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Deloitte ranked Idean in Technology Fast 50

Friday, October 24, 2008

Deloitte has ranked the top 50 technology growth companies in Finland. Idean placed in as 19th, with Futurice Oy taking the first place – our congratulations!
As an income financed company built on long-term service business with key clients, Idean is proud of this achievement. We have strong belief in our business: user-centered research, design and [...]

Idean as a Helsinki Living Lab collaborator

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Helsinki Living Lab (HLL) is an ecosystem of the Living Labs and their collaborators in the Helsinki Metropolitain Area. It was launched during the first annual Living Lab Innovations seminar in November 2007.
HLL helps promote user-driven open innovation through methods and tools used for improving the real-world development of products and services. HLL is both [...]

Building a brand through user experiences – Idean interviewed in M&M

Monday, October 6, 2008

Markkinointi & Mainonta (M&M), a Finnish newspaper on marketing and advertising, published an article about Idean on October 3rd.
Jussi Lystimäki and Tomi Mickelsson discuss the relationship of brand and user experience, and the evolution of mobile platforms, such as iPhone, Google Android, Symbian and mobile web. “Even though brand and user experience are closely [...]

Idean Academy launched: a unique combination of research and design training

Monday, September 15, 2008

Idean, one of the leading user experience research and design companies, launches a curriculum on user-centered design. Idean Academy is a unique combination of both research and design training globally in the field.
User-centered innovation, together with unique design and excellent user experience are the recipe for successful products and services. With Idean Academy, [...]

Idean Academy - Learn from the finest in user-centered design

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Idean Academy offers the latest trends in user-centered interaction design. The training sessions take place in Innopoli, Espoo from 29.9.2008 to 30.1.2009, and consist of seven four-day modules. During the modules, we will tackle different aspects of both interaction design in practice, as well as the user experience on a theoretical level.
You will learn [...]

Idean Shanghai office’s new facilities

Friday, August 22, 2008

A New Idean Shanghai Office is opened in address:
Crystal Century Mansion, 4th Floor,
No.567 Weihai Road,
Shanghai 200040, CHINA
Phone (8621) 6103 7000
China is becoming a source of innovative original design and Idean wants to be a leading part of this development. Our goal is to be the most desired and value adding innovation partner for [...]

Idean Prepares For Growth (also in Finnish: Idean valmistautuu kasvuun)

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Kaija Pöysti and Jan Sasse join Idean board of directors
Idean, a digital service design company, prepares for the next phase of growth by strengthening its Board of Directors. Kaija Pöysti and Jan Sasse started as new members of BoD on June 17.
Kaija Pöysti is a partner of Blue White Venture. Previously, she worked as [...]

Mikko-Pekka Hanski’s interview in Avain

Monday, June 30, 2008

Idean Chief Evangelist Mikko-Pekka Hanski will be interviewed in Avain newspaper, the customer magazine of etuovi.com, a Finnish website for housing and real estate trade.
The interview is about service development and will be published in August.

Idean Article in Asian media

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Idean has an article in Charged ComminicAsia Edition in June/July issue. The article is about designing the future and creating the next big idea for the mobile interaction.
Mr. Marko Vänskä, Idean GM for APAC Region, explains how to get more WOW out of the user interface for the long-term.
Please check the article.

Idean among the 250 biggest Ltds

Friday, May 30, 2008

Tietoviikko (an ICT-focused Finnish newspaper) has ranked the 250 biggest ICT companies in Finland - and Idean is one of them.
Idean is on the 6th position of the most growth companies.
The information used in ranking has been gathered from the official financial statements of the companies.
Please read more from TiVi (unfortunately only in Finnish).