EDUCATION

2018 – 2021
        Parsons School of Design – The New School  
        [School of Design Strategies]
        MFA Transdisciplinary Design ︎︎︎

2018 – 2021
        The New School for Social Research
        MA General Psychology ︎︎︎

2013 – 2017
        Folkwang University of the Arts
        Communication Design ︎︎︎         


WORK EXPERIENCE


02/2022 – present
        Freelance
        UX/UI Designer / Strategist 

09/2021 – 02/2022 
        Johnson&Johnson,
        Insights & Experience Strategy (IXS) 
        Design Strategist / Researcher

04/2021 – 07/2021
        Common Thread 
        Behavioural Designer

2020 – 2021
        Pentagram Design
        Designer / Strategist

2019 – 2021
        Global Mental Health Lab
        Design Researcher 

2020  
        NSSR Perception Lab
        Research Assistant

2019 – 2020  
        MindDesign Lab 
        Co-founder

2019  
        UNICEF
        Focus Group Facilitator
        Design Researcher

2019  
        DESIS Lab
        Research Assistant


2018  
        The New School
        Design Research Consultant
        Workshop Facilitator

2018 – 2020  
        The New School
        Social Media Manager
       
2017 – 2018
        Advertising Agency ‘AHOY’
        New York City, USA
        Graphic Designer

2016 – today  
        TELOS Communications
        Graphic Designer

2016 – today  
       ‘Hoffnungsträger’
        Graphic Designer

2016 – 2017   
        Major Publishing Company
        SCM Bundesverlag
        Graphic Designer

2016 – 2017
        Pappelapapp
        Design Collective
        Co-founder


08/2012  

        Advertising Agency ‘Solutions’
        Hamburg, Germany      

2014 – today  
        Self-employed Photographer         

07/2011    
        Advertising Agency          
        ‘Ideenmanufaktur’
        Dortmund, Germany


PUBLICATIONS

06/2016
        Sanaa Gebäude Folkwang UdK
10/2016
        HORIZONT
11/2017
         Page Newsletter

12/2017
        Page Magazine
       
01/2018
        Page Magazine
01/2018
        NOVUM Magazine

05/2019
        Parsons School of Design
09/2019
        New School News
10/2019
        The Festival of New NYC
02/2020
        The Bowery Union NYC


GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS

10/2019
        MA Project Grant
        The New School

2019 – 2020
        DAAD

2018 – 2020
        Provost’s Scholarship
        The New School

2016 – 2017
        DAAD


10/2016
        HORIZONT Stiftung

2016 – 2017
        GIZ

Hello! 

I’m Hanna, a transdisciplinary designer and researcher aiming to create positive social change through design, psychology and strategy.

I aim to improve lives and create social change through my work by combining Graphic Design, UX/UI Design, Human-centered Design/Strategy and Psychology.

I believe that design can be a catalyst for change and a powerful force for positive impact in combination with other disciplines.

In my private projects, I’m finding creative expression in photography and painting, as well as various other mediums, and I’m active in several artist communities throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and Berlin. I’m also a mental health advocate. I love practicing meditation and mindfulness techniques and I’m currently becoming a certified yoga teacher.  

Let’s change the world together! ︎


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