Harri Koskinen

Harri Koskinen was born in Karstula, Finland, in 1970 and studied at the Lahti Design Institute and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. His breakthrough came in 1996 with the Block lamp, now held by MoMA in New York, and in 2000 he founded his design agency, Friends of Industry.

He won the Compasso d’Oro in 2004 for the Muu chair, was design director of Iittala from 2012 to 2016 and has worked with Artek, Hermès, Issey Miyake and Marimekko. For Billiani he designed White in 2018, chairs and bar stools inspired by 1960s Nordic design.