Pretty Cool People interview with Kusta Saksi
Kusta Saksi is a Finnish Illustrator and graphic designer. We met with him while he was preparing for a recent exhibition and followed him to Utrecht, a city in the middle of The Netherlands, where he used a special printer to create 3D versions of his 2D designs.
Tagged: Finland, Finnish designers, video interviews
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