Join Ornamo
Ornamo membership is an investment in yourself! You can apply for membership if you are a design professionals, company or a design student. Join now to become a part of the largest designers’ community in Finland.
Networks & support for your career
As an Ornamo member, you’ll join an inspiring, multidisciplinary community of design professionals. Network, share experiences, and discover new collaboration opportunities.
We help you navigate the constant changes in the design field. You’ll also have access to comprehensive career services and professional tools that strengthen your position as an expert. We offer high-quality training, engaging events, and knowledge & tools based on our expertise. As a member, you can use the Finnish Designers service and receive personal advice on legal and career-related matters. Our member newsletter delivers up-to-date news straight to your inbox every other Thursday.
Ornamo promotes the status of the design industry both in Finland and internationally. As a member, you are part of shaping a future where design is seen as a key element of sustainable development and innovation. Ornamo is your support, your community, and your opportunity to make an impact – join us!
Can I apply for Ornamo membership?
Ornamo membership is open to design professionals with a higher education degree, companies, and design students. The membership fee depends on whether you are a professional or a student and whether you also join Ornamo’s member organizations or, for example, an unemployment fund.
How to apply?
- Choose the right membership type that works for you: student member, full member, business member.
- Fill in the application form (link below).
- Your membership starts, when you get a confirmation email from us. We will process your application and accept you as our member.
- You will receive an invoice by e-mail.
- Your membership continues automatically next year unless you end it. The membership ends when you send us a written notice.
What does membership cost?
Check up-to-date prices for students, professionals and businesses.
Join Ornamo
Apply to become a member of Ornamo now.
We process applications continuously, except during the holiday periods in the summer and at the turn of the year. Membership begins when you receive confirmation by email and ends when you notify us in writing. Membership automatically continues for the next year and membership is invoiced once a year in January.
“I became a member of Ornamo because I believe it has the potential to advance design interests in Finland and provide a unified community for designers.”
Adithya Varadarajan
Lead Designer, Finnair
“Ornamo gives insight into the current state of design and future prospects. It creates a valuable basis for the continuous development of the design field.”
Antti Pitkänen
CXO, Agile Work
“A freelance designer is quite alone at the beginning of his career. Ornamo is a community for professionals with whom you can exchange ideas and find solutions.”
Mari Talka
CEO, Studio Tint