Happy 10th year anniversary to Omuus!

Happy 10th year anniversary to Omuus!

This blog post has been waiting to happen in my to-do list for a while. Why does it feel cumbersome to write about one’s own company – as creating content for so many other brands come with ease?

But alas, here we celebrate our 10th year anniversary as Omuus brand. To say the time has flown is understatement. I will try my best to elevate some of the stories of our adventures during these years.

Awarded Design of Token Inc. Mobile Payment Terminal

Awarded Design of Token Inc. Mobile Payment Terminal

Our objective was to concept the next generation mobile payment terminal to fit perfectly to the Arcelik TOKEN Financial Technologies portfolio. The design drivers set for BEKO Sardis were best-in-class usability and masstige look and feel.

Bio-based material sourcing and productization for Weiste

Bio-based material sourcing and productization for Weiste

Omuus was contacted to source and validate into production biobased material by Finnish family company Weiste to serve their pioneering Eco Christmas Collection. Weiste history with innovation is extensive with 100 years anniversary in 2024. The challenge for the...

Circular thinking and production – Nature Squared

Circular thinking and production – Nature Squared

“We approach circular design not only by optimising the waste material during the production phase but also by optimising the knowledge, technology and skillset.” – Elaine Yan Ling Ng

OMUUS interviewed Elaine Yan Ling Ng the founder of The Fabrick Lab and also Chief Material Innovator at Nature Squared. In the interview Elaine will talk about alternative waste material, how it can be reused and applied in material design, what is essential in reusing such materials and how Nature Squared plays its part in it.

Material Audit

Material Audit

SAVE MONEY AND REDUCE YOUR COMPANY’S CARBON FOOTPRINT.    Material audit helps you to save 3-5% of your company’s turn over. (Business Finland)   Material Audit investigates the amount of losses generated by your business operations,  the costs of the losses,...

Four times awarded Medical Kiosk

Four times awarded Medical Kiosk

Four times awarded Medical KioskCorensis® Medical Kiosk from Arçelik is a medical measurement terminal. It offers automated hospital registration and medical measurements. This is enabled with high precision medical sensors, advanced algorithms, and AI assistance...

Video marketing: Motion graphics.

Video marketing: Motion graphics.

Video marketing is the most important marketing trend today: Google and LinkedIn pushes pages that include videos higher in the rankings 52% of consumers are more confident in online purchase decision because of videos 65% of executives visit the marketer’s website...

Sourcing suppliers and goods from China.

Sourcing suppliers and goods from China.

NEED SOURCING? Your product development and goods sourcing can benefit greatly of working with Omuus: Over 20 years experience of product development Over 450 supplier contacts globally Verified and existing supplier network Knowledge of product technical, material...

7SEC. FUTURES© – a unique CMF trends driven material translation service

7SEC. FUTURES© – a unique CMF trends driven material translation service

There are many fantastic trend agencies globally that provide color reports. So, you might ask, why do we create a new service?

We want to achieve a revolution of color reports – to go beyond the traditional mediums. Compared to traditional color reports with 2-dimensional color data, the 7SEC. CMF Futures is serving the technology industry with actionable CMF tools linked to actual material technologies.

The Innovation voucher – Kultavilla

The Innovation voucher – Kultavilla

“ Working with Omuus team was a very positive, inspiring and enriching experience. With the help of the Omuus team we got the keys to create a coherent visual look to support the brand creation and growth to global markets.“ – Susanna Kääriäinen, CEO Kultavilla.

How the designer market is changing? Volume 2

How the designer market is changing? Volume 2

OMUUS is a CMF design agency (Colors, Materials and Finishes). The volume 1 of our article covered impacts to the China market and how the situation has affected the product and service design.  

In the volume 2 we have a look into how has the epidemic changed the emotional and psychobehavioral aspects of people’s lives, and how the color design can have profound comforting, soothing and relieving impact to consumers that are in the search for new rituals for their everyday lives.

Omuus collaboration with Chinese home appliance giant MACRO

Omuus collaboration with Chinese home appliance giant MACRO

The Macro Wanxiang series of products designed by OMUUS has been launched! We are honored to be able to collaborate with Macro and being part of combining Nordic Design Style with Chinese Lifestyle. The product portfolio is based on the natural elements of Water, Fire, Earth and Air that are closely tied to everyday life and the product features. The Wanxiang series is created to meet the younger generation requirements of high performance and high quality of life.