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Janne Kaasalainen

In Brief

I was recruited to Nokia the second time at spring 2005, this time to Nokia Research Center (the first time was back in 2002 and at Nokia Mobile Phones in Keilaniemi). The summer job turned into part time at autumn, then to full time from the beginning of 2006 and to a permanent contract at the turn 2006-2007.

Most of my time is spent on concept and interaction design. I photoshop a lot, work with media and create interfaces to various internal demos, implement those when needed to the level that is needed. About half of the job deals with the experimental device interfaces whereas the remaining half concentrates on web interfaces. The concepts are tested and because of that I've learn to appreciate the harsh realm of usability and user research.

From 2007 till present I've been working in Internet Consumer Services team located in Ruoholahti, Helsinki.

Interests

Art is the objectification of feeling. - Suzanne K. Langer

As a student from an art school, visual elements are a strong part of what I do and am interested about. It is not enough that things work well, they must also look good and even more importantly, feel good. That is easier said and done, luckily there is the rest of my life still to learn.

My current short term plans deal with finishing my short animation project and to get my masters of art papers out. Aside of that, I've been part of a few game, TV and film productions, even if on relatively small scale. Perhaps continue to work with some, but only time will tell.

In my work, such background easily leads to work on interface and interaction design.

Public Projects & Publications

  • Vartiainen, E., Strandell T, Kaasalainen, J.: Fully Service-Integrated Mobile Application for Photo-Sharing. IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA). 2008.
  • Vartiainen, E., Kaasalainen, J., Strandell T.: Designing User Experience for a Mobile Imaging Application. Proc. The IADIS Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (ICHI) 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2008.
  • Vartiainen, E., Roto, V., Kaasalainen, J. Graphical History List with Multi-Window Support on a Mobile Web Browser. Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW'08), June 8-13, 2008.
  • Contacts Browser Plugin
  • S60 Browser (briefly on the research team)
  • User Interface Design and Usability Testing of a Podcast Interface (M.Sc. thesis as PDF)

Patents

Currently there are five pending patent applications, mostly on UI and interaction related fields.

Presentations

  • Ars Electronica Campus 2006
  • NERD 2006
  • XML and Webtech Conference 2005

Background information

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