Simo Mäkinen

Simo Mäkinen (born November 6, 1960) is a Finnish industrial designer mainly specializing in the design of automobiles. He is the creator and lead designer of the design firm Simo Design Oy, based in with offices in,  and. He started his career in 1988 at Astrela.

He graduated from the on an Astrela-provided scholarship with a degree in industrial design. Mäkinen's designs include the first and second-generation VCMC Go!, the Astrela Passer and the Nissan Traveller.

Mäkinen's automotive designs are viewed with national pride by Finns, owing to his ties to Astrela and the worldwide success of many of the cars he has designed.