Marjo malin

Olipa kerran.

Graphic design for the exhibition Olipa kerran by Jukka Lehtinen, Salo Art Museum Roundhouse, 2025.
Picture on the poster: Niclas Warius

ruukku

Logo design for RUUKKU, Studies in Artistic Research, 2025. “Ruukku” means “pot” in English. I came up with the idea of using the three U’s in the word as “pots” that are filled with knowledge and research.

RED

Graphic design for the exhibition RED by Mikko Paakkola, Ars Nova, 2024.

REMIX, Sense and Sensibility

Graphic design for the exhibitions REMIX and Marko Vuokola: Sense and Sensibility, Ars Nova, 2024.

amplifyHer

Logo design for amplifyHer (Transition Pathways Towards Gender Inclusion in the Changing Musical Landscapes of Nepal), Sibelius Academy, 2024.

Mari Rantanen, tunne värinä

Graphic design for the exhibition Tunne värinä by Mari Rantanen, Salo Art Museum Roundhouse, 2024.

Noora Schroderus

Book Design: Marjo Malin, Noora Schroderus
Colour Separation: Kari Lahtinen
Printing: Tallinn Book Printers, 2023
ISBN 978-952-94-7895-8

Überhund

Überhund –the fascinating dogs of art exhibition,  Mikkeli Art Museum 2023. The prints received an honorable mention in Print&Media magazine’s Best Prints of the Year 2023 competition. Photos: Paula Hyvönen.

Jarno Vesala

Graphic design for the exhibition Jarno Vesala, Salo Art Museum Roundhouse, 2023

Competition proposal for the Paimio Sanatorium 90 years poster competition 2023.

Überhund

Graphic design for the exhibition Überhund – the fascinating dogs of art -exhibition, Salo Art Museum Roundhouse, 2022.

Tyttöarmeija – Kerronnallinen maalaus tilassa

Katja Tukiainen
The University of the Arts Helsinki, 2022
Book Design: Marjo Malin
ISBN 978-952-353-422-3

Cultra

Visual identity and logo design, 2021

Printed matters : merkitysten kerroksia

Martta Heikkilä, Annu Vertanen
Book Design: Marjo Malin, 2021
The University of the Arts Helsinki
ISBN 978-952-353-411-7

Jan-Erik Andersson – Works and Collaborations

Book Design: Marjo Malin, 2019
www.parvs.fi www.hs.fi/kulttuuri
ISBN 978-952-7226-42-1

The idea behind the book design was to make it look like a stack of A4 sheets. For this reason, I decided to design an open spine. When I had the opportunity, I also wanted to try something that is not usually done — a glued spine. The glue also refers to Andersson’s works, which are often made of everyday materials.
On the cover, I used the three primary colors frequently seen in Andersson’s art. The foil on the lettering refers to his metal sculptures. Early in his career, Andersson created a work inspired by the Beatles’ White Album. The Beatles also revolutionized the world of the young Andersson. I wanted to reference this classic record cover as well, so I left the rest of the cover blank.

Dandelion

Label design for Michelin-starred chef Markus Aremo’s Dandelion Beer 2018.

Konsten med universitet

Catalog, Jan Kenneth Weckman
Åbo Akademi University, AmosLAB, 2018
ISBN 978-952-12-3744-7

My Way & The Highway

Jan Kenneth Weckman
Book Design: Marjo Malin, 2016
www.parvs.fi
ISBN 978-952-5654-85-1
Video

ZOO

ZOO Kirjeitä mutta ei rakkaudesta / Viktor Šklovski
Translation: Jyrki Siukonen
Book Design: Marjo Malin
Merz Sammonkatu Tampere, 2019
ISBN 978-952-94-0892-4, ISBN 978-952-94-0893-1

Oivalo

Logo design for Oivalo Oy, 2019

Living in the Future

Revisiting Time of Roses Jyrki Siukonen 2018
The University of the Arts Helsinki, 2018
ISBN: 978-952-7131-59-6

Sometimes it’s nice when someone else has taken care of the creative direction, and you can focus purely on typography. The advertising agency BOND designed the brand identity for the University of the Arts Helsinki. Still, I always like to add a little element of surprise.

Beautiful Mistake

Beautiful Mistake is my own company for which Jan-Erik Andersson has designed tables. Together with Andersson, we designed a trade fair stand for the Habit Fair 2015. This was my second trade fair stand and I think it was a really successful collaboration.

UPP PUPU

French balcony railing, design for Life on a Leaf -house 2009 I wanted to make a text that is at the same time ornamental and says something for the balcony in the Life on a Leaf house. The challenge was to find words that have letters that function as outlines and are suitable for laser cutting. “Upp” means “up” in Swedish and the “pupu” is “bunny”. I was thinking about the positivity of the Swedish-speaking Finns, when I designed the balcony plate. It relates to the language of the resident. The French balcony also serves as an exit in case of fire. The sentence encourages climbing out if needed.