Hannah Kansy (she/her) works as a Communication Designer and Design Researcher. Her work focuses on the visualisation of stories, turning them into accessible and tangible experiences. With a multidisciplinary approach, her work ranges from the conception, design and production of books, magazines, visual identities, infographics, digital experiences, objects and exhibition spaces. She is part of the interdisciplinary design collective whywhynot and currently based in Rotterdam, NL.
Hannah Kansy (she/her) works as a Communication Designer and Design Researcher. Her work focuses on the visualisation of stories, turning them into accessible and tangible experiences. With a multidisciplinary approach, her work ranges from the conception, design and production of books, magazines, visual identities, infographics, digital experiences, objects and exhibition spaces. She is part of the interdisciplinary design collective whywhynot and currently based in Rotterdam, NL.
︎︎︎Fields of work
◦ Theoretical Research
◦ Artistic Research
◦ Concept Development
◦ Editorial & Book Design
◦ Branding & Identity
◦ Spatial Installations
◦ Signage & Wayfinding
◦ Printed Matters
︎︎︎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
Remote
Current:
◦ Whywhynot
Interdisciplinary Design Collective
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Current:
◦ Critical Reviewer & Feedback writer
MA Information Design Department
Design Academy Eindhoven
Eindhoven, Netherlands
2020
◦ Podimo
Denmark & Germany
2019 – 2020
◦ Bureau Johannes Erler,
(Cases: Theater der Welt, Metromod)
Hamburg, Germany
2017 – 2018
◦ Heine/Lenz/Zizka
Berlin, Germany
2014 – 2015
◦ Hirmer Publishers
Munich, Germany
︎︎︎Talks
19 February 2024
◦ Generator Poolbar,
Hohenems, Austria
27 October 2022
◦ Panel Talk ‘Ecological Domination’
Arena, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands
23 October 2021
◦ After-Monument (Moderation)
Arena, Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands
︎︎︎Exhibitions
3 – 4 February 2024
◦ ‘Pressing Matters’
with whywhynot collective
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
Imprint:
Studio Kansy, NL, Rotterdam
VAT Id.: NL004568860B88
Mail: hello@hannahkansy.com