Harri Koskinen was born 1970 in Karstula, Finland and studied at the Institute of Art and Design in Helsinki. Koskinen has designed for many different labels and companies, across many product types from furniture to cookware, as well as commercial packaging . He is probably best known for his Block Lamp for Design House Stockholm, a lightbulb held inside two shaped pieces of clear glass, which is exhibited in MoMA in New York City.