Hannah Kansy (she/her) works as a Graphic Designer, Artistic Researcher, Educator and Printmaker. With a multidisciplinary approach, her work ranges from the conception, design and production of publications, posters, visual identities, digital experiences, interior objects, and exhibition spaces. Alongside the client-based projects, she dedicates time to a personal practice in illustration and printing. She is currently based in Rotterdam, NL. Feel free to reach out via hello@hannahkansy.com

︎︎︎Fields of work
◦ Editorial Design
◦ Branding & Identity
◦ Spatial Installations
◦ Signage & Wayfinding
◦ UI & UX Design
◦ Illustration
◦ Printmaking

︎︎︎Nominations / Awards
◦ German Design Award
Newcomer Nominee 2025

︎︎︎Education
2020 – 2022
◦ MA Information Design
Design Academy Eindhoven
Eindhoven, Netherlands

2018
◦ BA Visual Design
KADK Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 – 2019
◦ BA Communication Design
HfG Hochschule für Gestaltung
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany



︎︎︎Talks / Workshops
11 October 2025
◦ Speculative City Futures, Print Workshop
with Emma Verhoeven,
Part of Engage Rotterdam

19 April 2024
◦ A House For Home,
Graphic Design / Typography Workshop
Vlaardingen, Netherlands

19 February 2024
◦ Generator Poolbar, Talk
Hohenems, Austria

27 October 2022
◦ ‘Ecological Domination’, Panel Talk
Arena, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands

23 October 2021
◦ After-Monument (Moderation)
Arena, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands

︎︎︎Experience
2025 – Current:
◦ Communication Designer at
Foundation We Are,
Eindhoven, Netherlands

2023 – Current:
◦ Freelance graphic designer
for clients in the cultural field

2023 – Current:
◦ Whywhynot
Interdisciplinary Design Collective
Rotterdam, Netherlands

2023 – 2025:
◦ External Reviewer for
MA Information Design,
Design Academy Eindhoven
Eindhoven, Netherlands

2020
◦ Podimo
Denmark & Germany

2019 – 2020
◦ Bureau Johannes Erler
Hamburg, Germany

2017 – 2018
◦ Heine/Lenz/Zizka
Berlin, Germany

2014 – 2015
◦ Hirmer Publishers
Munich, Germany

︎︎︎Exhibitions / Markets
30 November 2025
◦ ‘Design Market Delfshaven’,
Rotterdam, Netherlands

17 October – 16 November 2025
◦ ‘Spuren der Demokratie’,
with Monika Huber
Neue Galerie Landshut,
Germany

20 – 21 September 2025
◦ ‘Pop-up Gallery’,
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend,
Rotterdam, Netherlands

23 February 2025
◦ Graphic Design Fair Nieuwe Instituut,
Rotterdam, Netherlands

30 November – 15 December 2024
◦ ‘Print is not that’
International Poster Festival
Hamburg, Germany

7 – 8 December 2024
◦ Design and Craft Market at Huidenclub
Rotterdam, Netherlands

1 December 2024
◦ Design Market at Zoho
Rotterdam, Netherlands

21 – 22 September 2024
◦ ‘Briding Places’
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend
Rotterdam, Netherlands

15 – 21 April 2024
◦ ‘Pressing Matters’
with whywhynot collective
Milan Design Week, Italy

3 – 4 February 2024
◦ ‘Pressing Matters’
with whywhynot collective
Art Week at Keilwerf 2
Rotterdam, Netherlands

9 September – 8 October 2023
◦ ‘Vrouwen en het veen’
Part of the exhibition ‘We made it’
at Arti et Amicitiae
Amsterdam, Netherlands

22 October – 30 October 2022
◦ ‘The Crowded Sea’
at DDW, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands

17 October – 13 December 2020
◦ ‘Internationals In The City’
Poster Exhibition
at Van Abbe Museum
Eindhoven, Netherlands