Hannah Kansy (she/her) works as a Communication Designer and Design Researcher. With a multidisciplinary approach, her work ranges from the conception, design and production of books, magazines, visual identities, digital experiences, and exhibition spaces. She is part of the interdisciplinary design collective whywhynot and currently based in Rotterdam, NL.
︎︎︎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
︎︎︎Experience
Current:
◦ Freelance Communication
Designer for clients in the cultural field,
such as:
Nieuwe Instituut, PlaceBased,
Design Academy Eindhoven, Ketter&Co,
Koehorst in't Veld, Deutscher Kunstbuchverlag,
etc.
2023 – Current:
◦ Whywhynot
Interdisciplinary Design Collective
Rotterdam, Netherlands
2023 – Current:
◦ Critical Reviewer
MA Information Design Department
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
︎︎︎Talks / Workshops
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
︎︎︎Exhibitions
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
16 October – 24 October 2021
◦ ‘Scales of Access’
at DDW, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands
17 October – 13 December 2020
◦ ‘Internationals In The City’
Poster Exhibition
at Van Abbe Museum
Eindhoven, Netherlands
︎︎︎Fields of work
◦ Artistic Research
◦ Concept Development
◦ Editorial Design
◦ Branding & Identity
◦ Spatial Installations
◦ Signage & Wayfinding
◦ UI & UX Design
◦ Printed Matters,
Experimental Print Techniques
︎︎︎Nominations / Awards
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