Hanna Ernsting product design

BIOGRAPHY

Hanna Emelie Ernsting is a German-American designer. From 2004 to 2010 she studied product design at the HfG in Karlsruhe and at the ENSAD in Paris. During her studies she worked with the Dutch designer Ineke Hans in Arnhem, with the architects ISAR in San Francisco, as well as with the Vitra Design Museum. Hanna started her own design studio in 2011.

Hanna’s designs have been exhibited internationally in museums, contests and fairs in Milan, New York City, Hongkong, St. Etienne, Taipei, Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and several other places. Her products have been distinguished with awards such as the Interior Innovation Award (2nd prize) at the D3 Talents Contest by the German Design Council and received a nomination for Designpreis Deutschland 2012 Newcomer.

EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS (exc.)

06/2013
The petstools family presented at the DMY design festival in Berlin

05/2013
Parawall was distinguished with the 2nd prize at the A&W-Designtalente 2012

01/2013
  Hanna's new footstool family called Pets is shown at „Object for the neighbour“, an exhibition with 8 young designers that is part of the passagen 2013

09/2012
  The artist Patrick Luetzelschwab invited Hanna to show her work in his Atelier during the exhibition „Künster zeigen Künster“

01/12
  Moody Bag will be shown at the exhibition "Sweet Freaks" by NellyRodiLab at MAISON&OBJET in Paris.

12/11
  "Moody Couch" has been presented at Business of Design Week in Hongkong as part of "Design Deutschland 2011" by German Design Council

10/11
  Moody Couch was exhibited as part of the ABITARE IL TEMPO 100% PROJECT at Negozio Atelier in Verona / Italy.

08/11 - 02/12
  Moody Couch has been exhibited in Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe

10/11
  Moody Bag will be shown at Blickfang furniture fair, Vienna

08/11
  Hanna Emelie Ernsting is nominated for Designpreis Deutschland 2012 Newcomer.

08/11
  Moody Series will be shown at Tendence furniture fair, Frankfurt

06/11
  Moody Series has been nominated for Tendence Talents Award

06/11
  Moody Series (incl. Couch, Nest and Bag) will be presented at DMY 2011 · International Design Festival Berlin

05/11
  "Moody Couch" will be presented at International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York as part of "Design Deutschland 2011"

04/11
  "Moody Couch" will be presented at fuorisalone in Milan as part of "Design Deutschland 2011" and together with kkaarrlls

03/11
  "Moody" series will be shown on Blickfang furniture fair - Stuttgart / Germany

02-03/11
  "Moody Couch" will be shown in Kunsttransit Karlsruhe / Germany as part of the exhibition "Erlkönige - Design vor Serie"

01/11
  "Moody Nest" and "Moody Bag" selected for Design for Change competition and shown on exhibition in Deauville / France

01/11
  "Moody Couch" distinguished with Interior Innovation Award 2011 (2nd prize) by the German Design Council and IMM Cologne at D3 Design Contest
  "Moody Couch" exhibited at the IMM / international furniture fair in Cologne / Germany

10/09
  "Slide Aside" and "Slide Beside" shown at the anniversary exhibition of the forum32 in Karlsruhe / Germany

10/08
  "Stabby" presented at the exhibition “design and emotion” in Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe / Germany

02/08
  "Puzzled" exhibited at the IMM / international furniture fair imm in Cologne / Germany

06/07-08/07
  "Knitted Bag" shown at the exhibition “second skin” in the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts / Taiwan

03/07-05/07
  "Knitted Bag" shown at the exhibition “second skin” in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei / Taiwan

08/06
  "Cable Lamp" exhibited at the Biennale St. Etienne / France