The designer Camilla Kropp was born in Finland in 1975, but works nowadays as freelance designer in Germany. She has studied design in Sweden and UK; she acquired her MA degree at the London Royal College of Art, Department of Ceramics and Glass in 2001. Kropp received training on ceramic design at Arabia, and on glass design at the Nuutajärvi glass factory in Finland. She has received grants from the foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland and was the first prize winner of the "Young Swedish Form" Award in 1998.