Pekka Salokannel is an international award-winning Industrial Designer from Finland whose passion lies in product design.Salokannel began his career studying Industrial design at The Lahti Institute of Design in Lahti, Finland. Upon graduating 2007 from Lahti Institute of Design with a BA in Industrial design, Pekka had the opportunity to work as a designer in company Golla. Pekka gathered extensive knowledge and experience of product design aimed at electronic devices.2012 Salokannel joined in Tinkercad, worlds first 3D program that runs in the browser. As a Technical Artist he was responsible of educational part of the site. He also designed inspirational and educational content for the users and worked together with other big players in the field like Makerbot, Mozilla Festival and 3D Printshow.Early 2013 he started his company Fabrigate that is offering consultation, design and educational services. Design has included co-operation with companies like Shapeways, Cubify and Stilnest. When he is not designing, he is an ambassador for 3D printing. Salokannel has been guest speaker, giving lectures and workshops in UK, China, Russia, Sweden and Finland.Entrepeneur at Kokosom eyewear company that is 3D printed eyewear focused fashion brand. Salokannel was the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the company.Pekka has got numerous awards including a FOC Talents lightning competition award in 2011, a Martela Inspiring spaces award in 2011 and placed 6th from nearly 4000 participants in Sound innovation competition in 2009. Publications there have been wide range from interviews of Wired to designs in Swarovski’s inspiration books. Salokannel’s works has been exhibited at Paris Fashion Week, CHIC International Clothing & Accessories Fair in Beijing, the 3D Print Show in London and Ground3d exhibition in Amsterdam.