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Aivan
Helsinki, Finland
About
Helsinki industrial, product and brand design studio (since 2007) for physical goods, vehicles, tableware and retail spaces—award-heavy craft, not digital product UX.
Who They Work With
Manufacturers and premium consumer brands needing industrial, product and brand design for physical goods—not digital product UX.
Based on 10 documented clients · verified Jul 2026
Our Take
Aivan's freely visible portfolio runs to roughly 35 projects across two pages, and the published work is overwhelmingly industrial and product design (Ponsse forest harvesters, Axopar and Brabus boats, Stadler trams, Iittala and Fiskars tableware), brand identity, and retail and interior spaces, with deep process visible on the physical side: the Ponsse cabin case documents operator interviews, observation, co-creation workshops and VR prototyping.
Screen-based digital UX is named but not documented: the Aktia Bank customer-experience item, a Brabus configurator, and an Agora Networks smart-pickup project appear as portfolio entries, but they lack readable case-study pages, and where "UX & UI design" shows up it sits inside product-and-brand scope lists with no UI screens, no research artifacts and no metrics published.
Most case studies carry no dates, and quantified outcomes are scarce even on the strongest physical-product cases, which lead with awards rather than before-and-after numbers.
The weaker fit is any digital product UX or software-UI work—the two banking clients (Aktia, OP) are branch/spatial projects, not fintech UX, and the Brabus configurator is the only genuinely digital case; for physical product, brand and spatial design, few Nordic studios are more awarded.
Key strengths
- Operating since 2007 from Helsinki with 26-plus design awards listed (including Red Dot Best of the Best, iF Design Award and the Kaj Franck Design Prize) and blue-chip clients such as Kone, ABB, Fiskars, Iittala, VR and Stadler Rail.
- Documented human-centered process on physical-product work: the Ponsse harvester-cabin case shows operator interviews, field observation, co-creation workshops, ergonomics study and VR prototyping.
- Ungated, English-language portfolio of roughly 35 projects spanning product, brand and spatial design, so you can review craft and breadth before contacting them.
Good to know
- Digital UX is referenced (Aktia, Brabus configurator, Agora pickups) but no readable case study, UI screen or research artifact is published for it; ask to see screen-based work, the team behind it, and a documented UX process before scoping any app or software project.
- Most cases carry no dates and few quantified outcomes; request project years and measurable results for two recent engagements comparable to yours.
- Published rates and team size are not stated; confirm headcount, the specific people assigned, and a budget range early.
Reviewed by Gabor Kiss
Founder of UX Agencies · UX Lead at SAP · May 30, 2026
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