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Eero is Group Design Director of Nokia Design. Prior
to joining Nokia in 1998, he worked as a designer with
the Sisu and Saab automobile companies. He has taught
at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the
Helsinki University of Technology. He is a recipient
of the Kaj Franck Design Award and is on the Board of
Directors of Design Forum Finland. At the beginning
of 2006, Design Forum Finland initiated a strategic
plan to improve international marketing of Finnish design
and to reinforce its position internationally. While
presenting the integral role design plays at Nokia,
Eero discusses how Finland intends to position design
as an essential part of Finland’s national image
by 2010.
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