Kim Haataja

What do you think you're doing?

My job is to close my eyes and dive into the bizarre world of Dr. Professor and resurface with visions of how his world looks and feels. After that I take a pen and draw what I see. Some of the technical innovations Dr. Professor has been working on are so evil and weird that only afterwards I can understand what I just put on the paper. His eccentric pals also have such unique tastes that it takes a while to recover after drawing a (rather flamboyant) Nazi villa for example. The sensation could be compared to as a kind of a shaman's hangover.

What about you?

I'm an industrial designer by education. I'm single.

About Thesis of Evil.

I think there’s actually a very thin line between fiction and reality. Soon technology has advanced to a level where we're able to create completely immersive and realistic worlds and at that point it will be all about choosing the most interesting characters and scenarios. I think Dr. P is a very good attempt to create a fictional universe or a working character to be used in other universes. I would love to see Dr. P becoming a game or some kind of a living character who terrorizes these virtual cities, to people's amusement of course! As a designer I would also love to use Dr. P as an inspiration for a whole array of men's accessories, watches and such. He has a lot of potential for a style icon!