ABOUT
Mint Station is a Fresh Design Stop that offers design services from visual branding to illustration. Mint Station was founded in October 2015 by Finnish Graphic Designer Minna Viitalähde. Minna is an experienced designer with a demonstrated history of working with different industries and their visual needs. Before Mint Station she worked two years as a junior visual designer in the serious games industry.
Minna is thriven by creative challenges and love for design. It has helped her to succeed in different design competitions during the years. You might also know her self-initiated color-rich work as a graphic artist or her Children’s nonfiction picture book ‘Me harvinaiset’ about endangered animals in Finland.
Mint Station is based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. No matter the distance, Mint Station is happy to be at your service.
IN THE MEDIA
Ballbit Mag (Published 19.6.2017- in English) Read more
We Own Rotterdam (Published 27.2.2020 – in English) Read more
Vuoma Company (Published 28.9.2020 – in Finnish) Read more
Yle (Published 5.10.2020 – in Finnish) Read more
Yle (Published 20.10.2020 – in Finnish) Read more
Mun Oulu (Published 22.11.2020 – in Finnish) Read more
Yle (Published 17.2.2021 – in Finnish) Read more
Kaleva (Published 11.6.2021 – in Finnish) Read more
Iltalehti (Published 14.6.2021 – in Finnish) Read more
Voice.fi / Radio Nova / Iskelmä (Published 30.9.2021 – in Finnish) Read more
Urheilugaala (Published 10.1.2023 – in Finnish) Read more
Yle (Published 12.1.2023 – in Finnish) Read more
HONORS & AWARDS
“EDC x Adobe- Art Car Design Challenge”– Runners up winner, 2022, Las Vegas – NEVADA
Honor issuer: Adobe and Insomniac Events
“UMK- Award Design Contest”- Winner, 2020, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Yleisradio (YLE) -Uuden Musiikin kilpailu (Contest for New Music)
“My Finland- Travel poster Design Contest”- One of the 10 finalists, 2018, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Come to Finland Publishing, Visit Rovaniemi, Arktikum, Lapland Hotels, Grafia and the advertising agency SEK
“Arina 100 years- Visual Identity Design Contest”– Honorable mention, 2017, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Osuuskauppa Arina
“Määrämpää Satakunta- Destination Satakunta” Travel poster Design Contest Winner, 2016, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Svenska Kulturfonden i Björneborg (SKiB), Pori Regional Tourist Agency MAISA and Come to Finland Publishing
“Challenge for an Empty paper”– Design Contest Finalist, 2013, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Lotus Emilia
Makein apuväline ikinä (The best aid ever!)!– Product Design Winner, 2011, FINLAND
Honor issuer: Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Kynnys ry
PUBLICATIONS
Me harvinaiset – 14 uhanalaista Suomen luonnon eläintä
Me harvinaiset ( We, the rare ones) is a Nonfiction Children’s Picture book about 14 endangered animals in Finland. Text, illustrations and layout by Minna Viitalähde (Mint Station). Publisher: Atena Kustannus Oy, 2021, FINLAND
EXHIBITIONS
“The Mesh by the Maas” Group exhibition, 2017
Neck of the Woods, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
“Come to Finland; Paradise Calling” Travel poster exhibition, 2017
The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, FINLAND
“Määrämpää Satakunta- Destination Satakunta” Travel poster exhibition, 2016
Mikaelsgården, Pori, FINLAND