Mari Koppanen

Mari Koppanen is a Finnish designer with an educational background in clothing and furniture design, currently pursuing a PhD in Artistic Research at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Her work sits at the intersection of design, material innovation and craft, spanning objects, garments and sculptural pieces.

Her cross-disciplinary research methods and artistic exploration challenge conventional material hierarchies and highlight the potential of forward-thinking materials within contemporary design and craft. Projects such as Fomes, Hyphae, Kääpä+ and We Grew Together investigate fungal and amadou-based materials, and her research on amadou-making has been published in Craft Research.