Raphael Grignani

Raphael GrignaniRaphael Grignani established the Nokia Design studio in San Francisco in 2008, where he leads a multidisciplinary design team that works across the Nokia organization to clarify and translate business opportunities through design.

His experience at Nokia ranges from product and interaction design to exploratory human behavioral field research. He also worked on long-term design concepts such as the Homegrown project where we looked at how environmental and social issues may change mobile design in the coming years. Before joining Nokia in Helsinki in 2002, Raphael provided digital design leadership through concepting and co-development for clients including Razorfish, Adcore, and Asema.

Raphael earned a Master of Arts from the University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland in Product and Strategic Design. He is an active participant in the design community, often involved in design thinking and projects in the field of mobile digital design. Raphael frequently speaks on the role of design in environmental and social issues; most recently at Lift Korea, UPA international conference, AIGA Design Conference, and Kyoorius DesignYatra. He currently lives and works from San Francisco.