Pilve Pentti

Pentti Pilve started his career in 1962 as an advertising journalist in Tampere. He studied at the Helsinki School of Economics and the Helsinki Institute of Marketing. Pilve then worked as a designer at SEK advertising agency until 1972, after which he co-founded the advertising agency Creator. In 2002 – 2019, Pilve ran his own Brandictor brand management agency.

Pentti Pilve is a multi-talent in the Finnish advertising world: an advertising, graphic and brand designer. His specialties are branding and communication. During his career, Pilve has been involved in turning several Finnish brands into global market leaders in their fields. Pilve has also won awards in numerous advertising competitions. He has won more than a hundred major awards in advertising and graphic design.

Pentti Pilve’s archive contains a wide range of material from throughout his career in graphic design, advertising design and brand design. Here you can see Pentti Pilve’s archive catalogue and digitised materials.

Explore Pilve’s design work in the Design is thinking online exhibition.