One of the leaders of Design Connections Doctoral School Tuuli Mattelmäki has been elected the Industrial Designer of the Year 2008. Mattelmäki works as a professor of industrial design in the School of Design.

The Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo and Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland Grafia gave out awards in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, on 1 October 2008.

More information: www.ornamo.fi and www.grafia.fi