Antti Mäkelä

Antti Mäkelä is a co-founder, partner, and Head of Strategy & Service Design at Aivan, a company focused on transforming end-user insights into meaningful product and service concepts. Antti is also a co-founder and partner at FatCloth Oy, a company that offers multipurpose pocket squares designed for modern gentlemen. Additionally, they are a co-founder and partner at Unmonday Oy. Antti has also worked as a part-time lecturer at Lahti University of Applied Sciences, where they interacted with industrial design students and lectured on topics such as company co-operation projects and environment efficient design. Prior to this, they worked as a designer at Muotohiomo, a design studio specializing in design strategy and planning.

Antti Mäkelä attended Lahti Polytechnic, Institute of Design from 2001 to 2005. Antti then went on to pursue a Master's degree in Industrial and Strategic Design at Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan, starting from 2005.