Creadesign Oy, an industrial design agency, is the force behind numerous top-design products such as Exel ski sticks, Abloy locks as well as Suunto products and Vaisala's technology.

The company's know-how is not restricted merely to product design; Creadesign's network covers everything from creating the idea for a product to its production, marketing and distribution. The company's partners are MDC Rise International and QPR Software.

The success products designed by the company have won numerous awards and a great deal of recognition both in Finland and abroad. The Scala low-floor bus won a prize in the spring at the Findesignnow exhibition. The starting point for the bus's design was charting the customer's needs from the perspective of passengers, drivers, maintenance and even repairing collisions. The definitions were used to create a concept that was modelled by computer after the outline stage. Surfaces ready for production were obtained from the modelling. If necessary, brochures and also marketing and communications materials are made for the product.

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 You can tell a Scala bus designed by Creadesign from the grin at the front and the oval-shaped rear window.