Our guest speaker on Thursday, February 16, Lotta Nieminen is an illustrator, graphic designer and art director from Helsinki, Finland. After working for fashion magazine Trendi, Pentagram Design and RoAndCo Studio,she now runs her own New York-based studio.

In 2014, she was nominated for Forbes magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list in the Art & Style category. In 2010, she received the Art Directors Club Young Guns award and was selected by Print magazine for its annual New Visual Artists review, highlighting 20 international rising designers under the age of 30. Lotta has given talks around the US and Europe.