CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Royal College of Art
School of Design, Design Products
Master of Arts
2017-2019
Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Product and Spatial Design, MA
2016-
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Institute of Design and Fine Arts
Bachelor of Culture and Arts
Furniture Design
2012-2016
Vocational school
Product design and manufacture
Wood Artisan / Cabinet maker
Luksia, Länsi-Uudenmaan ammattiopisto
2009-2012
High school
Yhtenäiskoulun lukio
Helsinki 2002-2006
WORKING
Riku Taneli Toivonen
Freelancing 2018-
Bond Creative Agency
Freelance Designer 2022-
Helsinki, Finland
Luksia, Vocational School
Part time Art Teacher 2022-
Nummela, Finland
Tim Rundle Studio
Freelance Designer 2019
London, UK
Aito Projects Oy
Design Developer 2016-2017
Helsinki, Finland
Studio Ripatti
Furniture Designer, Internship, 2015
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki City Theater
Carpenter, 2014
Helsinki City Theater
Carpenter, 2012
Helsinki City Theater
Carpenter, Internship, 2011
Helsingin Lasi ja puu
Carpenter, Internship, 2010
NOMINATIONS
Venice Design Week 2019
Art, Light, Colors
First Price
Venice, Italy, 2019
Pure Talent Contest 2019
Finals top 20 out of 926 entries
IMM, Cologne, Germany
2019
Small Space Furniture Award 2019
Runner-Up
Futon Company
London, UK
2019
MVSC
4th Maarten van Severen Chair Masterclass
Ghent, Belgium
2019
EXHIBITIONS
Habitare Furniture Fair 2023, The Block, Riku Taneli Toivonen, Helsinki, Finland, 2023
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Greenhouse, Riku Taneli Toivonen, Stockholm, Sweden. 2023
OHO Gallery, Riku Taneli Toivonen, Helsinki, Finland, August - December 2022
Habitare Furniture Fair2022, Protoshop, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
Design Festival Bern 2022, Exchange for Change, Bern, Switzerland, 2022
Helsinki Design Week 2020, Olympic stadium, Helsinki, Finland, 2020
Venice Design Week 2019, Light Art Colors, Venice, Italy, 2019
Dutch Design Week 2019, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, Holland, 2019
Isku, Habitare Furniture Fair 2019, Helsinki, 2019
Royal College of Art Show, Graduate Exhibition, London, UK, 2019
Milan Design Week, Ventura Projects, RCA Design Products, Milan, Italy, 2019
Isku, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019
Work-In-Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2019
Imm Cologne, Pure Talents Contest 2019, Cologne Germany, 2019
Habitare Furniture Fair 2018, Fhink, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
The Future is _____ 2018, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, UK, 2018
Milan Design Week 2018, RCA, Milan, Italy, 2018
Milan Design Week 2018, Fhink, Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy, 2018
Work-In-Progress Show 2018, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, UK, 2018
Habitare 2017, Protoshop, Helsinki Finland, 2017
Habitare Furniture Fair 2016, Ecodesign, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
Habitare Furniture Fair 2016, Protoshop, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
Habitare Furniture Fair 2016, Wired to be inspired, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
MI 16, Kattilahalli 2016, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
No Sauna - Burning StereotypesVentura Lambrate, Milan, Italy, 2016
Pro Puu, 2016, Vedellä leikattua, Lahti, Finland, 2016
Habitare Furniture Fair 2015, Muotsikka, Helsinki, Finland, 2015
Helsinki Design Week 2015Puuta ja Muuta, Wood and Mood, Helsinki, Finland
Puu- ja Biomessut 2015, MI 15, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2015
OHO Gallery 06/2015 Riku Toivonen Protoja, Helsinki, Finland, 2015
OHO Gallery 07/2015 Riku Toivonen Protoja, Helsinki, Finland, 2015
KOE 15 2015, Kattilahalli MI 15, Helsinki, Finland, 2015
Helsinki Design Week 2014, MI 14, Helsinki, Finland, 2014
Suomen Kädentaidot 2014, MI14, Tampere, Finland, 2014
SERVICES
Furniture Design
Product Design
Product Development
3-D Modeling
Rendering
Speculative Design
Concept Design
CLIENTS
Parkly Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Bond Creative Design, Helsinki, Finland
N2, Helsinki, Finland
ISKU , Helsinki, Finland
Myyr York Park, Vantaa Finland
Tim Rundle Studio, London, UK
Futon Company , London, UK