Ilkka Suppanen, born in Kotka Finland, has studied architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki and Interior and Furniture Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. In 1995, he founded Studio Suppanen in Helsinki. The studio offers integrated strategic design in the fields of interior, product and concept design and architecture.

Ilkka Suppanen is working both architecture and design. Hehas taught design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki since 1996. He has held lectures and taught in several universities including Harward University.  He is one of the best-known contemporary Finnish designers. Ilkka Suppanen has also received many international awards, most recently the Swedish Bruno Mathsson Prize and Red Dot Best of the Best awards. In 1997, he founded the Snowcrash design cooperative together with three colleagues and in the same year Snowcrash team got the Young Designer of the Year Award in Germany and Young Finland Prize.

Suppanen’s work has been exhibited worldwide including shows at the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the MoMA in New York. His works have been widely reported by the international press and publications. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne, Center Georges Pompidou and others

He continues working from his studio with several projects all around the world.