1973, "Turning leaf"

textiles

Textile art piece, double weave, student work

1979, Edacom cash register system

products, service design

Edacom cash register was one of the first component-based cash register systems. The concept was made for Kajaani Electronics. The final design was made in 1979. The same design was launched as a new product in 1995 in Spain.

1979, TV chair concept design

concepts

Early concept for new easy chair

1979, Furniture design concepts from past into the new creation

concepts

Some of our product concepts comes from back 40 years years. We will take them now from the drawer after years. Some more and some less mature. We are looking for international partner to put these products to market.

1982, Finlux 1000 series

products

Finlux 1000 TV series was the first injection-molded plastics housing TV in Finland. The design was awarded with Nordrhein Westfalen Design Zentrum Gute Industri Form prize in 1973.

1986, Laukamo wire phone

products

Laukamo wire phone was one of the last landline products. The project was later sold to Finnish mobile phone company Benefone. This product was selected to the collections of Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York.

1987, Finlux Sky Design Vario

products

The design process involved technology, sales and marketing and product development. The resulting product had a competitive prize and high-quality design. Tapani had an important role in the project.

1987, Finlux Sky Design Fix

products

1988, Nokia pager

wearables, products

Nokia Finder was one of the last pagers in Nokia.

1989, Buscom ticket reader

products, service design

Buscom proximity card reader was the first local traffic proximity ticket reader. The Buscom project can be seen as an early service design project. It was utilizing new technology in a new way and making understandable and easy to use solutions for buss and community train and tram services. It was a pioneering project and created a new product category.

1989, Polar Edge

wearables, products

Polar EDGE was Tapani’s first design for Polar Electro. Design work did include concept design, industrial design and mechanical design for working prototype. EDGE was the first Polar product designed completely in 3D environment.

1989, Salora remote control

products

After Finlux Tapani designed Salora products for a year. Later Nokia took over Finlux and the work continued in Nokia until the consumer electronic business in Nokia was shut down.

1992, Polar Protrainer

wearables, products

At the time, Protrainer was THE Hearth rate Monitor. Tapani was in charge of creating the concept, final design and physical prototype.

1989, Nokia Cityman 190

products

1992, Rados RAD 50 electronic radiation monitor

wearables, products

Rados has been a forerunner in electronic dosimetry. Tapani was a founding partner of the company and a member of the board for several years. Cooperation started in 1978 with Alnor and continued until Tapani’s retirement from ED Design in 2016. RAD 50 design was made in ED Design with Matti Koivisto.

1992, Nokia 1011

products

Nokia 1011 was the first GSM phone in serial production. The project started about a year after the project for Nokia 2011 started. The reason for Nokia 1011 project was that Nokia will to win the competition of the first GSM phone. The idea was to utilize fastest possible industrial design and mechanical engineering technology in this urgent project and cut development time as much as possible. Tapani made design concurrently with the Nokia electronic design team. He made both industrial design and mechanical engineering in one 3D file. That geometry was used for final production tooling.

1989-1995, Polar hearth rate monitors

wearables

During the time when Tapani was a design manager in Polar Electronic and a member of the executive team, he personally designed most products for this young technology company. These products were original hearth rate monitors.

1992, Polar fitness monitor concept

concepts

Polar was the first to create the "sport watch" category and was for a long time the forerunner in the product area. As a design manager Tapani was responsible for actual design projects and making future product forecasts.

1992, "Kaleidos"

textiles

Upholstery fabric design for Sellgren-textiles Ltd

1992, Kwerner-MasaYards

products, concepts

Caribbean Cruiser concept project for Kwerner-MasaYards 1992. The project was the first concept project realized with 3D CAD. The model was also made completely by nc-milling. The ship concept creation was made in group of specialists from the shipyard and the cruises company. Tapani was in charge of the final design modelling. 2 weeks after the scale model was finished Masa-Yards sold 3 cruisers and agreed on options for 3 others. Later the basic design has been scaled up for several bigger cruisers.

1982, Finlux 1000 TV remotecontrol

products

1993, "Made in Finland"

textiles

Textile art piece, detail

1994, "Paus"

textiles

Upholstery fabric design for Sellgren-textiles Ltd

1996, Future mobile design concept for 15 yeas later made on 1996

concepts

The future mobile communication concept for 2011 was made in 1996. The project is an example of scenario building from year 1996 in ED Design Oy. The goal was to create an information technology concept for the year 2011. Main outcomes from the study were the following: 1. There will be a universal information window 2. Display size varies from matchbox to wall size 3. One universal user interface 4. Peer to peer wireless connectivity 5. All networks: data, broadcast, phone user will not recognize which network will be used 6. Information exists in one place but is accessible from everywhere

1998, Jubilee table cloth

textiles

Tablecloth design for The Friends of Finnish Handicraft and their 120 years festivities

2004, Nokia Headset

products, wearables

Nokia HDB-5 Black Ear-Hook Headset

2005, Elcoteq concept phone

concepts

2006, medinstill drug delivery device

service design, concepts

Medinstill eye drug delivery devise was designed utilizing Dr. Daniel Py’s drug container patent. The design concept aimed to create a completely new drug delivery concept which would help the patient take care of himself/herself.

2005, Elcoteq concept phone

concepts

2007, Textile art piece

textiles

Woven textile of metal, detail, a commission work for Kaarina church

2009, Mirion instadose1 dosimeter

wearables, products

Mirion Instadose1 was the first dosimeter in which the measuring data was uploaded through a personal computer USB port to the Internet-based services. The concept and design up to final mechanics and prototypes were made by Tapani in ED Design.

2009, Mirion instadose1 dosimeter

concepts, service design

Mirion Instadose1 was the first dosimeter which was used on a computer and connected through a USB to the Internet-based services. From the user point of view the product is easy to use and understandable.

2008, Elektrobit concept phone

concepts

2009, Ixonos tablet concept

concepts

2012, LG TV concept

concepts

After Finnish TV industry shut down, including Finlux, Salora and Nokia, Tapani started to cooperate with LG. He worked mostly in concept phase. The design shown in the picture from year 2012 was designed together with ED designer Pasi Savunen.

2013, Mirion instadose2 radiation dosimeter

products, concepts, wearables

Design work included Mirion Technology Rados Instadose 2 radiation dosimeter design concept, final ID and mechanical design until the first prototypes. Instadose 2 took the dosimetry service again to the next level. The usability and the service became easy and understandable. Just wear it and it works.

2013, Mirion instadose 2 mechanic concept and solutionsolution

products, concepts

2014, Church textile, detail

textiles

Saint Henry church, Turku

2016, Mirion DOSIME

concepts, service design

In the Dosime service concept. Dosime device measures ionizing radiation exposure and tracks cumulative exposure over time. The Dosime device can be used in two modes – home mode and wearable mode. The unit seamlessly connects to your home network and mobile devices via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Dosime is a hybrid smart home and wearable device that detects and reports real-time radiation exposure, on-the-go. The dosimeter is charged in the plug-in charger. The recorded personal dose is monitored by a smartphone application. Tapani did the service concept design and the final product design and equipment mechanics at ED Design.

2016, Mirion MBD2

wearables, products

The MBD-2 dosimeter is a real-time, self-indicating device that requires no user intervention for operation. The MBD-2 dosimeter is based upon Mirion Technologies’ patented Direct Ion Storage (DIS) technology.

2016, Mirion DOSIME radiation monitor

wearables, concepts, service design

Dosime is a hybrid smart home and wearable device that detects and reports real-time radiation exposure, on-the-go. Tapani made the Dosime hardware concept, industrial and mechanical design for Mirion Technologies, Rados Turku.