Gesa Hansen

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Gesa Hansen (born 1981 in Arnsberg) is a German-Danish designer.

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Education

Hansen graduated from the Bauhaus University (Germany) and from NZU, Nagoya University of Arts, (Japan).

Career

Hansen enhanced her training in Paris working for Jean Nouvel Atelier and H5 but also in Japan at the Nippon Design Center.

Following a long family tradition of Danish designers, she founded her design studio in 2009: The Hansen Family. [1]

Hansen's work was exhibited at DesignMai in Berlin (Germany), at 100% Design festival in Seoul (Korea), at Artlab in Brussels (Belgium), at Benetton Group's Fabrica research centre in Treviso and Bologna (Italy), at Salone del Mobile (Italy), at ICFF in New-York and at Meet My Project in Paris and in Milan.

Hansen's work was awarded by two Red Dot Design Awards [2] and the Good Design Award. [3]

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References

  1. The Hansen Family website
  2. 1 2 3 Red Dot Design Awards 2010, product design category.
  3. 1 2 "The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2012-03-25.