Collection: Ilkka Suppanen

Finnish designer Ilkka Suppanen (born 1968) studied architecture at the University of Technology in Helsinki and interior architecture and furniture design at the Helsinki University of Art and Design. The designer finished his design studies at the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, in 1992, and in 1995 he founded the agency Studio Suppanen. In 1997 Ilkka Suppanen and his colleagues founded the Snowcrash design cooperative, one of Finland's most prominent design groups at the time. In 1997, Suppanen and the Snowcrash team received the Young Designer of the Year Award in Germany.

In 1998 Ilkka Suppanen was nominated for the Dedalus Prize for Young European Designers by Ettore Sottsass. In 2000, Design Forum awarded Ilkka Suppanen and Harri Koskinen as Young Designers of the Year. Suppanen also received the Scandinavian Bruno Mathsson Award in 2006. Ilkka Suppanen's works have been exhibited all over the world and the most important international showcases include the Biennale in Venice, the Milan International Furniture Fair and the New York MoMA.