Jaana Parkkila

Jaana Parkkila is a Finnish designer living in Italy. She designed luxurious, lightweight Sabot slippers for Woodnotes in 2008.

In addition to Woodnotes, Parkkila has designed accessories for companies such as Marimekko and Nokia. She was granted Grand Prix Formidable design award in 1999 for mobile phone accessories she designed for Nokia and Marimekko. Parkkila has held several exhibitions in Finland and today some of her early works are at the collection of Helsinki Art Museum.

Parkkila believes that every created object must have visual, as well as functional, messages. Parkkila studied fashion design at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.