence and advisory group with global presence. Small has been in a key role in designing the visual identity and communications material, as well as designing the user interface for their Intelligence Plaza™ software. Small has also often helped GIA to adjust the Plaza's visual interface to fit the end-clients' brand. Done at Codesign Oy.
Art Direction / Visual identity / Visual interface & Icons /
Communications material / Infographics /
University of Helsinki started Signal-blog to discuss about phenomena and future of e-learning and related technologies. The university asked Small to design the visual interface and graphics for the blog. The goal was to design everything so, that client's development team could use it easily, without touching the underlying technology. Solid technical knowledge allowed us to reach the goal without a hassle.
Visual interface design / Logo
Finnish Defence Forces is one of the biggest employers in Finland. Add in roughly 30 000 conscripts a year, it is clear that the need for internal social services are real. While the service has been there for a long time, the people were not aware of it's existance and purpose. Small designed visual identity and comunications material for Military Social Services to raise the awareness.
Visual identity / Communications material
Small has worked for wide spectrum of clients, ranging from individual politicians to leading companies from Fortune 500 and Finnish Top 20. Many of the R&D projects are confidential.
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Niko Hakkarainen
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niko@small.fi