Hello there!My name is Lauramaria
Or just Laura.
Based in Tampere, Finland.
I'm a designer
Currently working as a user experience and user interface designer, focusing primarily on digital products. Formerly an art director and visual designer in marketing communications.
A creative problem solver and critical thinker
From visual to strategic, from simple to complex, I have worked with many kinds of challenges.
I am analytical and reflective, always seeking to uncover the real, underlying problem that should be solved — and questioning whether I am solving it in the right way.
An AI explorer
I have been interested in human–AI collaboration since 2020, and in 2021 I wrote my Master’s thesis on creative practitioners’ attitudes towards using AI in ideation.
My main interest was, and still is, how AI can improve the quality of outcomes compared with working without it. I am also curious about the long-term effects on human thinking. Although I do not conduct research myself, I keep up with it and aim to use AI smartly and sustainably — which brings me to...
Planet-centric, future-minded, and vegan
Environmental values are important to me. I strive to minimise my carbon footprint and design with environmental impact in mind.
At the same time, I want to build the future I believe in, rather than watch one simply unfold. I am well aware of the environmental cost of current AI usage, but I also do not believe in a future without AI. I want to be part of shaping a world where AI solutions are used sustainably.
A wannabe circus artist
Whenever I am not solving design problems, I am probably hanging upside down.
I am passionate about aerial acrobatics and train regularly on my apparatus of choice: aerial silks.