Lauri Ahonen

Honors & Awards

Most people know me for my world class photoshop skills, but that's just one side of what I do. I am a creative specialist operating in the fields of marketing and advertising. What I do is not just about coming up with fancy campaigns or creating superb images, it's about breaking patterns and making an impact.

I'm now 26-years-old and I live and work in Helsinki - the capital of Finland. My ambition is not to become the best copywriter, designer or conceptualist. I aim to surround myself with a diverse group of brilliant people and develop a unique skill set that allows me to approach problems on multiple levels. I spend my time learning more about social media and marketing as well as following the work of inspirational people around the globe.

I started studying Marketing at the leading business school in Finland, but the past two years I've been focusing my energy to . To be honest I feel I got more out of the six years I spent as a factory worker, than my studies at HSE. My inspiration and insight comes from what's happening around me right now - the academing world feels often too disconnected from that.

I became an entrepreneur already at the age of 16, when I started organizing events. The diversity of challenges I faced fascinated me as my role streched from management to budgeting and marketing. I enjoyed being in charge of the whole picture, while maintaining a very hands on mentality. My success taught me to believe in myself and my failures taught me humility and the value of teamwork.

Believing in yourself and what you do is everything for me. I believe pretty much anything is possible, if you want it bad enough and are willing to do the work. I've been told No by three art schools for a total of eight times, but that hasn't stopped me from living my dream. My work has been featured in blogs around the world and magazines like Advanced photoshop.

I had trouble finding my way to the industry, so I started my own company with 5 friends from HSE. Our modest ambition is to save finnish marketing and rethink how creative work is done. We value honesty, openness and passion. We work with our clients, not for them. Our business is thriving and we are constantly growing. We are Bolder.

Young Lions Finland 2009:
Shortlist in the Print series

Young Lions Finland 2008:
Honorary Merit in the Print series

Crestock Photoshop Contest 2007:
3rd place on Round 2

lauri (at) bolder.fi / +358 40 542 0282

Breaking Patterns and making an impact

Honors & Awards

Bolder Helsinki

ADDlife

Artwork: Garden of Eden

Nukkula

Finlandia Hall

Frozen Rails

Aalto University Identity Competition

Young Lions Finland

Every Act should be a threesome

Bar, restaurant & Night club Bangkok

Laserpoint

Suunto product chooser

Helsinki School of Economics

Neo Festival

Lasse Männistö

Young Lions Finland

There are some places dicks shouldn’t visit

Artwork: In Motion

Crestock photoshop contest

Gatecrasher & Laserpoint

Artwork: Life is a game of Chess

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