Gesa Hansen

Gesa Hansen is a German-Danish designer.

Education

Hansen graduated from the Bauhaus University and from NZU, Nagoya University of Arts,.

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.
Hansen's work was exhibited at DesignMai in Berlin, at 100% Design festival in Seoul, at Artlab in Brussels, at Benetton Group's Fabrica research centre in Treviso and Bologna, at Salone del Mobile, 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 and the Good Design Award.

Works

2011. Remix Dining Table.
2011. Remix Drunk.
2010. Bee Coffee Table.
2010. Black Remix - a Surface 2 Air collaboration.
2010. Parisien Trunk, designed with Kistuné.
2010. Remix Sideboard. Award: Red Dot Design Award 2010
2009. Remix Trunk.
2009. Remix Desk. Awards: Red Dot Design Award 2010 and The Good Design Award 2010.
2009. Remix Coffee Table.
2009. Origami Barstool
2008. Horizon Wardrobe

Quotes

"Minimalism hates ornements, but ornements love minimalism" - Gesa Hansen, at Imm Cologne, 2009.