Yatofu Creatives

Yatofu was founded in Helsinki in 2017, and has consistently grown with an international presence and team. A global understanding of design and business is built straight into our DNA. Our innate sensitivity to cultural nuances allows us to bravely challenge boundaries while celebrating diversity.

We see our work as anything but ordinary. From poetic spaces to meaningful branding, we are constantly considering our work from different angles. We believe that by creating meaningful experiences and uncovering emotional echoes, we can elevate and transform the mundane aspects of everyday life.

We believe that design is an expression of identity, and at Yatofu Creatives our creativity is reflected through the archive of our people, culture, processes, and experiences. We are a team of explorers, tinkerers, artists, and storytellers who believe that Design is just as synonymous with Solutions as it is with Exploration. Our process allows us to collaborate boldly and bravely with our clients, producing outcomes and results that are both intuitive and striking.

We view every project as an opportunity to challenge our curiosities. Through imagination, research, and an empathetic understanding of our clients, we create valuable design solutions that both surprises and resonates. The two founding designers of Yatofu Creatives, Angela Lindahl and Yihan Xiang, possess a combined geographic background that spreads across Asia, North America and Europe. The duo started their design studio with the intention of bringing an accessible approach to designing for an international audience.

Angela Lindahl, a Taiwanese-Canadian, has studied and worked in multiple design industries, in multiple countries. Her interests in the business of design started well before her Bachelors of Industrial Design studies in New York’s Pratt Institute, and took on another form when she moved to Helsinki to complete her Masters studies in Interior Architecture(spatial and furniture design). Having studied and worked with both products and spaces, Angela’s understanding of design and scale allows success in design projects that are detailed as well as multi-faceted.

Yihan Xiang boasts a prestigious Bachelors degree in Interior Architecture from Tsinghua University Beijing, after which his pursuit for a more global perspective of art and design brought him to Helsinki where he completed his Masters degree in Interior Architecture (spatial and furniture design) in addition to working across multiple European cities. Yihan’s fluent understanding of cultures and their context manifests itself in his artistic and sensitive approach to the design process.