Matti Pärssinen
- Architecture
- Industrial Design
- Ceramics
- Public Art
- Designer
Studio Matti Pärssinen
Matti Pärssinen is Helsinki-based architect and designer. He grew up in Northern Finland. Matti’s interests and skills range from studio ceramics to graphic design and architecture. His works reflect the joy and authenticity of the design process as he strives for clear and sensuous expression. Currently Matti is working as an independent designer in the field of product design and art projects in his own studio embracing the future with curious mind.
Experience
Work experience
LPV Architects
Architect
2019 – present
Kirsti Sivén and Asko Takala Architects
Assistant designer
2017 – 2018
Tenfour Communications Oy
Graphic designer
2016 – 2017
Freelance designer
2014 – 2016
Kalevala Jewelry
Service designer
2011 – 2013
Education
Aalto University
Architect
Aalto University
Master of Arts (Applied art and design)
Works
2019
I designed a CLT-framed wooden multi-storey building with 22 apartments. There are seven different apartment types with two stairwells. In the design, efforts have been made to maximize natural light both outdoors and indoors. The moderate building height respects the old building base of Etu-Töölö. [coursework, Aalto University]
2022
I designed an illustration for two six-meter-long noise barrier fence elements using the graphic concrete method. The subject of the illustration, which opens into the yard of the daycare center, is events in the nearby nature. The stone material of the concrete is red granite and the pigment is iron oxide.
Collaborators
LPV architects
2021
My work as an architect also includes signage design and large-scale graphic design for facades. Mäkelänrinne high school renovation and extension plan: LPV architects.
Collaborators
LPV Architects
2018
Visual identity for Kirsti Sivén and Asko Takala Architects
Collaborators
Kirsti Sivén and Asko Takala Architects
2021
I designed different types of log accommodation buildings and log cabins for Nivankylä’s wooded plot in Lapland. [coursework, Aalto University]
2009
I designed and realized a wall panel system that repeats a continuous waveform. The wall panels are made of pressed birch veneer. Aluminum foil is laminated between the birch veneers to prevent electromagnetic radiation. [photo:Taavetti Alin]
Collaborators
Suomen Sähköyliherkät ry
2013
While working at Kalevala Jewelry, I designed sculptural display cases for the company’s factory store and showroom. Metal parts are machined aluminum and domes are blow molded acrylic.[photo: Teemu Töyrylä]
Collaborators
Kalevala Koru Oy
2005
I made a storage box as a staff gift for Orion Corporation. I took second place in the competition. The lid of the box, cast from stoneware clay, has the constellation of Orion as an inset pattern. [photo: Chikako Harada]
Collaborators
Orion Oyj
2005
Tumblers are mouth-blown into CNC milled alder moulds.
2004
The plates were fired in a traditional reducing wood firing. Celadon and Temmoku glazes give objects a nuanced look. The edges of the objects bent into a beautiful curve.