Ineke Hans

After earning her master’s degree in furniture design at London’s Royal College of Art, Ineke Hans designed for the Habitat store chain for three years, and also found time to set up her own range. By the time she got back home to the Netherlands, people knew her name. “I learned in England that you have to make comfortable things," says Hans. “Not philosophical treatises – just comfortable, saleable furniture."

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CV

Artistic activities

2002 - Set up INEKEHANS©OLLECTION
1998 - Founded studio INEKE HANS/ARNHEM
1995-1997 - worked freelance for Habitat UK Ltd, London
1989-1990 - worked for Studio Sipek, Amsterdam

Awards

2006 - Design Plus Award for garlic press for RoyalVKB
2005 - Red Dot Award for garlic press for RoyalVKB
2003 - Pewter on the Table, first prize
2003 - Black Beauties and Black Gold nominated for Rotterdam Designprijs 2003
1999 - Ordinary Tables nominated for Rotterdam Designprijs
1997 - Winner, Furniture Futures Award, Design Week magazine (UK)
1994 - Second prize, Storage for Europe competition, Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, UK
1993 - First prize for floor design, Forbo Krommenie, the Netherlands
1993 - Honourable mention, Design for Europe, Internationale Interieur Biënnale, Kortrijk, Belgium
1993 - Honourable mention, Progetto Europa ’93, Arflex, Milan, Italy

Work has been purchased by galleries and collections including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, the Netherlands; Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, the Netherlands; Crafts Council, London; FRAC, Orléans, France; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Nationalmuseet, Stockholm; and the Design Museum, Essen, Germany.