saara kurkela

Hi, I’m Saara Kurkela, a surface product & pattern designer and illustrator.
At the heart of my work is a strong personal style: I love the charm and liveliness of hand-drawn lines. With years of professional experience, I skillfully combine traditional and digital techniques to create distinctive and memorable patterns and illustrations.
I am a curious and imaginative creator, inspired by mesmerizing colors of life, everyday details and the surrounding world. In every project, I look for its own story. Something that makes a design unique and emotionally engaging.
For me, design is both hands-on craft and visual thinking: a process where playfulness, experimentation, and aesthetics go hand in hand.
I am open to new projects and collaborations. Always eager to dream, design, and create together!

Product and print design specialist, great eye for colors, good skills with patterns and through the whole creative process from ideas to final product. Special skills hand-drawing and painting, especially botanical and children´s motifs.
Adobe Photoshop & Canva