I'd been curious about your choice of a handle for this forum, until I used Google Translate: it's Finnish for "new cat"! I would have sworn it was something Japanese, but I would have been wrong...
Do you have a new cat?
Ha! Yes, I suppose I should explain the username. Our design company name is Uusi, which you are correct in its Finnish translation meaning "new". It's our second commercial design company we have started and it was a "new" start after the first company ended with partner problems - now it's just my wife and myself. The Finnish comes in from a couple different angles; we have some Finnish heritage, one of our strong influences is Northern European aesthetic and we really like unusual languages and words. It's interesting you thought it might be Japanese, as there is a strong influence of Japanese in Finnish design/culture (I'm not totally sure where that comes from, still trying to get to the bottom of it historically). So... my profile name is a "username" I use quite often, since when I sign up somewhere new I am the "new cat" on the block.
oh, and yes we actually do have a new cat - his name is T-mobile (he likes to roam a lot).
